商品簡介
Greeley, one of today's most widely read Catholic authors, shares wisdom and insight garnered from scriptural themes to console readers beset by the often overwhelming tensions and conflicts of contemporary life.
作者簡介
A native of Chicago, Father Andrew M. Greeley is a priest, distinguished sociologist, and bestselling author. He is a 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, the ordination of women, religious imagination, and sexual behavior of Catholics. Father Greeley received the S.T.L. in 1954 from St. Mary of the 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 Chicago Sun-Times and many 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.
