{"product_id":"why-i-am-catholic-and-you-should-be-too-9781594719035","title":"Why I Am Catholic (and You Should Be Too)","description":"\u003cp\u003eNow in paperback, Brandon Vogt's bestselling and award-winning\u003ci\u003e Why I Am Catholic (and You Should Be Too)\u003c\/i\u003e serves as a compelling reproposal of the Church to former Catholics, a persuasive argument for truth and beauty to those who have become jaded and disenchanted with religion, and at the same time offers practicing Catholics a much-needed dose of confidence and clarity to affirm their faith against an increasingly skeptical culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike many millennials, Vogt--content director of Bishop Robert Barron's Word on Fire Catholic Ministries--considered himself \"spiritual, but not religious\" until, as a mechanical engineering student at Florida State University, he began a passionate search for truth that led him--to his great surprise--to the Catholic Church in 2008.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhy I Am Catholic (and You Should Be Too)\u003c\/i\u003e traces Vogt's spiritual journey, making a refreshing, twenty-first-century case for the faith and answering questions being asked by agnostics, nones, and atheists--the audience for his popular website, StrangeNotions.com, where Catholics and atheists dialogue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith references to Catholic thinkers such as G. K. Chesterton, John Henry Newman, St. Teresa of Calcutta, and Bishop Robert Barron, Vogt draws together lines of evidence to help seekers discover why they should be Catholic as an alternative. At the same time, he helps practicing Catholics affirm and strengthen their faith, giving them tools to answer the skeptics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrandon Vogt\u003c\/b\u003e is a bestselling and award-winning author of ten books, including \u003ci\u003eWhy I Am Catholic (and You Should Be Too)\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWhat to Say and How to Say It\u003c\/i\u003e, volumes I and II. He is the founder of ClaritasU, which trains Catholics in how to talk about their faith, especially hot-button issues. He works as the senior publishing director for Bishop Robert Barron's Word on Fire Catholic Ministries. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVogt is the cohost of \u003ci\u003eThe Word on Fire Show\u003c\/i\u003e with Bishop Barron, and \u003ci\u003eThe Burrowshire Podcast\u003c\/i\u003e with Fr. Blake Britton. Vogt runs several websites including StrangeNotions.com, the largest site of dialogue between Catholics and atheists, and ChurchFathers.org, the go-to resource for people wondering what the earliest Christians believed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVogt's work has been featured by media outlets including NPR, Fox News, CBS, EWTN, \u003ci\u003eAmerica\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, Vatican Radio, \u003ci\u003eOur Sunday Visitor\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNational Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVogt has served as a consultant to the US Conference of Catholic Bishop's Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis and on the board of the Society of G.K. Chesterton. He serves as president of the Central Florida Chesterton Society and founder of Chesterton Academy of Orlando, a new classical high school. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlong with his wife and children, he lives on Burrowshire, a small farm outside Orlando, Florida.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ave Maria Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50704945316114,"sku":"9781594719035","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0ad1cf55-46a7-40b4-8ca6-553bab8574ca.jpg?v=1734483709","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/why-i-am-catholic-and-you-should-be-too-9781594719035","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}