As a storyteller, Jesus often surprised his listeners with unexpected twists that challenged them to see the world in a whole new light. Father Greeley's insightful tour of the Gospels provides a fresh look at the parables that strips away centuries of false and mistaken interpretations to get at the essential truth of who Jesus really was and what he believed. Along the way, Father Greeley touches on such provocative topics as the significance of...

"Andrew Greeley confronts death boldly in the context of life both before and after its ever-threatening fact. He never questions death's reality but he demolishes its consequences. Armed with enduring human and Christian hope, he insists: 'We can look forward to both continuity and discontinuity; continuity of life but extraordinary transformation of the quality, the intensity, the richness, the splendor of life. It sounds like quite a show.' Says...

Surveys the beliefs, nature, and values of white ethnic groups living in the United States.

"The Great Mysteries responds with passion and skill to the growing concerns of spiritual seekers and teachers of the Catholic faith. In radical, refreshing fashion, Greeley explores 12 essential questions of faith and grounds them in human experience. With the skill of a master storyteller and the passion of a deep believer, Greeley contemplates questions at the heart of human life--is there any purpose in my life? Are there any grounds for hope?...

"Hyperbolic and misleading coverage of recent scandals has created a public image of American priests that bears little relation to reality, and Andrew Greeley's Priests skewers this image with a systematic inside look at American priests today." "Drawing upon reliable national survey samples of priests, Greeley demolishes current stereotypes about the percentage of homo-sexual priests, the level of personal and professional happiness among priests,...

"This volume is an exercise in urban anthropology. Religious imagination is the subject and the movie house is its location. The authors show that the religious imagination is irrepressible, and shows up in our best-known example of popular cultures, movies. Contrary to conservative opinion that suggests that Hollywood is anti-religious, Greely and Bergesen find just the opposite." "This book is for both the professional concerned with religion, sociology,...