{"product_id":"making-confession-hearing-confession-annemarie-s-kidder-9780814654972","title":"Making Confession, Hearing Confession: A History of the Cure of Souls","description":"\u003cp\u003eIs confession obsolete? Far from it, Annemarie Kidder has learned. At unexpected times and in unexpected places, we hear the \"confession\" of a friend or a perfect stranger; at crucial times in our lives we tend to unburden ourselves of matters that trouble our conscience. While some churches offer opportunities for sacramental confession, others provide counseling outside the sacramental framework. Some confessional practices have been secularized, as in psychotherapy and professional counseling; others find expression in evangelistic crusades and Christian 12-step programs. Meanwhile, the scope of \"confessors\" has widened to include men and women religious and lay spiritual directors. Addressing this broad audience, Kidder\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ereviews the origins and history of confession from biblical times to the early modern era, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eexamines contemporary practices of confession, penance, and spiritual direction that have emerged in the twentieth century, and\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eoffers practical considerations for evaluating and improving one's own practice, either as confessor or penitent.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders will be grateful for this concise historical overview of confession and Kidder's assurance that, despite its undervalued or misunderstood practice, this \"cure of souls\" is anything but obsolete.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Annemarie S. Kidder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814654975\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814654972\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liturgical Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.96h x 6.02w x 0.98d","brand":"Annemarie S. Kidder","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44717172195583,"sku":"9780814654972","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8ad4b5fe-3f1a-41ed-b0bf-e45016b415be.jpg?v=1705687269","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/making-confession-hearing-confession-annemarie-s-kidder-9780814654972","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}