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Reconstructing Catholicism [Paperback]

Robert Ludwig (Author)
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Ludwig, director of university ministry at Chicago's DePaul University, joins a battle for the heart and soul of Catholicism that is as old as Catholicism itself. From the moment it was institutionalized, Catholicism has been entangled in a struggle between the institution and the embrace of God's presence in the world. Ludwig articulates that struggle in an engaging, readable way that should appeal to his intended audience, the so-called Generation X. Beyond the old struggle, Ludwig also lays out a popular version of the paradigm analysis Hans Ku{}ng has recently elaborated in excruciating detail. For Ludwig, the challenge is to reconstruct Catholicism within a postmodern paradigm, a reconstruction that he sees as a second step, after the devastating deconstruction of the past 200 years. One interesting problem for Ludwig and others involved in reconstruction is the generally premodern character of Catholicism's antimodernism. The "new generation" for whom Ludwig writes may be a step ahead of him in embracing the "green and cosmic" aspects of his reconstruction. The question is whether they will embrace the Catholic and Christian aspects as reconstruction or jettison them as retreat. Steve Schroeder

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  • Paperback: 252 pages
  • Publisher: Crossroad (July 1, 1995)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0824514629
  • ISBN-13: 978-0824514624
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,076,268 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Definitely a positive view of Catholic Faith, April 14, 2000
This review is from: Reconstructing Catholicism (Paperback)
I was lucky enough to hear Ludwig speak at the LA Religious Education Conference in 1999. Ludwig has a positive, heartfelt vision of Catholic faith. If you are developing your own faith and that of your children, this is a good book to read and reflect on.

Ludwig runs through the basic theologic concepts of the Church -- what is Grace and Faith, etc. He also tries to bring people out of a legalistic view of the Church to a view of its Sacramentality. This is a view that religious educators are trying to teach -- at least the 20,000 that are showing up at the Los Angeles Conference. I'm finding more books and resources that are trying to teach a more hopeful, spiritual Catholicism -- the religion that should be passed on rather than the legalistic, pessimistic faith that the mass of pre-Vatican Catholics were instilled with.

If you are an former Catholic or are discourgaged with the institutional church, you should read this book because it will remind you of why the Catholic Faith is the Path. It does matter that you are Cathoic and that you continue to practice, even if it isn't as "perfect" as demanded by some parts.

*By the way, I am not an RCIA teacher. I'm helping out my Church, but I'm pretty much the run-of-the-mill layperson with no training other than Catholic elementary and high school.

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