{"product_id":"finding-the-voice-of-the-george-dennis-obrien-9780268037277","title":"Finding the Voice of the Church","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFinding the Voice of the Church\u003c\/em\u003e is written for a broad audience interested in the challenges facing the contemporary Catholic Church. These challenges are ones that should concern all Christians, not only Catholics. Noted scholar and commentator George Dennis O'Brien poses (and answers) three provocative questions: What is the proper voice of the church? Is there a voice of Christian faith? Can what is said about Christianity be fundamentally distorted by how it is said? Through his clear and relevant discussion of the basic content of Christianity, O'Brien concludes that the primary voice of Catholic Christianity, the papal teaching voice, must be radically \"re-understood\" if the Church is to be the proper medium and voice of the gospel message.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eO'Brien begins with the primary voice of the Church: baptism, gospel, and Eucharist. He contends that too much official teaching from the Roman magisterium to the local pulpit reverses the order of the ancient formula \u003cem\u003elex orandi, lex credendi\u003c\/em\u003e (the law of prayer is the law of faith) and therefore misses its message. In the second part of the book, he turns to specific consideration of the papal voice as the teaching voice of the Church. O'Brien concludes with a series of practical suggestions for how the practices and institutions of the Church can again become the authentic voice of faith. This is a book all concerned Christians will want to read and discuss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e George Dennis O'Brien\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0268037272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780268037277\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Notre Dame Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.60w x 0.97d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2007 pg. 65\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCommonweal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/26\/2007 pg. 37","brand":"George Dennis O'Brien","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44449913635071,"sku":"9780268037277","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_09301fff-4b39-4222-8253-fb8015177e91.jpg?v=1698501723","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/finding-the-voice-of-the-george-dennis-obrien-9780268037277","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}