Serpent on the Rock

by Alice Thomas Ellis

Book Overview

This book is an insightful analysis, from the perspectives of both clergy and laity, of the state of the Catholic Church in southern Ireland today. The book also attempts to unravel some of the moral... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 034063796X
• ISBN13: 9780340637968
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Sceptre
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 0.7" x 5.1"

Customer Reviews

She called it like she saw it

Alice Thomas Ellis was a tough British lady who took a long and cold eyed look at the state of the church in the years after Vatican II and she didn't like what she saw. She was horrified by the changes: priests who seemed more like athiests, nuns who were more concerned with validating themsleves that in serving Jesus, Masses that seemed more like a backwoods tent meetings and so on. She was not gentle in expressing her disgust and it's impossible to read the book without being shaken. Some people may find Ellis's tone too harsh but I saw her remarkable humor and wit amidst the fire and anger. It's a very good book by a clever writer. Its passionate but not gooey. If you can find this book--- I gaurantee you that it won't be in your local Catholic bookstore, don't hesitate to buy it.

The Roman Church and Modernism

Ellis, a devout Roman Catholic herself, presents an outstanding essay on the modern Roman Catholic Church and its deviations from orthodoxy and sense. It is a gentle, loving but stern rebuke of modernism and relativism that has engulfed her church.