To Light a Fire on the Earth: Proclaiming the Gospel in a Secular Age
About this audiobook
As secularism gains influence and increasing numbers see religion as dull and backward, Robert Barron wants to illuminate how beautiful, intelligent, and relevant the Catholic faith is.
In this compelling new book—drawn from conversations with and narrated by award-winning Vatican journalist John L. Allen Jr.—Barron, founder of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries, proclaims in vivid language the goodness and truth of the Catholic tradition. Through Barron’s smart, practical, artistic, and theological observations—as well as through personal anecdotes about everything from engaging atheists on YouTube to his days as a young die-hard baseball fan from Chicago—To Light a Fire on the Earth covers prodigious ground. Touching on a wide range of subjects, including Jesus, prayer, science, movies, atheism, the spiritual life, the fate of the Church in modern times, beauty, art, and social media, Barron reveals why the Church matters today and how Catholics can intelligently engage a skeptical world.
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About the author
Bishop Robert Barron is Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles and the host of Catholicism, the groundbreaking, award-winning documentary featured on PBS. He is a religion correspondent for NBC, has appeared on Fox News, CNN, and EWTN, and is one of the most-followed Catholics on social media.
John L. Allen Jr. is the editor of Crux, specializing in coverage of the Vatican and the Catholic Church, and the author of a number of books on religion, including The Future Church, A People of Hope, All the Pope’s Men, and The Global War on Christians.
Adam Verner is a full-time narrator and voice talent with over one hundred titles recorded. He is the recipient of AudioFile Earphones Awards for Pavilion of Women by Pearl S. Buck and The Big It by A. B. Guthrie, Jr. Adam earned his MFA in acting from the Chicago College of the Fine Arts at Roosevelt University.
