Father Ed: The Story of Bill W.'s Spiritual Sponsor

By Dawn Eden Goldstein

Book Overview

Father Ed is the first biography of Father Edward Dowling, SJ (1898-1960), whose guidance transformed Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill Wilson's life and deepened the spirituality of the twelve-step movement. Trained as a journalist, Dowling was always drawn to those who were suffering--a sympathy enhanced by his own crippling infirmities--which led him to embrace the A.A. approach to healing in community. Father Ed is a portrait of the kind of priest Pope Francis has extolled as a "shepherd with the smell of the sheep."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 162698526X
• ISBN13: 9781626985261
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: Orbis Books
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.3"