The Gentle Traditionalist: A Catholic Fairy-tale from Ireland

The Gentle Traditionalist: A Catholic Fairy-tale from Ireland

Geoffrey has a problem. All his life heâ€™s lived according to â€œsensibleâ€ sceptical, secular values. Then, his true love left him for a New Age community in Scotland. But it gets worse: now she wants to be a traditional Catholic nun! Geoffrey is bewildered, angry, lost. Until, one Valentineâ€™s Day in Ireland, he meets a mysterious guide--the Gentle Traditionalist. Together they commence a most unusual dialogue of ideas concerning:

â€¢ The Heart of the Gospel â€¢ The Real Nature of the Church: A Supernatural Mystery â€¢ The Crisis in Catholicism today: the Loss of Tradition â€¢ The New Age Movement â€¢ Catholic Ireland â€¢ Why Secularism gets away with murder

Both whimsical and serious, the dialogue in this book offers a probing exploration of the Catholic Mystery, Christendom, and the crisis of the West today. Join us for a very special Valentineâ€™s Day when Geoffreyâ€™s barren, rational world gets turned upside down...

â€œThis is one of the most unusual books Iâ€™ve ever read ... written throughout with passion and engagement, with a touching and deep-seated love for Ireland.â€--MARY KENNY, author of Goodbye to Catholic Ireland

â€œAs brilliant a guide for the perplexed as this age is capable of producing.â€--CHARLES COULOMBE, author of Everyman Today Call Rome

â€œThe Gentle Traditionalist is a book with a â€˜strange magic,â€™ like unto the Ireland it loves and mourns. With unforgettable images and a wry sense of humor, Roger Buck unfolds a tale of whimsical fantasy, melancholy realism, and supernatural joy.â€--PETER KWASNIEWSKI, Wyoming Catholic College; author of Resurgent in the Midst of Crisis

â€œWriting with great wisdom, insight, and a most warm sense of humor, Roger Buck offers us a contemplation of the religious predicaments of our time in the spirit of Chesterton and Belloc. He takes on everything in a charming (and disarming) manner ... a wonderful book.â€--MICHAEL MARTIN, author of The Submerged Reality

â€œTo read this work was a joy, and I thank the author for helping me realize that, despite the passing of three generations and 150 years in the Irish-Australian diaspora, my heart is still Irish.â€--GERARD Oâ€™SHEA, University of Notre Dame, Australia; author of As I Have Loved You

â€œThis striking novel by Roger Buck, set in Ireland, is composed with extraordinary sensitivity and insight.â€--COLIN MAWBY KSG, Choral Director of Radio Telefis Eireann (RTÃ‰)

â€œAn unusual book: part love story, part theological dialog. Roger Buck is that altogether too rare Catholic who understands the importance of the geo-cultural forces that have shaped the modern world.â€--THOMAS STORCK, author of From Christendom to Americanism and Beyond

â€œThe Gentle Traditionalist is a tremendous book: moving and humorous, opening up the most profound issues, engaging the most strident of polemics with the lightest touch.â€--JOSEPH SHAW, Chairman of the Latin Mass Society of England and Wales
Country USA
Manufacturer Angelico Press
Binding Kindle Edition
IsAdultProduct
ReleaseDate 2016-04-19

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Angelico Press
Binding	Kindle Edition
IsAdultProduct
ReleaseDate	2016-04-19

The Gentle Traditionalist: A Catholic Fairy-tale from Ireland

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