Description: In this provocative work that could not be more timely, Wills, one of the country's most noted writers and historians, offers a powerful statement of his own Catholic faith.
Brief description:
GARRY WILLS, a distinguished historian and critic, is the author of numerous books, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Lincoln at Gettysburg, Saint Augustine, and the best-selling Why I Am a Catholic. A regular contributor to the New York Review of Books, he has won many awards, among them two National Book Critics Circle Awards and the 1998 National Medal for the Humanities. He is a history professor emeritus at Northwestern University.
Review Quotes:
"The entire last section of WHY I AM A CATHOLIC is among Wills's most memorable writings." --Denis Donoghue New York Review of Books
"Wills . . . explodes much of what passes as institutionalized Catholicism . . . and in his closing and very close reading of the Apostles' creed, boils the question of why one could possibly be a Catholic down to its essentials." --John Anderson The Nation
"It is hard to imaginea more timely book than Garry Wills's "Why I Am a Catholic" . . . it is a great satisfaction to have the Church's history analyzed by a mind so critical but still so in love." --Joan Acocella The New Yorker
"Wills's book is well written and carefully referenced to support his point of view." Publishers Weekly, Starred
"The prolific historian offers a timely confession of faith and an apology in the true sense of the term." Kirkus Reviews, Starred
"This new book . . . is a powerful work of personal reflection and history . . . Wills . . . is simply the most astute Catholic writer in America today." --James Carroll Boston Globe