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Paul and Virtue Ethics
Building Bridges Between New Testament Studies and Moral Theology
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2010
In Paul and Virtue Ethics, Daniel Harrington and James Keenan build upon their successful collaboration Jesus and Virtue Ethics to discuss the apostle Paul's teachings as a guide to interpret theology and ethics today. Examining Paul's writings, the authors investigate what they teach about the basic...
Standing Together in the Community of God
Liturgical Spirituality and the Presence of Christ
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
We are here on earth not to guard a museum but to cultivate a garden flourishing with life and promised to a glorious future, John XXIII exhorted the Church at the dawn of the Second Vatican Council. In an age when some skeptics suggest that the reformed liturgy has lost the wonder and spiritual depth...
by Fr Martin D'Arcy, SJ
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017
In this classic text Fr Martin d'Arcy turns his vast intellect to the age-old problem of why God permits innocent suffering. His answers are tightly argued, and he concludes that evil casts no shadow on God but rather where sin abounded, there most of all did love abound. With introduction by Prof. John Haldane.
Building Our House on Rock
The Sermon on the Mount as Jesus Vision for Our Lives as Told by Matthew and Luke
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount ends with the parable of the builders on rock or sand. Doing what Jesus asks results in building a life that endures; not doing it results in disaster. The choice is ours, and it’s a scary one. How can we read these words so that we can know what Jesus meant and do it?In...
by Albert Vanhoye, SJ
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Based on two conferences given in Korea, this inspirational book analyzes the writings of St. Paul on charisms and charity, and on the relationship between faith and action.
by Daniel J. Harrington, SJ
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2010
Jesus of Nazareth is arguably the most famous and influential human being who has ever lived on earth. In the Historical Dictionary of Jesus, author Daniel J. Harrington delves into the ancient literary sources about Jesus, modern methods of approaching these sources, the major events in Jesus' life,...
Living God's Word
Reflections on the Sunday Readings for Year C
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2012
Offering insight into the land and people of the Bible, Living God’s Word: Year C is a perfect tool for studying the Sunday readings. Archbishop Prendergast probes the meaning of the Sunday readings with fascinating detail and brings them alive with contemporary stories relating to peoples’ life...
by edited by Daniel J. Harrington, SJ, and Christopher R. Matthews
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Makes accessible some of the best modern scholarship on encountering Jesus in the Scriptures. With a focus wider than the historians quest, these essays try to explain not only who Jesus was in the first century but also what he might mean in the twenty-first century.
by Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini SJ
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Cardinal Carlo Martini is well-known for his ability to open the Scriptures through lectio divina or prayerful reading. In The Gospel Way of Mary, Martini takes us on a journey through Scripture of key events in the life of Mary. With keen and profound insight, he helps us see these familiar passages...
by Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini SJ
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2008
Pope Benedict XVI has proclaimed a year dedicated to St. Paul, beginning on June 29, 2008. Readers can celebrate the "Year of St. Paul" by praying through this unique collection of meditations by renowned biblical scholar and retired archbishop of Milan, Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini. In simple and moving...
Winning the Battle Against Sin
Hope-Filled Lessons from the Bible
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
What is sin, why did it happen, and how can we overcome it? Popular EWTN host and speaker Fr. Mitch Pacwa uses his extensive knowledge of the Scriptures to take us on a tour of the Bible to help us understand sin and why we need Jesus in our lives to defeat it. By examining important biblical passages,...
by Bruce T. Morrill, SJ
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Draws upon the best of recent biblical, historical, and theological sources to explore how Christ is present in the celebration of the Eucharist in the assembly, presiding minister, biblical word, and ritual sacrament.
Would You Baptize an Extraterrestrial?
. . . and Other Questions from the Astronomers' In-box at the Vatican Observatory
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
Witty and thought provoking, two Vatican astronomers shed provocative light on some of the strange places where religion and science meet.
“Imagine if a Martian showed up, all big ears and big nose like a child’s drawing, and he asked to be baptized. How would you react?” —Pope Francis,...
by Thomas D. SJ Stegman, Peter Williamson, Mary Healy
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
There is an increasing hunger among Catholics to study the Bible in depth and in a way that integrates Scripture with Catholic doctrine, worship, and daily life. Second Corinthians is the fourth of seventeen volumes in the Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture (CCSS), a new series that will cover...