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Things Worth Dying For: Thoughts on a Life Worth Living
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With a balance of wisdom, candor, and scholarly rigor the beloved archbishop emeritus of Philadelphia takes on life's central questions: why are we here, and how can we live and die meaningfully?In Things Worth Dying For, Chaput delves richly into our yearning for God, love, honor, beauty, truth, and immortality. He reflects on our modern appetite for consumption and individualism and offers a penetrating analysis of how we got here, and how we can look to our roots and our faith to find purpose each day amid the noise of competing desires.Chaput examines the chronic questions of the human heart; the idols and false flags we create; and the nature of a life of authentic faith. He points to our longing to live and die with meaning as the key to our search for God, our loyalty to nation and kin, our conduct in war, and our service to others.Ultimately, with compelling grace, he shows us that the things worth dying for reveal most powerfully the things worth living for.
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"Chaput explores the idea that the things in life we believe are worth dying for are, instead, the things most worth living for and which should give us meaning and purpose ..."
"Heartfelt, worthwhile thoughts from a seasoned church leader."
"A weaker portion is his simplistic critique of contemporary culture, which Chaput sees as full of yearning for transcendence."
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