Sj: 449 books
Systematic Theology
A Roman Catholic Approach
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2016
Systematic theology seeks to understand and render more intelligible the central doctrines of faith and to show how they are related to each other. It tries to demonstrate how these doctrines are rooted in Scripture and develop in the history of the church; most important, it strives to more adequately...
This is Our Faith
An Introduction to Catholicism
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
A concise introductory outline of the Catholic faith based on the Apostles' Creed and including more recent developments since the Second Vatican Council and the challenges of a global church.
by SJ Hart
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2010
Lies In Silence advocates for improved diagnosis and treatment for bipolar and co-occurring disorders by describing the devastating toll the disorders took on three generations of the author’s family. An insightful and compelling look that gives the reader an understanding of the depth of pain and suffering experienced by people who have these genetically transmitted diseases.
Redemption Road
From Grief to Peace through Walking the Camino de Santiago
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2016
Sometimes the best cure for a wounded soul is a really long walk . . .
One June morning, Fr. Brendan McManus stepped out for a much-needed walk—to be exact, a 500-mile hike on Spain’s renowned Camino de Santiago. A few years earlier, his brother had committed suicide, and the tragedy left...
Awake My Soul
Contemporary Catholics on Traditional Devotions
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2009
Awake My Soul introduces the practice of devotions to a new generation of the faithful. The essays in this enlightening collection celebrate the traditional Catholic devotions those sensual, physical, time-honored forms of piety that have sustained generations of believers. Contemporary men and women...
Cultivating Soil and Soul
Twentieth-Century Catholic Agrarians Embrace the Liturgical Movement
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Even before Vatican Council II, individuals like Virgil Michel and Catholic social movements like the National Catholic Rural Life Conference attempted to promote greater social justice by reconnecting rural life in the United States with the liturgical life of the church. Efforts to remedy this dislocation...
by James Martin,SJ
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2009
A charming and touching story that reminds us, withSt. Bernadette, that grace is everywhere." Robert Ellsberg, author, Blessed Among All Women The shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in southern France appeals to Catholics as few other places do. The famous grotto is a place of healing that attracts some six...
With God in America
The Spiritual Legacy of an Unlikely Jesuit
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
In 1963, following twenty-three years of hard labor and abuse in Russian prison camps, Walter J. Ciszek, S.J., finally returned to America. Had he come back a bitter man, or a man of diminished faith, it would have been hard to fault him. But he didn’t. For the remainder of his years, until his...
by Richard Leonard, SJ
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Written by the best selling author of Where the Hell Is God?, this accessible volume is for everyone who wonders how to pray, everyone who wonders what happens when you pray, and everyone who wonders if God hears our prayers.
Living the Catholic Social Tradition
Cases and Commentary
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2004
In a time when the global and national economies seem to favor so few and harm so many, when the threats to the common good are so prevalent and so deep, how do people of faith think about these issues and act with those who are most vulnerable? Living the Catholic Social Tradition: Cases and Commentary...
by Fr Anthony Symondson, SJ
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2017
Telling the life of the Pope who was beatified on October 19th 2014. During Pope Paul's papacy (1963-1978) more changes were introduced in the Catholic Church than in all previous centuries combined, not least due to the Second Vatican Council. His pontificate defined the papacy's new role and, amid...
The Heart of Pope Francis
How a New Culture of Encounter Is Changing the Church and the World
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
A presentation of what lies at the heart of Pope Francis' pontificate, written by his friend and fellow Jesuit
At the heart of Pope Francis' vision lies a keen interest in people, and a passion for understanding the life experience of others. This book by a longtime friend of the Pope clarifies...
I Believe in God
A Reflection on the Apostles' Creed
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2016
In the spirit of nineteenth-century philosopher John Stuart Mill's admonition to fully, frequently, and fearlessly" discuss what we profess to be true in order that it remain a "living truth" rather than dead dogma, Thomas P. Rausch gives us I Believe in God: A Reflection on the Apostles'...
Faith, Hope, and Charity
Benedict XVI on the Theological Virtues
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
A study of Pope Benedict XVI’s three encyclicals, Deus caritas est, Spe salvi, and Lumen fidei (drafted for Pope Francis) on the theological virtues, faith, hope, and charity.