2021 Catholic Media Association Award first place award in best new religious book series
2021 Catholic Media Association Award third place award in biography
Fr. James Martin, SJ, is one of the most recognized Catholic priests in the United States. His book My Life with the Saints introduced hundreds of thousands of readers to many saintly heroes. More recently, Building a Bridge called the Catholic Church to more respect and compassion for the LGBT Community—and made Martin not only a friend to LGBT people but a lightning rod for some “traditionalist” Roman Catholics. His articulate and winsome personality has endeared him to millions inside and outside the Church. Now it is time to tell the story of his own life, to explore the experiences that made him the person he is today.
And there’s no better narrator for the story than Jon M. Sweeney, an award-winning and highly accomplished writer in his own right. In James Martin, SJ: In the Company of Jesus, Sweeney probes Martin’s early life, his experiences as a corporate executive, his call to religious life, his ministry and spirituality, his feelings about both the adoration and the criticism he receives from so many, and much more. Readers will come away with a much better understanding of one of today’s most interesting and influential Catholics.
Innehållsförteckning
Contents
Prologue ix
Basic Chronology xi
Chapter One
Plymouth Meeting, Wharton, General Electric 1
Chapter Two
Varieties of Spiritual Formation 17
Chapter Three
Journalism and Vocation 56
Chapter Four
Looking to the Saints 74
Chapter Five
Going to the Theater 86
Chapter Six
More Bad Priests, Ignatian Practices, and Joy 95
Chapter Seven
A Life with Jesus 109
Chapter Eight
Reaching Out to the Margins 124
Chapter Nine
Priest in the Media 149
Chapter Ten
Humility, Prayer, Lazarus 159
Acknowledgments 170
Notes 171
Bibliography 185
Index 187
Om författaren
Jon M. Sweeney is an independent scholar and one of religion’s most respected writers. His many books include James Martin, SJ: In the Company of Jesus, in the “People of God” series; The Pope Who Quit, which was optioned by HBO; and The Pope’s Cat, a popular fiction series for children. He edited A Course in Christian Mysticism by Thomas Merton, published by Liturgical Press. Sweeney writes regularly for America in the US, and The Tablet in the UK. He is the publisher at Paraclete Press in Massachusetts, and lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with his wife and daughters.
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