Repair My House: Becoming a ''Kindom'' Catholic Book

Introduction vii

Part I Catholicism and Apocalypse 1

Tradition Eclipsing Scripture

1 Understanding the Various Forms of Atheism: The Challenge to Catholicism 7

2 Imbalance in Church Governance Based on a Misuse of Scripture 22

3 Catholicism's Crisis as Organizational: Finding New Meaning in the Mystical 32

4 Finding a New Model of Meaning: The Need for a New Catholic Myth 51

5 The Apocalypse Facing Catholicism: An Invitation to Convert 64

Part II Jesus' Dao of the Kingdom 79

Reclaiming the Metaphor

6 The "Gospel" of the Historical Jesus: The Reign of the Trinity on Earth as in Heaven 81

7 Economics, the Economic Trinity and the Economy of Salvation: Linking Science and Religion 98

8 Jesus' Call to Asceticism: Contemporary Discipleship as a New Catholic Dao 108

Part III The Dao of Being a "Kindom" Catholic 123

The Practice of Seven Contemporary Sacramentals

9 The Cosmic Way 127

10 The Christie Way 141

11 The Way of Consciousness 156

12 The Way of Connectedness 172

13 The Contemplative Way 185

14 The Compassionate Way 204

15 The Way of Community 218

Notes 233

Index 263