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 | | Rome Sweet Home: Our Journey to Catholicism by Scott Hahn, Kimberly Hahn ISBN-10: 9780898704785 ISBN-10: 0-89870-478-2 ISBN-13: 9780898704785 ISBN-13: 978-0-89870-478-5 Paperback 1993-08 Ignatius Press Find Lowest Price |
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Book Description The well-known and very popular Catholic couple, Scott and Kimberly Hahn, have been constantly travelling and speaking all over North America for the last few years about their conversion to the Catholic Church. Now these two outstanding Catholic apologists tell in their own words about the incredible spiritual journey that led them to embrace Catholicism. Scott Hahn was a Presbyterian minister, the top student in his seminary class, a brilliant Scripture scholar, and militantly anti-Catholic ... until he reluctantly began to discover that his "enemy" had all the right answers. Kimberly, also a top-notch theology student in the seminary, is the daughter of a well-known Protestant minister, and went through a tremendous "dark night of the soul" after Scott converted to Catholicism. Their conversion story and love for the Church has captured the hearts and minds of thousands of lukewarm Catholics and brought them back into an active participation in the Church. They have also influenced countless conversions to Catholicism among their friends and others who have heard their powerful testimony. Written with simplicity, charity, grace and wit, the Hahns' deep love and knowledge of Christ and of Scripture is evident and contagious throughout their story. Their love of truth and of neighbor is equally evident, and their theological focus on the great importance of the family, both biological and spiritual, will be a source of inspiration for all readers. | ||
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Good book I read this book for my book club, but found it to answer many questions I was having (as a protestant married to a Catholic) about Catholicism. It is written in a down-to-earth way so that even I could understand it! It's a good and also fairly quick read. I highly recommend it. | ||
Religion A single and interesting experience around human being and his need to go through the deep of his soul. A wonderfull withness of the dayly life and a sane relationship between a man and a woman. | ||
insightful The book arrived quickly after ordering. The perspective the book provides is that of a non-Catholic to begin with, which is interesting. The basis for the book is the Bible and there are plenty of references for those who doubt the accuracy of the book itself. Highly informative and makes me, as a Catholic, confident to spread the word. | ||
Please Stay Home The journey of faith is personal, yet it's fun to read about others searching, even if their approach, or where they end up, might be very different from one's own. "Rome Sweet Rome" has its moments, though I found Hahn's pedantic approach to conversion off-putting. Why are there so few negative reviews of the unbelievable amount of pure drivel this man has "mass" produced? Pun intended. Words, sola scriptura, and authority matter a lot to Hahn. How can he consistently avoid writing about the Church's sex abuse scandals (how can so many Catholic theologians turn such a blind eye?), or, having studied Martin Luther, fail to address his infamous rants against Jews? Lutherans actually have been fairly open about this, especially the wise Kristal Stendahl. It would be a grace from God if all Christianity became more objective and honest about its history, thus allowing for real growth and real faith. Hahn's self-importance precluded his waiting to convert to Catholicism until his wife became comfortable with this significant change and process. Unlike the suffering of the saints, Hahn couldn't humbly exercise patience and compassion towards his partner, but exhibited extraordinary vanity. His mantra should be, "I want, I want..." His desire for the Eucharist became his justification to break a marital promise/covenant (of course, misusing a scriptural passage to justify this action), leaving his wife to struggle on her own in an unfamiliar spiritual landscape that kept shifting under her feet. Kimberly Hahn's description of her pain was humble, and humorous. Her conversion experience, with its real challenges, appears to have been deeper than her husband's, thus the sections she wrote are more compelling. Opus Dei members assisted Hahn's adherence to the Church, while leaving his wife floundering spiritually and emotionally. Like many who purchased Hahn's later books, I thought they might mirror real development of spirit as he learned about the early Catholic faith and its Judaic roots. Rather, Hahn bends Catholicism to fit a Protestant perspective, reinventing faith from an ivory tower built on a Babel of words. Real faith should be able to examine extremely difficult issues and find some way forward. While Hahn's scriptural quotations are usually accurate, his analysis and interpretation lack theological maturity. Hahn is not the best source for Catholic theology, his previous formation molded his perspective, and his misinformation is a serious theological issue for those seeking real faith. Yet his enthusiasm and sincerity pull thousands along, unquestioningly; there are few dissenting voices regarding Hahn. In "Rome Sweet Rome," his vanity actually prompts him to brag about lingering in Pope John Paul II's private chapel, alone with the Pope, after the honor of being invited to a private mass. While the Pope knelt in prayer after all the other guests respectfully left, he was unaware that a lingerer remained to observe him. The Pope's private secretary had to hurriedly return to the private sanctum to collect the Lurking Hahn, who was busy enjoying his illicit thrill of being alone with Pope John Paul II. Perhaps this occurrence is one reason private masses with the Pope were since cancelled? Others seeking a sincere, informed path in faith need to be provided another point of view. Having read many of Hahn's books (never again!), I feel obliged to warn others, as there are few critiques of Hahn's body of work and misrepresentations. Consistently, Hahn's scriptural quotations form a litany of words that obscure, rather than illuminate, truth, though he has quite the following. I'd like to say some faith is better than no faith, and that if Hahn helps encourage people, fine. But faith has too often been horrifically misused in history, through bad ideas, to remain silent. Of course, Hahn is a fan of the fatuous Anglican writer N.T. Wright, another cultural relativist. Hahn was "convicted" to become a Catholic, and has found a wide audience, convicted to read his quantity of books, but theological bulk does not equal quality. | ||
Once an Evangelical.... This was an interesting book, but what I learned from it was surprising. What was notable was not their conversion from Protestant to Catholic, but the fact that they were Evangelicals, and remained that way regardless. The husband's story is full of zeal and enthusiasm and the wife's is loaded with struggle and torment. The book was way too dramatic, and I wonder if the couple converted not because of their love for Catholicism, but for their love of Scripture, which they analyzed for what seemed every minute of their waking lives. I don't doubt their sincerity, but their zeal can be a bit off-putting. For me, not a keeper. | ||