A pilgrimage to eternity : from Canterbury to Rome in search of a faith
by Egan, Timothy (Author)
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At a time when Britain, America, and much of Europe have never been so secular--and when his mother's death and his Irish Catholic family's complicated history with the church prompted a reckoning with his own beliefs -- Timothy Egan decided to follow in the footsteps of centuries of seekers. He emb... Full description
Table of Contents:
- Quest: Land of kings & athiests. London falling
- A Canterbury Tale
- At the cliff of the kingdom
- Besieged at Calais
- The Lost City of Saint-Omer
- A night at the monastery
- War and peace on the Western front
- The miracles of Laon
- Sluts and saints along the Chemin des Dames
- When God anointed kings
- The highest use of monks
- Napoleon was bullied here
- Wars of religion
- Wanderings
- Lost: Land of heretics & heroes. The hollowed house of light [House of Enlightenment]
- United Europe's ticking clock
- The betrayal
- Refuge and reform
- A theocracy on the lake
- The permanent prayer of Saint-Maurice
- Answers: Land of miracles & wonder. A pilgrim over the Alps
- Monastery in the sky
- Mountain myths
- Proving the existence of God
- A farewell to Augustine
- A series of unfortunate events in a small car
- The way out of a labyrinth
- In the path of the little poor man
- Allegories on the wall
- The miracle of Montefiascone
- The women who live forever
- Companions of the Camino
- Pilgrim's Progress.