Faith, Doubt, Mystery: A Catholic Journey
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| Rating | : | 4.52 (889 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1514857537 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 264 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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His honesty invites readers to search for meaning in their own lives. "In an account of remarkably unsentimentalhonesty, Tracy charts his falling away from the Jesuits and his eventual adoption of another life altogether. In the end, this amazing tale is intelligently told and finds redemption in unusual and rewarding places. Charles R. In retracing the steps of his journey as a Jesuit seminarian, he manages to evoke that peculiar affection we feel toward our own younger, more idealistic selves. His memoirhas no villains, no convenient turning points, and no cheap theatrics; instead, he limns the entirely more believable andsympathetic changing of a person's heart over time. The result is a quietly powerful revelation of personal--and, despiteeverything, spiritual--reinvention.A s
. He saw people's lives as a journey filled with choices. Those choices, he asserts, can be understood and used as a springboard to achieve greater awareness and wisdom in living day-to-day. Tracy, Ph.D. He also worked with couples grappling with the challenge of commitment. For over thirty years, he worked with a wide range of clients--pilots, poli
Tracy revisits his six-year-old self taking the first steps on his Catholic journey. Tracy takes the reader into a Jesuit life that few outside the Order know. His teenage years were a melting pot of religious fervor and guilt--a mixture that eventually catapulted him into the Jesuit Order. He avoids the cynicism and bitter attacks often launched by ex-Catholics or those looking at the Church from the outside. Without ignoring the humor and camaraderie of religious life, Tracy conveys the emotional whiplash of c
A moving memoir filled with courage, wisdom and hope James Tracy’s, Faith, Doubt, Mystery: A Catholic Journey is a beautifully written exploration of meaning and mystery. Tracy takes us along a fascinating path through his childhood faith, study for the priesthood, and finally his courageous exit from all he has known with dignity and grace. His growing insights are deep and life-affirming, his writing is powerful and elegant, his metaphors . "Faith, Doubt, Mystery: the Examined Life" according to foran. Psychologist and former Jesuit James Tracy does a fine job of exploring, developmentally, his life-long struggle to find meaningful faith, to encourage healthy doubt, and to live authentically in the mystery of now. Influences on his thinking include Jesuits he interacted with for ten years, especially moral theologian Bob Daily, S.J., literature (eg. Steinbeck, J. Joyce, Camus) and academics li. Faith, Doubt, Mystery: A Catholic Journey, Laura Rankin Faith, Doubt, Mystery: A Catholic Journey, by James J. Tracy, introduces the reader to an innocent six-year-old boy’s first brush with illness and how it attached him to the comfort of his Catholic faith. With wit, intelligence and wisdom, Tracy takes the reader along on his faith journey, with rarely seen glimpses into the life of pre Vatican II Jesuit seminary life. Along the way he show