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Long Way from Tipperary : What a Former Monk Discovered in His Search for the Truth by John Dominic Crossan (2000, Hardcover)

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I have spent thirty years reconstructing the historical Jesus. I have done so self-consciously and self-critically and have tried to do the same on reconstructing myself. But what justifies this memoir is how my own personal experience, from Ireland to America, from priest to professor, from monastery to university, and ... from celibacy to marriage, may have influenced that reconstruction. Where has it helped me see what others have not, and where has it made invisible to me what others find obvious? -from A Long Way from Tipperary From his upbringing in Ireland to front-page coverage in the New York Times and mention in cover stories in Time, Newsweek, and U.S. News & World Report, John Dominic Crossan-who has courageously pioneered the contemporary quest for the historical Jesus-has dared to go his own way. In this candid and engaging memoir, the world's foremost Jesus scholar reveals what he has discovered over a lifetime of open-eyed, fearless exploration of God, Jesus, Christianity, and himself. Crossan shares his provocative thinking on such issues as how one can be a Christian without going to church; whether God is vengeful, or just, or both; and why Jesus is more like Gandhi or Martin Luther King Jr. than like the Pope or Jerry Falwell. Raised in the traditional Irish Catholic Church, Crossan inherited a faith that was "accepted fully and internalized completely but undiscussed, uninvestigated, and uncriticized." A dauntless spirit whose imagination was ignited not by piety but by the lure and challenge of adventure, he became a monk to travel and explore the world, unaware that his most thrilling quests would be scholarly and spiritual. "God had going the best adventure around," Crossan confesses. Because he could never subject his theological convictions and historical findings to the restrictions of the Church, Crossan chose to leave the monastery and priesthood. Speaking of this time in his life, Crossan writes, "Not even a vow of obedience could make me sing a song I did not hear." But he never abandoned the Roman Catholic community or tradition and never lost his faith. He has devoted his life and career to a reexamination of what he calls "necessary open-heart surgery on Christianity itself."

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Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0060699744
ISBN-13
9780060699741
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Book Title
Long Way from Tipperary : What a Former Monk Discovered in His Search for the Truth
Author
John Dominic Crossan
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Religious, General, Clergy
Publication Year
2000
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Religion
Number of Pages
240 Pages

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8.2in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
13.2 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Bx4668.3.C76a3 2000
Copyright Date
2000
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
00-020477
Dewey Decimal
220/.092 B
Dewey Edition
21

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by 8dI6iU5iROe@Del...Sep 23, 2010
A Long Way From Tipperary
Professor Crossan has all the background and scholastic development that I can relate to with warmth and happiness. I am speaking about his education in the home and school of the Catholic scene during the years of his youth and young adulthood. For this reason, I looked forward with great anticipation to reading his memoir which has been my only contact with him. However, I was shocked by his taking a critical turn from all the Faith that I love. Crossan not only left the Church that had given him the years of superior education thereby providing him with the means to become famous and wealthy but he has the nerve to deny the Church's magnificent liturgy in all its beauty and deep truths. How is he different from any other fallen away Catholic who has nothing but scorn to heap on the Monther who nourished and guided him? Were we expected to gather in one of his "groups" to listen to his teaching about Jesus in history or some other place? Evidently he thinks this is superior to the Mass and its ruberics. I fear Mr. Crossan has followed the wrong path of self glorification rather than being obedient to Jesus when He asked the mature John to follow Him. May we all pray that the grace of God enables him to find his way home before he leaves this world.Read full review
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by dvZkQB16REa@Del...Jul 08, 2007
Definitely Glad He Made the Trip
While having read only a few of his scholarly books on the life of Jesus, I am familiar with Mr. Crossan from his appearances on TV. His engaging personality and clear communications style come out wonderfully in this book on the life of John Dominic. As in his other books, he states his purpose up front and leads us in a logical set of steps through the major phases of his life, and how they affected his career choices and the opinions he takes in his scholarship. I knew I liked the guy before I read a single word he had written, and frankly his professional books have sometimes been way over my paygrade in understanding, but like Scientific American, worth wading through to the end. This autobiography is a lot more fun to read, because he knows we are not fellow experts on him, the way his other books appeal to fellow biblical historians. It's great to read an autobiography written by someone with the skills of a biographer. And a life worth knowing about!Read full review

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