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Paperback My Grandfather's House: A Genealogy of Doubt and Faith Book

ISBN: 0312243146

ISBN13: 9780312243142

My Grandfather's House: A Genealogy of Doubt and Faith

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Finalist, Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography In the tradition of Augustine's Confessions , Robert Clark tells the story of his return to the Catholic Church through the prism of the religious history of his ancestors. Intertwining their experiences as Catholics in late-medieval England, as Puritan settlers in 17th Century New England, and as 19th Century New England transcendentalists with his childhood in an Episcopalian boarding school and...

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Beauty and Story and God

Perhaps one of the most original and reflective conversion stories in print. Clark creates a self-portrait from the reflection he finds of himself in the 500-something years of his family's history. Amazingly researched, beautifully written. Probably has a special appeal to people of English ancestry and, of course, to those who contemplate theological mysteries.Unlike the other two reviewers, I had no problem with his discussion of Protestantism. Rather, I felt that he had a firm understanding of the content of his book.
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