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Summary: Husband and wife story. Love and pain.
Review: Scott and Kimberly were both dedicated Presbyterians. Both agreed to a specific plan for their married life which included Scott being a Presbyterian pastor and Kimberly being a pastor's wife. Then Scott, after much independant study decided to become Catholic. In alternating chapters the book tells of Scott's joy in his new faith and Kimberly's sense of betrayal and religious struggle. Although all ends well, the book faithfully reflects the joys and pain of making a major change in religious beliefs as an adult. Many "Husband/Wife" books, especially where the husband is better known, in reality list the wife co-author as a courtesy. Rome Sweet Rome is definately as much Kimberly's book as it is Scott's. An excellant, fast read if you are considering conversion or are a friend of someone who is.
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Summary: Must i say...
Review: What else can i say about this most excellent book by the Hanh's...it is absolutely indispensible and recommended to all fundamentalist christians who strongly disagree with the catholic faith.
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Summary: A Fair Treatment of Conversion to the Catholic Church
Review: If you are looking for an honest and open treatment of the struggles that a person can go through when they are leaving protestantism to become Catholic, this book will fit the bill. Scott and Kimberly Hahn became Catholic because they had to. They had to because they had found truth. Unfortunately, some truths can be uncomfortable. Being true to their studied inquiry into Catholic Christianity meant that friends would abandon them, parents would be dissappointed and that Scott, a Presbyterian minister, would have to give up a promising career. Dr. Scott Hahn has become a beacon for other Catholics who seek to understand the bedrock of scriptural truth behind the Catholic faith. His conversion is significant. When I was a protestant, I labored under the misconception that Catholics just didn't read the bible. If they did crack open a bible, it would clearly mean that they would leave their church. Because of Dr. Hahn, and others like him, I've come to realize that the supposition I held was more based upon ignorance than upon anything else. This book is written in an easy style. It is fairly light on apologetics. The one thing you will notice when you read this book is that the Hahns are very charitable to the faith they left. This book will aid any person who is looking for an example of how a very sincere protestant can consider becoming Catholic and then bridge the gap between faith and action by actually entering the Church. It will not dissappoint.
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Summary: Clear and compelling testimony to biblical Catholicism
Review: I lost count of how many people recommended that I read "Rome Sweet Home". Frankly, I didn't want to. Call it stubborn pride, whatever. Anyway, I finally broke down and read it this past summer. Since then I've re-read it four more times. Now I see why so many people recommended it. This book is truly amazing. The Hahns use their own journey to show how their commitment to Jesus Christ and the Bible is what ultimately led them down an entirely unforseeable path towards Rome. Out of obedience, they became Catholic AND evangelical. Now I find myself in the same situation. After intense study and prayer, I will be received into the Catholic Church tomorrow night. My former pastor now tells me he's even thinking about becoming Catholic himself, and that's after spending the last two years trying to persuade me not to. Thank you Scott and Kimberly Hahn, from the bottom of my heart. But most of all, thank you Lord.
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Summary: Rome Sweet Home
Review: Scott Hahn has answered many of my questions in a very simple direct way. I agree with Peter Kreeft who wrote the forward for this book. You can't put it down once you start reading it. This book has helped make my journey to Catholicism much easier. This is one book you have to read if you are thinking about becoming Catholic. Thank you Scott and Kimberly!
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Summary: 2 Sides to the Story, 1 Faith Uniting the 2 Sides
Review: It took a lot of courage for Scott and Kimberly Hahn to check out what the Roman Catholic Church is really all about. It also took a lot of courage to tell about some of the struggles they had together while choosing Catholicism. Both were raised Presbyterians, met in college, fell in love, and got married (Kimberly describes this as the Spring of their relationship). Kimberly is forced to write her thesis on contraception (since all the other theses are already spoken for) and Scott tries to refute Catholicism. This is what Scott describes as his "detective story". It turns out Scott starts to become interested in Catholicism and must make a choice as to what he believes is right (described as the "horror story" by Scott and the Autumn of their relationship by Kimberly since he was then teaching at a Protestant college). Needless to say, Scott converts to Catholicism (described as the "love story" by Scott since Scott falls in love with the church) and this saddens Kimberly, who is still content with her Presbyterian faith. Differences in belief and turning down offers to teach at other Protestant colleges make the marriage hard since Scott cannot share with Kimberly what Catholicism means to him without making her uncomfortable (the "Winter" of their relationship). Finally, Kimberly checks out what Scott has grown to love more and more and it isn't long before she's interested in the Catholic faith! Since this book was written by both of them, it tells what each one went through as they take turns writing paragraphs. This book comes with Bible verses and quotations from early Church teachings which back up why Scott and Kimberly grow to accept the Catholic faith as their faith!
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Summary: A very compelling description of the beauty of Catholicism.
Review: I have never read a more compelling description of the beauty and truth of the Catholic faith. Scott and Kimberly Hahn give a very moving account of their intellectual and spiritual journey, as well as their personal struggles in becoming Catholics. It's aimed at the level of the average Christian, so non-experts like me can see the biblical basis for Catholicism. I appreciated how they didn't take cheap shots at Protestantism, but focused on their discovery of the Catholic Church. As a Presbyterian, that's exactly what I needed. To think that Protestantism was established, as a matter of historical fact, on the basis of two unbiblical slogans: "Sola Scriptura" and "Sola Fide," is such a sad testimony to intellectual pride and the separatist spirit. It seems like such a shame that people are still wasting their personal energies coming up with elaborate defenses of something that comes down to, as another reviewer described it, "Luther's intemperate sound-bytes". Perhaps it's time for us to get over it. More than ever before, I find myself longing for peace and unity in Christ's Church. So I guess it's time for me to let it begin with me...
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Summary: CONTRACEPTION IS IMMORAL !
Review: I doubt that many Catholics would agree that contraception is immoral as was pointed out on page 38. Kimberly Hahn goes through great detail to prove that ANY contraception is wrong and AGAINST God's will. The ONLY exception that she gives is to use Natural Family Planning STRICTLY for the reason of "serious circumstances" or for "reasons of prayer."
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Summary: A Sincere Story of Faith, but Theologically Weak
Review: God works in mysterious ways. Who knows why some people, like Scott and Kimberly Hahn, switch from Protestantism to Roman Catholicism; or why some other people, such as Luis Palau, go the other way. I have no doubt that the Hahns are sincere about their spiritual quest. I appreciate their openness about how they have felt called to the Roman Catholic Church. However, as someone who knows a little bit about Reformed Protestant history and theology, I found Dr. Hahn's book to be thin gruel theologically. It appears that Dr. Hahn's method of "refuting" all of Protestantism is to set up some of Martin Luther's intemperate soundbites and then knock them down. This does a disservice to Martin Luther, whose thought is far more comprehensive than a few sound bites would indicate. It is also a curious tactic given Dr. Hahn's background as a *Reformed* (i.e., Calvinist) Protestant. There is no attempt to engage Calvin in Dr. Hahn's book (Zwingli is also ignored). It seems to me that Dr. Hahn has defeated a phantom opponent in his book. I believe the objections Dr. Hahn raises against Protestantism are more than adequately answered in some excellent books and treatises. For the discerning reader who does not have the time to read through Calvin's Institutes (but do it sometime in your life!), I would recommend the exchange of letters between Cardinal Sadoleto and John Calvin regarding the religious future of Geneva. I believe Calvin won that argument quite nicely. I would also highly recommend reading "The Second Helvetic Confession" (drafted by Heinrich Bullinger) which is contained within the Presbyterian Church (USA) "Book of Confessions." The Second Helvetic Confession is perhaps the finest theological document of its size in the history of the Christian Church.
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Summary: Outstanding, humbling, honest, inspiring
Review: This is a magnificent book that shows how God can break down even the strongest walls when one is honest and open in searching for truth. The Hahns tell an inspiring, humbling and painful tale of growth and maturity in faith; the most remarkable and refreshing part is their willingness to embrace the truth no matter what form it takes. Scott's intellectual probing was as thorough and Bible-centered as it could possibly be, and the reactions of some of his Protestant friends to his conversion (as well as the reactions of some reviewers of this book) show how blind hostility can make us. I've learned a great deal about the faith from this book, and it has inspired me to make a closer study of Scripture. Highly recommended and unanswerable if you're honest about it.
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