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Why Catholics leave, what they miss, and how they might return / Stephen Bullivant [and three others] ; with contributions from Sherry Weddell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bullivant, Stephen Sebastian, 1984- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Catholic Church--Membership.
- Catholic Church.
- Ex-church members--Catholic Church.
- Ex-church members.
- Church attendance.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xx, 148 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Mawwah, New Jersey : Paulist Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- Why Catholics Leave, What They Miss, and How They Might Return is the fruit of a project undertaken by a joint team from the Diocese of Portsmouth and the Benedict XVI Centre for Religion and Society at St. Mary's University, Twickenham, with a very simple remit: to invite Catholics who no longer regularly practice their faith to share their story, and for these testimonies to be seriously listened to and heard more widely. The book embodies two hopes: first, that the Church might better discern in what ways it might serve those who are both missing and missed from our parishes; and second, that it might better understand the means of preventing others from leaving. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Why? Practical and experiential reasons
- Why? Intellectual, doctrinal, and moral reasons
- What do they miss?
- What might bring them back?
- Theological reflections and pastoral recommendations
- What must we do? / by Fr. James Mallon.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-58768-786-0
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