{"product_id":"the-church-that-forgot-christ-9780743266475","title":"The Church That Forgot Christ","description":"\u003cp\u003ePulitzer Prize-winning journalist  Jimmy Breslin has established himself as one of Americas most distinctively Catholic voices. We have also come to know Breslin as the cocky guy from Queens  New York  who speaks insolently to powerful people and institutions  his words always tinged with a healthy amount of unsentimental outer-borough humor. Now  with a mix of sadness and anger  Breslin turns his sights on the Roman Catholic Church. After a lifetime of attending mass every Sunday  Breslin has severed his ties to the church he once loved  and  in this important book  filled with a fury generated by a sense of betrayal  he explains why. When the church sex scandals emerged relentlessly in recent years  and when it became apparent that these scandals had been covered up by the church hierarchy  Breslin found it impossible to reconcile his faith with this new reality. Ever the reporter  he visited many victims of molestation by priests and found lives in emotional chaos. He questioned the bishops and found an ossified clergy that has a sense of privilege and entitlement. Thus disillusioned with his church  though not with his faith  he writes about the loss of moral authority yet uses his trademark mordant humor to good effect. Breslins righteous anger is put to use. Imagining a renewed church  along with practical solutions such as married priests and female priests  The Church That Forgot Christ also reminds us that Christ wore sandals  not gold vestments and rings  and that ultimately what the Catholic Church needs most is a healthy dose of Christianity. In that sense  Breslin has written a dark book that is full of hope and possibility. It is a book that only Jimmy Breslin could have written.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647248719925,"sku":"ByrdShop_0743266471","price":21.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780743266475.jpg?v=1781690697","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-church-that-forgot-christ-9780743266475","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}