Category: Religion: Apologetics

Copyright/published Year: 1999 by Lilyfield Press

ISBN: 0-9671492-1-5

Binding: PAPER

Description: A Philadelphia Catholic in King James Court is a novel about a ì young Catholic man (age 17) who spends the summer working on his ì uncle's farm in Kentucky. His uncle is a fundamentalist minister ì and the story centers on his uncle's efforts to try to convert ì his nephew away from the "Roman church" which he believes is ì unbiblical, at best, and at worst, evil. In the uncle's sincere ì efforts to "save" his nephew's soul we are shown the mindset and ì techniques which lead so many naive Catholics out of the Church. ì The young man doesn't know his faith very well, but knows it's ì true and so begins to study Catholic apologetics to be able to ì counter his uncle's Bible-alone arguments and defend the ì Faith.

"Not only is it a good read, but it would be a perfect book to ì use with teens in the dialectical stage. It presents the ì arguments and reasoning on both sides very effectively and ì realistically. As a convert to the Catholic Faith, I've read a ì lot of apologetics books, but this one had defenses I'd never run ì into before. And because they're in the context of an interesting ì novel I found myself more able to follow the line of reasoning ì and to see how to handle challenges to my Faith clearly and with ì charity. The book also clearly shows that prayer is fundamental ì to any attempt to sway another person in this area."

Includes study guide

Condition Information

This book is new.