Jerusalem, Jerusalem: How the Ancient...
James CarrollJames Carroll's urgent, masterly Jerusalem, Jerusalem uncovers the ways in which the ancient city became, unlike any other in the world, an incendiary fantasy of a city.
James Carroll delivers a tour-de-force look at what it means to be a Catholic today--set against the rich history of the Catholic Church in America.Brilliantly wresting meaning from the historical, social and religious strands of his ...
National Book Award-winner James Carroll's first novel in nine years is set in Berlin in 1961. IIt's during the time of the Berlin wall, and three Americans, high school students in Wiesbaden, cut classes to go to the May Day celebrat...
A clear-eyed and personal examination of the Catholic faith, its leaders, and its complicated history by National Book Award–winner James Carroll James Carroll turns to the notion of practice—both as a way to learn and a means o...
An American Requiem: God, My Father, ...
James CarrollJoe Carroll was an Air Force lieutenant general who chose Vietnamese targets for American bombs. Joe's son James began adulthood by fulfilling his father's abandoned dream of joining the priesthood. But soon a father's hopes for his s...
Christ Actually: Reimagining Faith in...
James CarrollAn exploration of transcendent faith in modern times—from the author of the New York Times–bestselling Constantine's Sword What can we believe about—and how can we believe in—Jesus Christ in light of the Holocaust and other a...
Jerusalem, Jerusalem: How the Ancient...
James CarrollâProvocative . . . the book brims with splendid insights.â â Los Angeles TimesJerusalem: the ancient City on a Hill, a place central to three major religions, a transcendent fantasy that ignites religious fervor unlike ...
Jerusalem, Jerusalem: How the Ancient...
James CarrollJames Carroll's urgent, masterly Jerusalem, Jerusalem uncovers the ways in which the ancient city became, unlike any other in the world, an incendiary fantasy of a city.
From National Book Award-winning writer James Carroll comes a novel of the timeless love story of Peter Abelard and Heloïse, and its impact on a modern priest and a Holocaust survivor seeking sanctuary in Manhattan.Father Michael Kav...