tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32523001.post5731982233666196240..comments2023-07-08T14:04:20.047-05:00Comments on La Vie Catholique - The Catholic Life: Book Meme!Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14847605396658754483noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32523001.post-23829856734486605522007-05-19T21:18:00.000-05:002007-05-19T21:18:00.000-05:00Stephanie, I (finally) did the meme - sorry for th...Stephanie, I (finally) did the meme - sorry for the delay!Kasiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12252276821520357094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32523001.post-36069122931388469482007-05-16T19:09:00.000-05:002007-05-16T19:09:00.000-05:00jdavidb, in my experience you seem to be the excep...jdavidb, in my experience you seem to be the exception (and I wouldn't mind more of it!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32523001.post-77946037372598759102007-05-16T16:08:00.000-05:002007-05-16T16:08:00.000-05:00Lol, I did the same thing! Looking forward to it :...Lol, I did the same thing! Looking forward to it :-DStephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14847605396658754483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32523001.post-21297152858481925052007-05-16T15:25:00.000-05:002007-05-16T15:25:00.000-05:00Thanks for the tag! I've been obsessing about my a...Thanks for the tag! I've been obsessing about my answer since you first posted this. :) Will try to get to it this week!Jennifer @ Conversion Diaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11894992378619176830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32523001.post-80655595998719521162007-05-16T10:20:00.000-05:002007-05-16T10:20:00.000-05:00Here in Ohio, our church 'library' consisted of a ...Here in Ohio, our church 'library' consisted of a concordance and a KJV. I'm serious. I didn't read about other faiths until I was in college.<BR/><BR/>As far as general reading, I was (and still am) one of those people who would read whatever they could get their hands on--cereal boxes, literary classics and everything in between. My parents didn't censor any non-religious materials. I don't think I was ever even allowed to visit another church although I was strongly encouraged to invite others to mine.Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06070920215647366613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32523001.post-61793506272052370412007-05-15T21:39:00.000-05:002007-05-15T21:39:00.000-05:00skyhawk, come to my fundamentalist church in TX. :...skyhawk, come to my fundamentalist church in TX. :) I'll take you home, feed you lunch, and show you my library.<BR/><BR/>I've got all kinds of goodies. C.S. Lewis. Book of Mormon. Baptist Church Manuals (old enough they probably don't describe any Baptist churches today -- btw, we're as "anti-Baptist" doctrinally as we are "anti-Catholic"). And the Bible collection! I've got the Jehovah's Witnesses translation. What's more, I'll openly admit it's helped my study on occasion, showing me a thing or two that other translations obscured.<BR/><BR/>I don't have any Catholic Bibles, though. Have historically left those out of my selection criteria. Besides; nowadays I can get them all online when I need them.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and I've got an NIV. Where I come from, you'll hear more condemnation of the NIV Bible than you will for reading C.S. Lewis. Which is weird because a non-Church of Christ missionary to Japan whose blog I read constantly refers to the NIV as the pinnacle of American evangelicalism (usually before tearing down a pretty bad job it did on translating a certain passage...). I've also historically avoided the Living Bible, being another Bible version historically ripped up by the church, although we recently added a 2-year-scheduled New Living Translation to our mix.<BR/><BR/>Hmm, I'm rambling. Missed lots of sleep last night, and I'm up late now working and missing more. Couple other things and then I'll hush up:<BR/><BR/>I've got at least three Bible translations on my shelf made by members of churches of Christ, and at least one of them is one of the worst translations I've ever seen.<BR/><BR/>Random other possibly offensive goodies I can see from where I sit: 50 Years in the Church of Rome, The Text of the Old Testament (wonderful introductory book about Old Testament textual criticism). A stack of role-playing games, including Dungeons and Dragons. :) "Authority: the Critical Issue for Southern Baptists" (must get around to reading this some day).<BR/><BR/>Now, put all those in your mind and recognize that they are on the shelf of someone who identifies as fundamentalist, and someone who is not at all a part of the liberal wing of the churches of Christ.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32523001.post-62136561355859637632007-05-15T20:56:00.000-05:002007-05-15T20:56:00.000-05:00Thanks!! :-DThanks!! :-DStephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14847605396658754483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32523001.post-52642937644249709642007-05-15T20:00:00.000-05:002007-05-15T20:00:00.000-05:00Happy Birthday, Stephanie!!!!!!!!!!(Yes, I LOVE Pr...Happy Birthday, Stephanie!!!!!!!!!!<BR/><BR/>(Yes, I LOVE Pride & Prejudice and William Shakespeare.)FloridaWifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04852386106227293069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32523001.post-66046381838154134612007-05-15T19:16:00.000-05:002007-05-15T19:16:00.000-05:00As a 'Brethren' I was encouraged to read lots of b...As a 'Brethren' I was encouraged to read lots of books as a child, although my father did black out any sexual or blasphemous references with a huge black marker, so I had exposure to a wide range of literature. But the constant teaching was that you can't trust any other book. Only the Bible. All the others are flawed and potentially sinful. We were encouraged to read "Foxes Book of Matyrs" which focuses mainly on those awful Catholics killing Protestants but which gave me such a respect for saintly witness I sought out early history from the beginning, and probably made me a Catholic! Now, if you will excuse me, I have some Protestants to burn ... ;)Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15189580002644810418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32523001.post-76032605014986635222007-05-15T16:46:00.000-05:002007-05-15T16:46:00.000-05:00Sounds like you were very fortunate, jdavidb! I'm ...Sounds like you were very fortunate, jdavidb! I'm not saying the books were outright forbidden, but they were certainly not at all encouraged in my church growing up. In fact, it was looked down upon to think that any book outside the Bible could be of any value to one's spiritual life. So yeah, for me, and many other former CoC members who have had the same experience, it certainly wasn't a myth :-)<BR/><BR/>But I am glad to know it's not the case for you! I have to say, though, I'm not surprised since, in my experience, you seem to be much more open to listening and considering other viewpoints than the types I grew up with!Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14847605396658754483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32523001.post-84708021649066802162007-05-15T15:21:00.000-05:002007-05-15T15:21:00.000-05:00It's not a myth for most fundamentalists here in T...It's not a myth for most fundamentalists here in TX. I've yet to meet ONE congregation that doesn't look down on reading books about other faiths (except the anti other faiths "let me show you why they're evil" kind of books).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32523001.post-64462588798259464402007-05-15T12:28:00.000-05:002007-05-15T12:28:00.000-05:00I'll probably never get around to reading it cover...I'll probably never get around to reading it cover to cover, though. :)<BR/><BR/>Heh; higher on my list of things to read cover to cover if I ever get the time is my late grandfather's copy of the early church "fathers," which I just borrowed from my dad Saturday.<BR/><BR/>Yeah, we really don't like people to read books about Christianity other than the Bible. ;) I might venture to say this is a myth. Unfortunately it might be one which the church you grew up in bought into, which I guess would make it not a myth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32523001.post-12775867717607732242007-05-15T12:25:00.000-05:002007-05-15T12:25:00.000-05:00I'd just like to go on the record as saying that d...I'd just like to go on the record as saying that down here, we in the churches of Christ do in fact read Mere Christianity, and all other Lewis. I read my grandfather's copy out of his spectacular library. He was a preacher in the church of Christ for over half a century. And we're talking old-timey, fundamentalist, hardline church of Christ, too. He had all the requisite anti-Catholic books and everything.<BR/><BR/>Also, for what it's worth, my family owns a Cathechism of the Catholic Church, and have since around 2004. And the last time I remember pulling it off the shelf and looking something up in it probably occurred in the last six weeks or so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32523001.post-89127871485829228832007-05-14T23:58:00.000-05:002007-05-14T23:58:00.000-05:00Now that would be interesting!Now that would be interesting!Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14847605396658754483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32523001.post-62917458758529746632007-05-14T23:17:00.000-05:002007-05-14T23:17:00.000-05:00I missed Shakespere and Jane Austin? Aaarg! I agre...I missed Shakespere and Jane Austin? Aaarg! I agree they are must reads. Mind you, what was with Northanger Abbey? <BR/><BR/>I did see an essay once on the theology of the body in Jane Austin, focussing (interestingly enough) on Mansfield Park. I'll have to see if I still have the link somewhere.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15189580002644810418noreply@blogger.com