Something else Robby and I can agree on (mirabile dictu)!

At least, I think we can:  namely, that John Allen's book will almost certainly be quite good! 

THE FUTURE CHURCH: HOW TEN TRENDS ARE REVOLUTIONIZING THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

By John L. Allen Jr.

Reviewed by John W. O'Malley

Perceptive, evenhanded, thought-provoking, horizon-expanding, remarkably well informed--words like these popped into my head as a read John L. Allen Jr.'s new book, The Future Church: How Ten Trends Are Revolutionizing the Catholic Church. I thought I detected in his introduction a note of apology for writing as "a journalist, not a priest, theologian or academic." His credentials, as NCR readers know, are just fine. If you had doubts, the book will dispel them. Read the review.