Books by Andrew M. Greeley

There's teenaged Rosemarie, coming to grips with the evil of the twentieth century. Peggy, whose widowhood plunges her into the cold of loneliness. Rita, whose marriage is rich and fulfilling - except at its core. Laura, torn between three lovers, one of them a seminarian. Julie, haunted by something that happened long ago.

Discusses how Mary enlarges the Christian concept of God, how Christ's teaching can help us renew ourselves, and which are the most important of the Ten Commandments

Andrew Greeley looks back at Irish history and at the famous Irish of today to show how the Irish in America really live, think, act--and what makes them statistically the richest and best educated gentile group in American society.

Always provocative on the subject of sex and human sexuality, Father Andrew Greeley gives his candid thoughts on how everyone can use his or her sexuality as a positive, delightful force in everyday life.

Father Andrew Greeley recounts the dramatic unfolding of the centuries-old conclave of cardinals in this firstshand account of the papal election of 2005. 16-page insert.

A luxury yacht sailing the calm waters of Lake Michigan is the stage for bloody death when a wealthy dowager falls victim to a murderer's bullet. Father Blackie Ryan, clerical detective and Chicago's contemporary Father Brown, returns in his most complex and fascinating case.

he cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church have gathered in Rome for the papal election following the death of the incumbent pope. Torn by internal conflict and with many of its members alienated, the Church faces one of the most serious crises in its history. A coalition of cardinals favors a more moderate and pluralistic style of papal governance, but must contend with shadowy Vatican forces that oppose change and loss of their own power. These forces are determined to destory the coalition''s candidate, a gentle and brilliant Spanish scholar. The leader of the coalition is Chicago''s wily Sean Cardinal Cronin, aided by his patently indispensable sidekick, Bishop John Blackwood "Blackie" Ryan.A lone assassin stalks the Vatican, his crazed mission: to destroy the next pope as soon as the traditional white smoke issues from the cardinals'' meeting room--the Sistine Chapel--followed by the ancient words Habemus papam.Can politics--Chicago style--turn the Catholic Church around? What will happen when the next pope must be chosen? Only Andrew M. Greeley, priest, bestselling novelist, and respected sociologist could have written this blockbuster tale of the forces actually ripping the Church apart, and of the next papal election, when the fate of the entire Catholic Church itself may well hang in the balance.

Examines the parables told by Jesus in search of a better understanding of the man and his message. This collection of homilies reveals a Jesus whose simple parables carry profound lessons about the Kingdom of Heaven. It also considers topics such as the significance of Jesus's Jewish roots, "The Da Vinci Code", and "The Passion of the Christ".

It's beginning to look a lot like an American Christmas: unpleasant relatives, miserable travel, a slobbering dog-and one "harmless American of Irish origins," Jack Flanigan, who is reluctantly falling in love with a young Russian woman studying at Harvard.She's spending Christmas alone in a foreign country, so he invites the dark-eyed beauty home to Chicago for the holiday. Even though it isn't Christmas in the Russian Orthodox calendar, she accepts!What happens when she gets to Chicago and caught in the maelstrom of commercialized Yuletide? Enough to say, there's a tree, and a feast, and midnight Mass, and a gaggle of contentious Flanigans of all ages-who have the merriest Christmas ever-and nothing will ever be quite the same for any of them.Especially for Jack.

Almost all of America's private colleges and universities started out as denominational schools, but connections with sponsoring churches gradually attenuated over the last century

The religious imagination is alive and well in the movies

The number of minority students, many of them not Catholic, who have enrolled in Catholic secondary schools is substantial

Most sociologists of religion describe a general decline in religious faith and practice in Europe over the last two centuries

Each author presents a story on each of the seven virtues--faith, hope, charity, justice, temperance, fortitude, and prudence--and then offers a story on each of the seven deadly sins--pride, covetousness, lust, anger, sloth, and gluttony. This highly accessible book is inspired by scripture and oral tradition.

This work engages the complexities of contemporary Europe to present a nuanced picture of religious faith rising, declining, or remaining stable. While challenging the secularisation model, Greeley's approach is not polemical.

Although conservative opinion suggests Hollywood is anti-religion, this work finds evidence to the contrary. Offering an exercise in urban anthropology, it argues that the religious imagination is irrepressible and that this is reflected in America's best-known example of popular culture: movies.

This study examines why Catholic schools achieve success with students who are disadvantaged by race, the fact that their parents did not attend college, and by their own previous educational experiences. It argues that this is because the schools are simply doing what they have always done.

Almost all of America's private colleges and universities started out as denominational schools, but connections with sponsoring churches gradually attenuated over the last century

Religion as Poetry continues in the grand tradition of the sociology of religion pioneered by Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, and Talcott Parsons, among other giants in intellectual history

Many observers assume that America is a far less religious nation than it was 40 years ago, but according to Greeley, this is untrue. Citing surveys conducted over the past half-century, Greeley concludes that rates of church attendance and membership, prayer, belief in an afterlife, and other measures of religious activity have remained constant.

Never somber, sometimes playful, always a delight to share aloud, Father Greely's blessings and prayers feature a dazzling array of people, places, and celebrations.

This book responds with passion and skill to the growing concerns of spiritual seekers and teachers of the Catholic faith.