Introduction

[John]

Sohrab Ahmari was a teenager living under the Iranian ayatollahs when he decided that there is no God. Nearly two decades later, he would be received into the Catholic Church. In From Fire, by Water, he recounts this unlikely passage, from the strident Marxism and atheism of a youth misspent on both sides of the Atlantic to a moral and spiritual awakening prompted by the Mass. At once a young intellectual’s finely crafted self-portrait and a life story at the intersection of the great ideas and events of our time, the book marks the debut of a compelling new Catholic voice.

Sohrab Ahmari was at one time a member of the group, though he no longer appears to be. At that time he indicated he would be willing to participate in the discussion of his book, typically through our "ask the author" question. The best I've been able to do to track him down to ask the question is to find that he has a Twitter account. I have avoided Twitter too far, and that is more than I'm willing to do. If any of the members has a Twitter account and is willing to message him, or has another way to contact him, please let me know, either by sending me a note or by responding here. Thanks.

[Manuel]

John wrote: "If any of the members has a Twitter account and is willing to message him, or has another way to contact him, please let me know, either by sending me a note or by responding here."

I have contacted Fonch, who has a Twitter account, and he's going to try.

[Fonch]

I have tweeted three or four tweets but one of them very bad with misprints. I have come back to write him apologizing me and asking for him that he participated in our discussion.

[John]

Thanks, Manuel and Fonch.