Brandon Vogt
Författare till RETURN: How to Draw Your Child Back to the Church.
Om författaren
Brandon Vogt is an award-winning Catholic author, blogger, and speaker. His past books include The Church and Sew Media and Catholicism: The New Evangelization Study Guide. He's been featured on XPR, CBS, FoxNews, and EWTN. Brandon blogs at BrandonVogt.com, runs StrangeNotioas.com, and works as visa mer content director for Fr. Robert Barron's Word on Fire Catholic ministries. visa färre
Verk av Brandon Vogt
The Church and New Media: Blogging Converts, Online Activists, and Bishops Who Tweet (2011) 73 exemplar
What to Say and How to Say It: Discuss Your Catholic Faith with Clarity and Confidence (2020) 39 exemplar
What to Say and How to Say It, Volume II: More Ways to Discuss Your Faith with Clarity and Confidence (2021) 18 exemplar
What to Say and How to Say It, Volume III: Even More Ways to Discuss Your Faith with Clarity and Confidence (What to… (2022) 7 exemplar
Return 1 exemplar
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This was certainly better written than the book about Catholicism that I read last year (and far less offensive and irritating), and the author seems like someone I would want to befriend if I met him. As the story of why he converted, it’s well-written and interesting. As an argument of why people should convert, I found it unconvincing.
I don’t doubt that he read and studied extensively before he made his decision. His continued references to Catholic scholars and their works was impressive. But the arguments presented in this book were oversimplified to the extent that I felt my intelligence was being insulted. He relies heavily on analogy to make his points, and this technique became increasingly annoying.
The points he made about the church’s contributions to scholarship, science, and benevolent works were more compelling to me than anything else, but I already had an inkling of them from other reading, particularly what I’ve read by the Jesuit James Martin. That chapter was still the most interesting to me.
I’m reading on this topic because I have a family member considering converting. I’m glad he asked me to read on the topic as a way to understand what he’s thinking about. I admit to reading these books begrudgingly. Even so, I stand by my opinion of them. I want to be clear that I don’t have anything against Catholics—I know and admire many—but I also don’t see any reason to convert from the Lutheran Church (the first book I read was specifically about making this change). The same arguments in his chapter, Because it’s for Everybody, could be made for the Lutheran Church, as well as other traditions.
I think this book may be validation for someone already on the road to conversion, but that’s about it.… (mer)