All the Beautiful Things

Finding Truth, Beauty and Goodness in a Fractured Church

by Beth Doherty

Book cover: All the Beautiful Things

Extent: 240 pages

Publisher: ATF Press

Subjects: Religious Studies

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(March 2020)

ISBN: 9781925612882

Price: $30.95

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Hardback (Published)

(March 2020)

ISBN: 9781925612899

Price: $39.95

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PDF (Published)

(March 2020)

ISBN: 9781925612912

Price: $30.95

Taking as its theme ‘beauty from ashes’ the beautiful image from Isaiah 61:3, All the Beautiful Things: Finding Truth, Beauty and Goodness in a Fractured Church is written at a time when the Catholic Church and its people are reeling from years of scandal. This book asks questions throughout and attempts to answer them based on the author’s lived experience; but it also engages a wide range of conversation partners. These answers are the result of interviews, surveys and conversations with people who love the Church, but seek reform and renewal. It is a ‘cri de coeur’, a cry of the heart to try to reclaim what has been lost. It is a taking up of a cross and walking on a journey paved with all manner of challenge. In the end, the author’s hope is to help others to rediscover the truth, beauty and goodness that still exist within Catholicism.


Taking as its theme ‘beauty from ashes’ the beautiful image from Isaiah 61:3, All the Beautiful Things: Finding Truth, Beauty and Goodness in a Fractured Church is written at a time when the Catholic Church and its people are reeling from years of scandal. This book asks questions throughout and attempts to answer them based on the author’s lived experience; but it also engages a wide range of conversation partners. These answers are the result of interviews, surveys and conversations with people who love the Church, but seek reform and renewal. It is a ‘cri de coeur’, a cry of the heart to try to reclaim what has been lost. It is a taking up of a cross and walking on a journey paved with all manner of challenge. In the end, the author’s hope is to help others to rediscover the truth, beauty and goodness that still exist within Catholicism.

  • By (author) Beth Doherty