Faithful Departures: Travels with Catholic Pilgrims - Brossura

Walsh, Stephen

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ISBN 10: 014027216X ISBN 13: 9780140272161

Casa editrice: Penguin, 2002

Riassunto

'When approaching a pilgrimage, put your faith in Stephen Walsh' The Herald FAITHFUL DEPARTURES is an hilarious account of a lapsed Catholic re-learning his prayers and reciting his rosary in the company of the pilgrims of Lourdes, Knock, Medjugorje and Rome. Brought up in classic Catholic fashion to keep the faith, Stephen Walsh nevertheless managed to mislay his towards the dog-end of a not very successfully mis-spent youth. Twenty-five years later, and fully aware of his spiritual shortcomings, he decides to jump sandals-first into a series of pilgrimages in the company of a diverse, yet devout, cast of devotees.

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L'autore:

Stephen Walsh was born in Edinburgh and brought up in Glasgow. He went on to study English at Oxford. His previous book, HEARTACHE SPOKEN HERE was also published by Penguin. He lives in Sussex and Scarborough.

Product Description:

Stephen Walsh follows five pilgrimages with five sets of extraordinary people to five breathtaking places: bourgeois tourist pilgrims to Jerusalem; ascetics to Compostela in Spain; a mentally and physically disabled group to Lourdes; people who live in siege-like environments to Bosnia; and to Rome with pious working class parishioners. Writing as a lapsed Catholic, this book is one of the author's personal journey as well as one of general discussion by exploring Catholicism, past and present, religious and cultural, public and personal.

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• Editore: Penguin
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 014027216X
• ISBN 13: 9780140272161
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 288