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Disorientation: How to Go to College Without Losing Your Mind

Disorientation

How to Go to College Without Losing Your Mind

By John Zmirak, Peter Kreeft, Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Elizabeth Scalia, Robert Spencer, Donna Steichen, Jimmy Akin, Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, Mark Shea, Eric Metaxas, John Keck, Eric Brende, Jeff Tucker, Fr. George Rutler

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They're leaving home... will they leave the faith?

Every fall, thousands of young Catholics head to college—often unaware of the powerful ideas and ideologies that will challenge their faith from the very first week. Behind the classes, clubs, and campus culture lies a worldview that often stands in direct conflict with the values they grew up with.

Disorientation is a must-read guide for students and parents who want to be prepared. Edited by John Zmirak, it features essays from twelve of today’s most trusted Catholic voices—including bestselling author and philosopher Peter Kreeft, nationally known apologist Jimmy Akin, and acclaimed writer and speaker Mark Shea. Together with nine other leading professors, priests, journalists, philosophers, and theologians, they expose thirteen of the most influential “-isms” shaping campus life.

Featuring:

Clear explanations of 13 popular “-isms,” from Relativism to Cynicism, examined through the lens of both reason and faith.
Engaging essays from 12 top Catholic thinkers who know the campus battleground firsthand.

Whether you’re preparing for college or sending your child, Disorientation will provide the clarity, confidence, and intellectual ammunition needed to stand firm in the faith.

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SKU: 9781934217948
Format: Paperback
Binding: Perfect Bound
Dimensions: W: 5.55" H: 8.4" D: 0.65"
Weight: 0.63 lb
Page Count: 181
Case Count: 48
Language: English
Publisher: Ascension
Publication Date: Sep 01, 2010
Copyright Year: 2010

Contributors

John Zmirak

Author

Peter Kreeft

Author

Fr. Dwight Longenecker

Author

Ordained Ministry

Fr. Dwight Longenecker is a Catholic priest, author, speaker, and pastor of Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church in Greenville, South Carolina. A former Anglican priest, he and his family were received into the Catholic Church in 1995, and he was ordained a Catholic priest in 2006 through the Pastoral Provision for married former Anglican clergy.

Fr. Dwight is the author of more than twenty books on the Catholic faith and a well-known Catholic blogger. He and his wife, Alison, have four children and live in Greenville, South Carolina.

Elizabeth Scalia

Author

Elizabeth Scalia is a Benedictine Oblate, author, and editor whose writing explores the Catholic faith with honesty, wit, and spiritual insight. She is the author of several books, including the award-winning Strange Gods: Unmasking the Idols in Everyday Life and Little Sins Mean a Lot.

Elizabeth has served in editorial roles with Our Sunday Visitor, Word on Fire, Aleteia, and Patheos, and is widely known to readers as "The Anchoress." She and her husband live on Long Island.

Robert Spencer

Author

Donna Steichen

Author

Donna Steichen is a longtime investigative journalist and Catholic author whose work has appeared in numerous Catholic publications. Through her writing and research, she explores issues affecting the life of the Church and encourages readers to deepen their understanding of the Catholic faith.

Donna and her husband, LeRoy, are the parents of four children.

Jimmy Akin

Author

After a profound conversion to Christ at age 20, Jimmy Akin began an intensive study of Scripture with the intention of becoming a Protestant pastor or seminary professor. As he learned more about the Bible, he became convinced of the truth of the Catholic faith and entered the Catholic Church in 1992.

Jimmy Akin serves as Senior Apologist at Catholic Answers, where he is also a member of the Catholic Answers Speakers Bureau, a frequent guest on Catholic Answers Live, and a contributor to Catholic Answers Magazine. Jimmy is also a contributor to the book Disorientation, bringing his knowledge of Scripture and apologetics to college students in need of navigating a new time in their lives.

Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Author

Ordained Ministry

Mark Shea

Author

Eric Metaxas

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John Keck

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Eric Brende

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Jeff Tucker

Author

Fr. George Rutler

Author

Ordained Ministry

Rev. George Rutler, S.T.D., is a Catholic priest, author, speaker, and longtime pastor known for his preaching, writing, and love of sacred art and culture. A former Episcopal priest, he entered the Catholic Church in 1979 and was ordained a Catholic priest in 1981.

Fr. Rutler has served parishes in New York City for more than four decades and has hosted a weekly television program on EWTN since 1988. He is the author of more than twenty books on theology, history, the saints, and the Catholic faith.