Michael Novak: Tell Me Why | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9780671018863 | Tell Me Why | A Father Answers His Daughter's Questions about God

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Hailed as a new classic in faith exploration, this remarkable book offers a rare chance to eavesdrop on a conversation between a believing father and a skeptical daughter about God, faith, and morals. World-renowned theologian Michael Novak accepts a unique challenge when his twentysomething daughter Jana sends him a long fax filled with practical questions about life and religion. His answers -- warm, wise, and unfaltering -- serve as guideposts to faith at a critical time in his daughter's life. For her part, Jana is not interested in a scholarly essay but in straight and honest replies; she challenges what she doesn't understand, and she never hesitates to bat back an answer she doesn't like.
The result is a lively, thought-provoking dialogue that addresses the concerns of Jana's generation while also taking on the questions of the ages -- from the purpose of religion in our lives, to how "good" must a Christian be, to the problems of suffering, compassion, and the existence of God. Enacting as it does the difficult passing on of a noble tradition, Tell Me Why offers an illuminating path for anyone searching to embrace or deepen their faith.

Über den Autor

Michael and Jana Novak are the authors of Tell Me Why, a Simon & Schuster book.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

CONTENTS

Jana's Challenge Arrives

I FOUNDATIONS

1 Why Does Religion, Any Religion, Matter?

2 Why Are There So Many Different Religions?

3 What Is God Like?

4 What Does It Do for Me, Whether There Is a God or Not?

II PARTICULARS

5 Why Is Our Family Catholic?

6 Can I Pick and Choose What I Believe?

7 But I Cannot Take the Bible Literally!

8 What Do We Mean by Hell? And Heaven?

III PRACTICALITIES

9 What Is Christian Sexual Love?

10 On Womanhood: Marriage, Friendship, Children

11 What About Abortion?

12 Do I Need to Be Mother Teresa?

The Last Word: Jana

Dad's Reading List for Jana

Acknowledgments

Index

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	1999
Genre:	Importe , Religion & Theologie
Religion:	Christentum
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9780671018863
ISBN-10:	0671018868
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Novak, Michael Novak, Jana
Hersteller:	Pocket Books
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	216 x 140 x 20 mm
Von/Mit:	Michael Novak (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	01.07.1999
Gewicht:	0,475 kg