{"product_id":"avoiding-martyrdom-frederick-j-sneesby-9781490863368","title":"Avoiding Martyrdom: the Catholic Church in the United States","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe United States Catholic Church has swung from being distinct and easily identifiable to a church that has blended quite well with the prevailing American culture. The forces of assimilation and the choices of Catholics have produced a mainstream church. But is the American Catholic Church accomplishing its mission? Is the church that was once peculiar more effective as the church that accommodates?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe disordered condition in which the United States finds itself with materialism that dominates our culture, a landscape of relational life that has become a wasteland, destructive violence, crippling skepticism, blindness to the value of human life, and a scandalous gulf between rich and poor cannot be healed and redeemed unless there is a community of believers willing to invest the goodness and virtue that is needed to bring about what God intends. The country needs a vibrant Catholic Church.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow can the United States Catholic Church be that church? Avoiding Martyrdom examines the state of the American Catholic Church and the disquiet felt by many Catholics, while looking toward how Catholics might fulfill the church's mission in the years ahead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Frederick J. Sneesby\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1490863362\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781490863368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e WestBow Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/09\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 156\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.50d","brand":"Frederick J. Sneesby","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48439400005887,"sku":"9781490863368","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_259b5fc1-382b-4fa4-99e9-a4a2b27c32e1.jpg?v=1777177402","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/avoiding-martyrdom-frederick-j-sneesby-9781490863368","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}