Well, religion has been passed down through the years by stories people tell around the campfire. Stories about God, stories about love. Stories about good spirits and evil spirits.

New York (1977)
The Making of the Popes (1978)
Crisis in the Church: A Study of Religion in America (1979)
Ethnic Drinking Subcultures (1980)
The Young Catholic Family (1980)
The Religious Imagination (1981)
Young Catholics in the United States and Canada (1981)
The Irish Americans: The Rise to Money and Power (1981)
Parish Priest and People (1981)
Catholic High Schools and Minority Students (1982)
The Bottom Line Catechism (1982)
Religion: A Secular Theory (1982)
The Catholic Why? Book (1983)
The Dilemma of American Immigration: Beyond the Golden Door (1983)
Angry Catholic Women (1984)
How to Save the Catholic Church (1984)
American Catholics Since the Council (1985)
Confessions of a Parish Priest (1986)
Catholic Contributions: Sociology & Policy (1987)
An Andrew Greeley Reader: Volume One (1987)
The Irish Americans: The Rise to Money and Power (1988)
When Life Hurts: Healing Themes from the Gospels (1988)
God in Popular Culture (1988)
Sexual Intimacy: Love and Play (1988)
Myths of Religion: An inspiring investigation into the nature of God and a journey to the boundaries of faith (1989); ISBN 0-446-38818-1
Religious Change in America (1989)
The Catholic Myth: The Behavior and Beliefs of American Catholics (1990)
The Bible and Us (1990)
Faithful Attraction: Discovering Intimacy Love and Fidelity in American Marriage (1991)
Sex: The Catholic Experience (1995)
Religion as Poetry (1995)
Sociology and Religion: A Collection of Readings (1995)
Common Ground (1996)
Forging a Common Future (1997)
I Hope You’re Listening God (1997)
Furthermore! (1999)
The Mysteries of Grace
The Catholic Imagination (2000); ISBN 0-520-23204-6
Book of Love (2002)
The Great Mysteries: Experiencing Catholic Faith from the inside Out (2003)
The Catholic Revolution: New Wine Old Wineskins and the Second Vatican Council (2004); ISBN 0-520-24481-8
Priests: A Calling in Crisis (2004)
The Making Of The Pope (2005)
The Truth about Conservative Christians: What They Think and What They Believe (2006)
Jesus: A Meditation on His Stories and His Relationships with Women (2007)
A Stupid Unjust and Criminal War: Iraq 2001-2007 (2007)


Fiction
The Magic Cup (1975)
Death in April (1980)
The Cardinal Sins (1981)
Thy Brother's Wife (1982)
Ascent Into Hell (1983)
Lord of the Dance (1984)
Virgin and Martyr (1985)
Angels of September (1985)
Happy are the Meek (1985)
God Game (1986)
Happy are the Clean of Heart (1986)
Patience of a Saint (1987)
The Final Planet (1987)
Happy Are Those Who Thirst for Justice (1987)
Rite of Spring (1987)
Angel Fire (1988)
Love Song (1989)
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Greeley's first work of fiction to become a major commercial success was The Cardinal Sins (1981). S.

Greeley (born February 5 1928 Oak Park Illinois) is an Irish-American Roman Catholic priest sociologist journalist and fiction writer. Greeley is Professor of Sociology at the University of Arizona and is a Research Associate with the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago. He writes a weekly column for the Chicago Sun-Times and contributes regularly to The New York Times the National Catholic Reporter America and Commonweal.