The Music of Creation: Foundations of Christian Life - Softcover

John Michael Talbot; Steve Rabey

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9780874779837: The Music of Creation: Foundations of Christian Life

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0874779839 ISBN 13: 9780874779837

Publisher: Tarcher, 1999

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Catholic music's most popular recording artist, a Secular Franciscan, explores the meaning of being a Catholic in today's world, offering an inspirational message of the joy of giving one's life to God. 20,000 first printing.

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About the Author:

John Michael Talbot has sold over 4 million albums and has been named by Billboard magazine as the number-one male Christian recording artist. For the past twenty years he has been a Secular Franciscan and is a member of the Brothers and Sisters of Charity, a religious community which he founded. He lives in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas.

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Famed Christian musician Talbot is also a Catholic apologist. His Christian primer which treats a range of subjects, from the sacraments to the Paraclete, is unabashedly evangelistic``Come on in. Take a look around. I believe you will find your home here.'' But its hard to imagine that Talbot will accomplish anything other than stroking those who already agree with him. The author's delight in contrasting a near-faultless Catholicism with a quarrelsome, disorganized Protestant Church will not win the sympathies of Methodist or Presbyterian readers. Nor will those outright skeptical of Christianity find much that speaks to them; although he proclaims the value of mystery, Talbot flees from ambiguity. He raises difficult questions, such as the historical Jesus and religious pluralism, only to avoid engaging them, knocking over straw men and providing pat, unsatisfying answers instead. Throughout, Talbot's prose drips with condescension (``This all sounds so complex, but it's extremely important. Let me try to illustrate it with a story''). Halfway through the book Talbot observes that ``It's musicnot writing or speakingthat is my primary gift from God.'' Whether Talbot should take a vow of silence is debatable, but he should certainly forgo his pursuit of the written word, confining his attempts at spreading the faith to song. A desultory, grossly oversimplified summary of the Catholic faith. (b&w photos) -- Copyright �1999, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

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