Re-Imagining the Parish

Library Journal

This work is primarily a discussion of how Roman Catholic parishes in the United States can respond to contemporary needs by developing small intentional communities that enable adult conversions, growth, and nurturing of others in faith. Informed by knowledge of Latin American and African base communities as well as by North American models, Brennan advocates faith that is relational, intellectual, active, and imaginative. His discussion of personal images of faith and seductive images from the culture, of marriage enrichment and `` growing married,'' will be of interest beyond the Roman Catholic audience Brennan addresses.