{"product_id":"strangers-in-a-strange-land-living-the-christian-faith-in-a-post-christian-world","title":"STRANGERS IN A STRANGE LAND:  LIVING THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN A POST-CHRISTIAN WORLD","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 6.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';\"\u003eA vivid critique of American life today and a guide to how Christians?and particularly Catholics--can live their faith vigorously, and even with hope, in a post-Christian public square.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 6.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';\"\u003eOffers a fresh, urgent, and ultimately hopeful treatise on the state of Catholicism and Christianity in the United States. America today is different \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';\"\u003ein kind,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e not just in degree, from the past. And this new reality is unlikely to be reversed. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';\"\u003eThe reasons include, but aren't limited to, economic changes that widen the gulf between rich and poor; problems in the content and execution of the education system; the decline of traditional religious belief among young people; the shift from organized religion among adults to unbelief or individualized spiritualities; changes in legal theory and erosion in respect for civil and natural law; significant demographic shifts; profound new patterns in sexual behavior and identity; the growth of federal power and its disregard for religious rights; the growing isolation and elitism of the leadership classes; and the decline of a sustaining sense of family and community.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 6.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';\"\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 6.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';\"\u003eArchbishop Emeritus Charles Chaput,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';\"\u003eOFM Cap.,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e was named archbishop of Philadelphia in 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI. As a member of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, he was the second Native American to be ordained a bishop in the United States and is the first Native American archbishop. Chaput is the author of \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';\"\u003eStrangers in a Strange Land, Living the Catholic Faith\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, and\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';\"\u003e Render unto Caesar\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as numerous articles and public talks. Retiring as archbishop emeritus in 2020, he continues his extensive writing and public speaking.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"OUR LADY OF GOOD SUCCESS CATHOLIC TRADER","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51654954877161,"sku":null,"price":56.25,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/2598\/5001\/files\/sisl.jpg?v=1786425574","url":"https:\/\/ologsct.com\/products\/strangers-in-a-strange-land-living-the-christian-faith-in-a-post-christian-world","provider":"OUR LADY OF GOOD SUCCESS CATHOLIC TRADER ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}