Sharing God's Good Company
A Theology of the Communion of Saints
- Theology
- Publisher: Eerdmans
- Published: 2012
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Publisher's Description
In Sharing God's Good Company David Matzko McCarthy explores the role and significance of the saints in Christians' lives today. While examining the lives of specific saints like Martin de Porres, Thérèse de Lisieux, and Mother Teresa, McCarthy especially focuses on such topics as the veneration of martyrs, realism and hagiography, science and miracles, images and pilgrimage, and why the saints continue to captivate Christians and inspire devotion. Although books about saints abound, Sharing God's Good Company takes a uniquely philosophical and theological approach to the topic. Interested general readers and Catholic scholars alike will find McCarthy's book refreshing and informative.
Endorsements (2)
“Removing the contemporary mask that makes us forget that the saints remain alive, here and now, McCarthy excises them from frameworks of misinterpretation (both pious and postmodern) and puts them into context -- both ours and their own. Here we meet the saints in all their messy, material, brilliant, theologically powerful complexity.”
“This carefully researched and clearly written book ably shows the saints to be timeless and timely. . . . A valuable resource for theological reflection.”
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