{"product_id":"9781504050340","title":"Catholics: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \"near-masterpiece\" about faith and doubt by the award-winning, international bestselling author (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In Rome, surrendering to secular pressures, the Fourth Vatican Council is stirring a revolution with their official denial of the church's core doctrines. They've abolished clerical dress and private confession; the Eucharist is recognized only as an outdated symbol; and they're merging with the tenets of Buddhism. They're also unsettled by the blind faith of devout pilgrims from around the world congregating on a remote island monastery in Ireland-the last spot on earth where Catholic traditions are defiantly alive. At the behest of the Vatican, Father James Kinsella has been dispatched to Muck Abbey with an ultimatum: Adhere to the new church or suffer the consequences.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e But in Abbot Tomás O'Malley, Kinsella finds less an adversary than a man of bewildering contradictions-unyieldingly bound to his vows, yet long-questioning his devotion to God. Now, between Kinsella and O'Malley comes an unexpected challenge that will reveal their truths, their purpose, their faith, and their doubt.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \"Told with . . . superb grace and wit,\" \u003ci\u003eCatholics\u003c\/i\u003e was adapted by Brian Moore for the 1973 film starring Martin Sheen and Trevor Howard (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42489422282813,"sku":"9781504050340","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9781504050340_p0.jpg?v=1771575346","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.mom\/products\/9781504050340","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}