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They Were Christians
The Inspiring Faith of Men and Women Who Changed the World
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
What do Abraham Lincoln, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Louis Pasteur, Frederick Douglass, Florence Nightingale, and John D. Rockefeller Sr. all have in common? They all changed the world--and they were all Christians. Now the little-known stories of faith behind twelve influential people of history are available...
by Thomas R. Rourke
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
Covering the entire trajectory of his religious life, this meticulously researched book identifies the roots of political and social order in Pope Benedict XVI's philosophy and analyzes his views on the role of Christian faith in politics. Although not generally characterized as a political philosopher,...
by Gilbert Morris
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004
The volume that launched the blockbuster House of Winslow series. Gilbert Winslow, forced by his family into the pulpit of the Church of England, becomes a spy among religious separatists. Who will he turn to when the forces of good and evil threaten to pull him apart?
The Truth of Catholicism
Inside the Essential Teachings and Controversies of the Church Today
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
The Catholic Church may be the most controversial institution in the world. Whether the question is the uniqueness of Jesus Christ, the relationship of Catholicism to other religious communities, the meaning of freedom, the use and abuse of sex, the dignity of human life from conception until natural...
The Trial of Pope Benedict
Joseph Ratzinger and the Vatican's Assault on Reason, Compassion, and Human Dignity
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
In this persuasive new book, Daniel Gawthrop examines how Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI) systematically steered the Catholic Church to the far right, and what his shocking resignation means for the Church as it navigates a new world. By doing so, it reveals one of recent history’s most astonishing tales of institutional power, religious bullying, and systemic abuse.
Witness to Hope
The Biography of Pope John Paul II
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
“Fascinating...sheds light on the history of the twentieth century for everyone.”—New York Times Book Review
Now, with an updated preface, the latest edition of the definitive biography of Pope John Paul II that explores how influential he was on the world stage and in some of the most...
Francis of Assisi
The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval Saint
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2012
A biography of the saint as both mystic and man: “The single best book about Francis now available in English” (Commonweal).
In this towering work, Andre Vauchez draws on the vast body of scholarship on Francis of Assisi, particularly the important research of recent decades, to create...
by St. Therese of Lisieux, John Clarke, OCD
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2014
This sequel to volume 1 contains all of Thérèse's letters from the end of September 1890 (during her novitiate) until her death in 1897, as well as many letters written to or about her. Here the mature Saint Thérèse shows the path of her growth as a religious and as a deep...
by St. Thomas Aquinas, Wyatt North
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2012
This book comes complete with a Touch-or-Click Table of Contents, divided by each section. This edition has a linked Table of Contents and has been wonderfully formatted (searchable and interlinked) to work on your e-book reader. Enjoy a collection of Advent Homilies written by Saint Thomas Aquinas!...
Champion of Good
The Life of Father Ilarion
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Many lovers of literature are familiar, through Dostoyevsky’s works, with the concept of the Russian "Staretz," or spiritual elder, and this biography offers a vivid portrayal of an authentic Staretz, Father Ilarion—a monk of the renowned Glinsk hermitage in modern-day Ukraine. Offering...
Subdued Fires
An Intimate Portrait of Pope Benedict XVI
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2013
Is this man "the Panzer Cardinal," or "God's Rottweiler," enforcer of Church discipline worldwide? Or is he a true visionary who has confronted the crisis of faith with wisdom and fortitude? And why did he step down? Omaha Beach, June 6, 2004. A delegation sent by John Paul...
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by John Fletcher Hurst
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
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JOHN WESLEY the METHODIST is a very thorough and balanced look at the life of the famous evangelist and founder of Methodism. It covers his early years, missionary journey to America, his conversion...
Mary MacKillop
A spiritual model for all
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2017
Canonised a saint by Pope Benedict in 2010, Mary MacKillop was born in Australia in 1842, of a modest family, and by her teenage years was intensely engaged in the religious education of children, a passion which consumed her life of Christian service. Her contribution to education in those formative...
A Mended and Broken Heart
The Life and Love of Francis of Assisi
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2008
Francis of Assisi is Catholicism’s most popular saint. Tens of millions of spiritual seekers summon his name and example. But the real Francis-both his complicated personality and his complex theology-have been misunderstood for centuries.
In 1228, Pope Gregory IX rushed to canonize St. Francis...