Why Priests?: A Failed Tradition

by Garry Wills

Book Overview

In his riveting and provocative Why Priests'. Pulitzer Prize winner Garry Wills poses challenging questions- Why do we have priests? Why did the priesthood develop in a religion that began without it and, indeed, opposed it? Would Christianity be stronger without the priesthood, as it was at its outset? Wills makes clear that he is not opposed to the priesthood; in fact, as a young man he studied for five years at a Jesuit seminary. Nor does he advocate...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670024872
• ISBN13: 9780670024872
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Viking
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 8.9"