Faith at the Edge: A New Generation of Catholic Writers Reflects on Life Love Sex and Other Mysteries

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From GodSpy -- an online Catholic magazine with a radically orthodox point of view -- comes this compelling collection of twenty-one unique and powerful personal narratives. Gathering the experiences fears and joys of young adult Catholics whose search for faith often puts them on a collision-course with modern society this anthology explores the mysterious exhilarating and sometimes infuriating terrain of faith. With celebrated contributors like Paula Huston Austen Ivereigh Harold Fickett Eve Tushnet and Matthew Lickona these essays give voice to the struggles and triumphs of a new generation of Catholics who are transforming the Church. INTRODUCTION by Angelo Matera I SCOURGE THE BODY ELECTRIC by Brian Pessaro THIS IS MY BODY by Elizabeth Wirth PORN AND THE SACRED HEART by Patrick Still CONFESSIONS OF AN UNDERCOVER VIRGIN by Anna Broadway GAY AND CATHOLIC by David Morrison AFTER KATRINA by Jessica Griffith MY TALLAHASSEE PURGATORY by Brian Pessaro THE SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY by Paula Huston LIKE A NATURAL WOMAN by Elizabeth Wirth SINCE MOST GUYS DO IT by Matthew Lickona MOTHERHOOD AS VOCATION by Lisa Lickona A YOUNG FATHERS CRY by Matthew Lickona OPEN TO LIFE by Rebecca Robinson COMING OUT by Eve Tushnet EMILY ROSES EXORCISM-AND MINE by John Zmirak ENCOUNTERING THE SCOURGED CHRIST by Jack Smith THE HARSH AND DREADFUL LOVE OF THE POOR by Marion Maendel NAKED: INTO THE WATERS OF VULNERABILITY AT LOURDES by Austen Ivereigh LAUGHTER WILL SAVE THE WORLD by John Jalsevac FIRST FRIDAY IN LENT by Jessica Griffith ETERNITY IN THE HERE AND NOW BY Harold Fickett