Strangers in a Strange Land

Living the Catholic Faith in a Post-Christian World

By: Charles J. Chaput

Narrated by: Jonathan Davis

From Charles J. Chaput, author of Living the Catholic Faith and Render unto Caesar, comes Strangers in a Strange Land, a fresh, urgent, and ultimately hopeful treatise on the state of Catholicism and Christianity in the United States. America today is different in kind, not just in degree, from the past. And this new reality is unlikely to be reversed. The reasons include, but aren't limited to, economic changes that widen the gulf between rich and poor, problems in the content and execution of the education system, the decline of traditional religious belief among young people, the shift from organized religion among adults to unbelief or individualized spiritualities, changes in legal theory and erosion in respect for civil and natural law, significant demographic shifts, profound new patterns in sexual behavior and identity, the growth of federal power and its disregard for religious rights, the growing isolation and elitism of the leadership classes, and the decline of a sustaining sense of family and community.

©2017 Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap. (P)2017 Tantor

A must read in our chaotic times

This book offers a sobering appraisal of the times we live in but also optimism and concrete steps we can take on an individual basis to put the gospel to work in our lives

Compelling and challenging

So richly written I've decided to actually order the book. These are important words for Christians to ponder today who see the culture and the world crumbling under the weight of moral relativism. He reminds us of a long heritage of struggle and witness... And that in Christ we can do what is needed. After all, this is the time in history that we have been given. Thank you Archbishop for your words to strengthen us for our work. Saint Michael, the Archangel, defend us in battle...

Captivating

As a young Catholic growing up in the United States, I very much enjoyed reading this book. The archbishop has an excellent grasp of the current state of America as well as a inspiring hope for the future and how to live out of Christ's love for us. recommend this book as both a sobering and yet encouraging raid

Really makes you think….

This book was eye-opening, and virtually prophetic. It has really inspired me to live my own faith more deeply, and to open the eyes of my children as well regarding where we’re headed as a nation and as a world, and give them that knowledge of knowing we are strangers in this land, and journeying home.

Logical way of living the Catholic life.

Narrator easy to listen to. Liked his voice.

Had many one lines that gave the listener things to think about. Especially feeling like a non native in your native country. Helped how to tune out the current popular secular culture and live the Catholic life.