Furthermore! : Memories of a Parish Priest

by Greeley, Andrew M.

• ISBN13: 9780312876081
• ISBN10: 0312876084
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-12-08
• Publisher: Forge Books

Summary

Picking up where his acclaimed "Confessions of Parish Priest" left off, this memoir welcomes readers to the energetic and enthusiastic world of internationally acclaimed bestselling novelist and priest Father Andrew M. Greeley, whom the "Los Angeles Times" called "a master of the human heart".

Author Biography

A native of Chicago, Reverend Andrew M. Greeley, is a priest, distinguished sociologist and bestselling author. He is professor of social sciences at the University of Chicago and the University of Arizona, as well as Research Associate at the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago. His current sociological research focuses on current issues facing the Catholic Church-including celibacy of priests, ordination of women, religious imagination, and sexual behavior of Catholics.

Father Greeley received the S.T.L. in 1954 from St. Mary of Lake Seminary. His graduate work was done at the University of Chicago, where he received the M.A. Degree in 1961 and the Ph.D. in 1962.

Father Greeley has written scores of books and hundreds of popular and scholarly articles on a variety of issues in sociology, education and religion. His column on political, church and social issues is carried by the carried by the Chicago Sun Times and may other newspapers. He stimulates discussion of neglected issues and often anticipates sociological trends. He is the author of more than thirty bestselling novels and an autobiography, Furthermore!: Confessions of a Parish Priest.

Table of Contents

What Has Gone Before	9	(46)
Introduction	11	(11)
Reunions	22	(13)
Religion as Poetry	35	(20)
Windmills	55	(70)
Filling in the Blanks	59	(10)
Pedophile Problems	69	(22)
Reconciliations	91	(10)
The Rights of the Laity	101	(9)
Catholic Schools	110	(15)
Interlude	125	(22)
Prayers	127	(20)
Stories	147	(52)
Stories as Pictures	151	(12)
Sociology and Fiction--Two Muses or One?	163	(19)
Characters--Blackie and Nuala Anne	182	(17)
Times and Places	199	(50)
Cities	203	(16)
Countries	219	(30)
The Search for an Explanation	249
The End of the Confident Church	253
Why They Stay-It's the Stories!	278
Two Guys Named Jack	293
Conclusion (For the Time Being)	297