{"product_id":"being-catholic-now-kerry-kennedy-9780307346858","title":"Being Catholic Now: Prominent Americans Talk About Change in the Church and the Quest for Meaning","description":"Some of America's most extraordinary celebrities, artists, and thinkers reveal what they believe Catholicism is-and what it should be \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this illuminating collection that redefines an ancient institution in the most contemporary of terms, human-rights activist Kerry Kennedy asks thirty-seven American Catholics to speak candidly about their own faith-whether lost, recovered, or deepened-and about their feelings regarding the way the Church hierarchy is moving forward. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Has something to say to almost every Catholic, or even one-time Catholic, who cracks open its pages. . . . One finishes the book feeling grateful for  Kennedy's] subjects' honesty and moved in a hundred different ways by what they reveal of their aspirations and struggles.\"-\u003ci\u003eNational Catholic Reporter\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Revealing . . . offers an unusually intimate view of how much being raised Catholic shapes the identity of many prominent Americans, but also how much tension many feel with the institutional church.\"-\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kerry Kennedy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0307346854\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307346858\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crown Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.44w x 0.61d","brand":"Kerry Kennedy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46838533161215,"sku":"9780307346858","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_38879a36-8908-49dd-8b4e-70913ea39c27.jpg?v=1746590122","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/being-catholic-now-kerry-kennedy-9780307346858","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}