SECTION ONE: The Language and the Spirit.

Forget What You Thought You Knew.

“Catholic”.

Forget About Conversion.

Doubters and Believers, Atheists and Agnostics.

Eleven Steps to Becoming a Truly Catholic Christian.

SECTION TWO: The Catholic Imagination.

God Is Here.

Sacred Spaces and Places.

Privy to a Revealed Secret.

But It’s Too Easy.

Taking Vows.

Becoming a Saint.

SECTION THREE: Faith with Flesh.

He Loved His Own Flesh.

The Sensuousness of Jesus.

The Crucifix.

Stations of the Cross.

Bones and Bodies.

Something Good About Hell.

SECTION FOUR: Much More Than Kitsch and Jesus Junk.

Rosary Beads.

Little Books.

Images That Speak.

Novenas for Heathens and Outcasts.

Going to Confession.

The Sacred Heart of Jesus.

SECTION FIVE: My Own Cloud of Witnesses.

Thomas Merton.

Saint Francis of Assisi.

Every Idealist Who Has Ever Tried.

G. K. Chesterton.

Flannery O’Connor.

The Catechism as a Mystical Novel.

SECTION SIX: Together with Others.

Take Me to the River.

Sacraments and Sacramentals.

Contemplative Living.

Eating and Kissing.

Millions of Blessings.

Excommunication.

Appendix: Defining a Few Terms.

Notes.

Suggestions for Further Reading.

Acknowledgments.

The Author.