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What is it about?
It's a tour through Catholic prayer, using a lot of unusual, geeky analogies (discussing loss aversion/sunk cost fallacy as a reason people sometimes avoid Confession, topology to discuss the Communion of Saints, and people entirely mummified in honey to discuss the Eucharist). I'll post a link to the book website (once I make it) in some future open thread.
It's not apologetics (arguing for the truth of Catholicism), but, as a tour, it might be a fun way of learning about the aesthetics and the how of Catholic spirituality, whether you're interested for yourself, or want some background for a conversation/productive argument with a Catholic friend.
I'm curious as to why you chose specifically Catholicism. In my country, Catholics are majority, and it's viewed as the default for religious experience and aesthetics. It's always refreshing to see someone take Catholicism as something exotic.
palladias isn't taking Catholicism as something exotic; it's the religion she actually follows.
Really? How exotic...
This sounds great, what's it called?
Arriving at Amen
Wait, you're explaining the Eucharist using the Mellified Man myth? How does that work?
I'll explain more once I have more than a placeholder site up for the book. :)