Catholic category: 4805 books
The Council in Question
A Dialogue with Catholic Traditionalism
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2013
The ideal TAN book! The resurgence of tradition is rekindling devotion, zeal and, we pray, sanctity. But do some place traditionalism before Mother Church herself? This is the issue of our time a unique time, 50 years after Vatican II when much (though not all) of the misapplication of the Council...
Peculiar Crossroads
Flannery O'Connor, Walker Percy, and Catholic Vision in Postwar Southern Fiction
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2004
In Peculiar Crossroads, Farrell O'Gorman explains how the radical religiosity of both Flannery O'Connor's and Walker Percy's vision made them so valuable as southern fiction writers and social critics. Via their spiritual and philosophical concerns, O'Gorman asserts, these two unabashedly Catholic...
The Community of the Beautiful
A Theological Aesthetics
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2017
2000 Catholic Press Association Award Winner!
The claim has been made that we are gripped today in an aesthetic crisis" with considerable theological ramifications. Aesthetics, which has existed since the first human heart was moved by the influence of the beautiful, has played a major...
by St. John Chrysostom, Wyatt North
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2012
This edition of On the Priesthood comes complete with a Touch-or-Click Table of Contents.John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople, was an important Early Church Father. He is known for his eloquence in preaching and public speaking, his denunciation of abuse of authority by both ecclesiastical and...
by John H. Stapleton
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2012
A fascinating look at the traditional Catholic view on various different moral subjects, such as the seven deadly sins, prayer and devotion, blasphemy and cursing, education, homicide and suicide, and many others.
The American Catholic Revolution
How the Sixties Changed the Church Forever
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2010
In the 1960s, the Second Vatican Council enacted the most sweeping changes the Catholic Church had seen in centuries. In readable and compelling prose, Mark S. Massa tells the story of the cultural war these changes ignited in the United States - a war that is still being waged today. Suddenly, one...
Corpus Mysticum
The Eucharist and the Church in the Middle Ages
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 1990
One of the major figures of twentieth-century Catholic theology, Henri Cardinal de Lubac was known for his attention to the doctrine of the church and its life within the contemporary world. In Corpus Mysticum de Lubac investigates a particular understanding of the relation of the church to the eucharist....
Style, Sex, and Substance
10 Catholic Women Consider the Things that Really Matter
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Who is to say who the authentic Catholic woman is?And how do the perils and pitfalls of modern society impact that vision? Here is a fresh look at life from the perspective of ten Catholic women who live in the spotlight of the Internet ten bloggers who keep it real every day with their personal posts...
Papist Patriots
The Making of an American Catholic Identity
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2012
"The persons in America who were the most opposed to Great Britain had also, in general, distinguished themselves by being particularly hostile to Catholics." So wrote the minister, teacher, and sometime-historian Jonathan Boucher from his home in Surrey, England, in 1797. He blamed "old...
All the Pope's Men
The Inside Story of How the Vatican Really Thinks
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
A fascinating and enlightening look at the world’s oldest and most mysterious institution, written by an American journalist with unparalleled knowledge about the Vatican's past and present.
The sexual abuse scandals that shook American and British Catholicism in 2002 brought to light a long-standing...
by Kevin O'Neil, Peter Black
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2011
With the many medical options available for ourselves and loved ones, how do we make informed decisions which draw upon our Catholic tradition and so respect our human dignity and the dignity of others?
by Thomas Bokenkotter
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Expanded and updated for the new millennium.
Covering the life of Christ, the election of Pope Benedict XVI, and everything in between, A Concise History of the Catholic Church has been one of the bestselling religious histories of the past two decades and a mainstay for scholars, students,...
Catholicism: An Introduction
A comprehensive guide to the history, beliefs and practices of the Catholic faith
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2010
This is a complete guide to the oldest institution in the Western world - the Catholic Church. Explore the essential beliefs and practices of the religion and delve into its long and fascinating history. From the significance of Rome and the importance of the Papacy, to current issues such as science,...
One Hundred Great Catholic Books
From the Early Centuries to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
This guide offers succinct, thoughtful, and entertaining introductions to one hundred classics of Catholic literature past and present, ranging from biography, spirituality, theology, and poetry to history, mystical writings, and fiction. Written for seekers of every faith tradition, this book offers an illuminating gateway to some of the great achievements of the human heart and mind.