{"product_id":"confession-of-a-catholic-worker-our-moment-of-christian-witness-9781621645665","title":"Confession of a Catholic Worker: Our Moment of Christian Witness","description":"\u003cp\u003eEveryone knows there is a \"crisis\" in the Catholic Church and in the world around us. Some say it is capitalism gone wild. Others say it is the decay of tradition, family, and objective truth. Still others say it is the rise of radical, reactionary conservatism. Though all may not agree on the nature of the crisis, who doesn't agree that there is one, and who isn't worried?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Larry Chapp, crisis is always the norm of Christian existence. In a cold, dying world choked by greed, the Gospel calls for radical love and radical living according to the Sermon on the Mount. Using the theology of \u003cb\u003eHans Urs von Balthasar\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003e Peter Maurin\u003c\/b\u003e, and\u003cb\u003e Dorothy Day\u003c\/b\u003e, Chapp argues that the real remedy to the disease of sin is not niceness, not political liberation, not fancy liturgical dress, not technical rigor, but a free decision to live totally and joyfully in Jesus Christ, without compromise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust as the martyrs chose God over life itself, so each Christian must, in the crucial hour, choose Jesus over all things. Everything hinges on the moment of Christian witness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarry Chapp, Ph.D.\u003c\/b\u003e, is a retired professor of theology who taught at DeSales University for twenty years. He received his doctorate from Fordham University in 1994 with a specialization in the theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar. He is now the owner and manager of the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker Farm near Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ignatius Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50717487759634,"sku":"9781621645665","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6b262b2f-d02e-4f1f-a895-692fecfbba47.jpg?v=1734618842","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/confession-of-a-catholic-worker-our-moment-of-christian-witness-9781621645665","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}