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| Preface: Substance and Image: How to Tell Religion from Culture | ||
| Pt. 1 | Faith | |
| 1 | Faith of Our Fathers: What the Church Has to Work With | 3 |
| 2 | Feed My Sheep: How the Church Makes Laws | 12 |
| 3 | Chapter and Verse: The Hard-Fought Genesis of the New Testament | 20 |
| 4 | That Old-Time Religion: Why the Church Still Guards the Old Testament | 28 |
| 5 | The Church's Family Albums: Other Good Books Besides the Bible | 36 |
| 6 | The Cycle of Redemption: Purgatory, Etc | 43 |
| Pt. 2 | Worship | |
| 7 | In Memory of Me: A Short Guide to the Meaning and Structure of the Mass | 57 |
| 8 | Outward Signs: Decoding Symbols of Scripture and the Sacraments | 69 |
| 9 | The Sun of Justice: The Calendar as the Image of Christ's Life | 78 |
| 10 | Until We Meet Again: The Ceremonies of the Christian Funeral | 85 |
| 11 | The Stations of the Cross: The Logic of Their Development | 91 |
| 12 | The Rosary: A Garden of Christian Images | 96 |
| Pt. 3 | Culture | |
| 13 | The Rite Stuff: The Many Faces of the Universal Church | 105 |
| 14 | The Pope: What He Does and Why It Matters | 110 |
| 15 | Priests, Bishops, and Deacons: The Church's General Staff | 120 |
| 16 | A People Set Apart: The Laity in the Modern World | 130 |
| 17 | A Different Order of Life: Monks, Nuns, and the Rules That Guide Them | 137 |
| 18 | Saints: How You Get to Be One | 144 |
| 19 | Fatima, Lourdes, and Elsewhere: The Story of Apparitions | 150 |
| 20 | Wondering About Signs: Does the Madonna Really Weep Through Images? | 157 |
| Pt. 4 | Customs | |
| 21 | How Beautiful Thy Dwelling Place: The Basic Forms of Churches | 167 |
| 22 | Priestly Vestments: Their Origins and Meanings | 178 |
| 23 | Like Unto Pure Gold: The Meaning of the Precious Metal in the Service of the Church | 186 |
| 24 | The Vatican: A Holy City | 194 |
| 25 | Relics: The Church Remembers | 203 |
| 26 | The Sign of the Cross: The Surprising Story of Christianity's Best-Known Symbol | 208 |
| 27 | Sacramentals: Souvenirs of Sanctity | 213 |
| 28 | Water: Holy and Plain | 218 |
| 29 | The Odor of Sanctity: Making Sense of Incense | 223 |
| 30 | Let There Be Light: Candles in Prayer and Liturgy | 228 |
| 31 | A Star Out of Jacob: Why Nativity Sets Look That Way | 233 |
| 32 | Our Lady's Cloak: The Color of the Sky in Christian Art | 237 |
| 33 | The Miraculous Medal: The History of an Extraordinary Sacramental | 241 |
| 34 | Unceasingly Chant: Music in the Life of the Church | 247 |
| 35 | The Numbers Game: Symbols You Can Always Count On | 254 |
| Postscript: If You'd Like to Know More | 267 | |
| Index | 277 |
| Price | Condition | Delivery | Seller | Action |
| $99.99 | Digital |
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Renita Lovell
reviewed Expressions of the Catholic faith on November 08, 2007 Expressions of the Catholic faith
For all you Catholics (and non-Catholics) who wonder what the different symbols, numbers, Saints, and other "Catholic Culture" things really mean: GET THIS BOOK!
Seriously - I am a life-long Catholic (and a well-read and educated one, particularly about my faith), and I still learned many things from reading this book (e.g., the origin of Nativity sets/creches, the significance of the 153 fish pulled in at the end of the Gospel of John, different Saints I'd never heard of before).
I just recently gave this book to my sister as a Christmas present (because she wish-listed one of those "New Age" numerology books by Doreen Virtue). She loves that this book gives an authentically Catholic understanding of what various Christian symbols mean (including the infamous "666" of Revelation).
This book will strengthen the faith of those already strong, as well as pull others back from the brink of secularism and New Age "cosmology/psychology". Highly recommended for all Catholics, as well as those who want to understand their Catholic friends (and converts in the family) better.
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