Essay: Faith at the Edge

Reviews

"This fascinating collection of essays by some of today's most provocative Catholic writers shows that the truly spiritual person looks at everything—including relationships, love, and sex—as invitations to experience God."
James Martin, S.J.
Author of My Life with the Saints

"This is a much-needed book for the John Paul II generation of Catholics. There is a new and fresh spirit in the air of the Church and Angelo Matera is making a substantial contribution to it."
Fr. Benedict J. Groeschel, C.F.R.
Author of The Virtue Driven Life

"There is an honesty in this book that is very rare in religious writing these days. These people have spied God, and glimpsed the mystery that lies at the heart of everything."
Scott Hahn
Author of Reasons to Believe: How to
Understand, Explain, and
Defend the Catholic Faith

"If you, or anyone you love, is tempted to think of Catholicism as anything but compelling and revolutionary, you need to read Faith at the Edge.
This is an excellent book."
Brian Saint-Paul
Editor, InsideCatholic.com and Crisis Magazine

Description

From godspy.com—a Catholic website that combines an orthodox sensibility with a real world perspective—comes this compelling collection of twenty-one unique and powerful personal narratives.

Gathering the experiences, fears, and joys of young adult Catholics whose search for faith often puts them on a collision course with modern society, this anthology explores the mysterious, exhilarating, and sometimes infuriating terrain of faith. With celebrated contributors like Paula Huston, Matthew Lickona, and John Zmirak, and compelling personal narratives like “Porn and the Sacred Heart” and “My Tallahassee Purgatory,” these essays give voice to the struggles and triumphs of a new generation of Catholics who are transforming the Church.

Contributors include: Anna Broadway, Harold Fickett, Jessica Griffith, Paula Huston, Austen Ivereigh, John J. Jalsevac, Lisa Lickona, Matthew Lickona, Marion Maendel, David Morrison, Brian Pessaro, Rebecca Robinson, Jack Smith, Patrick Still, Eve Tushnet, Elizabeth Wirth, and John Zmirak

Editor Angelo Matera is the publisher of the online Catholic magazine, godspy.com. He writes frequently about social justice, war, and the economy for Catholic publications, and is the former CEO of Circle Media, publisher of The National Catholic Register.