Catholicism category: 4667 books
Exploring Catholic Literature
A Companion and Resource Guide
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2003
Designed for students of all ages, Exploring Catholic Literature: A Companion and Resource Guide provides an engaging and succinct introduction to twelve recognized masterpieces of Catholic literature, from Augustine's 4th century conversion narrative, The Confessions, to the recent poetry of Denise...
What I Am Living For
Lessons from the Life and Writings of Thomas Merton
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2018
"If you want to identify me, ask me not where I live, or what I like to eat, or how I comb my hair, but ask me what I am living for, in detail, and ask me what I think is keeping me from living fully for the thing I want to live for."—Thomas Merton
Some of today's most popular spiritual...
Make Peace before the Sun Goes Down
The Long Encounter of Thomas Merton and His Abbot, James Fox
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2015
In the 1950s and ’60s, Thomas Merton, a monk of the Trappist monastery of Gethsemani in Kentucky, published a string of books that are among the most influential spiritual books of the twentieth century—including the mega–best seller The Seven-Storey Mountain. He was something of a rock star...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2015
From the time they first met as undergraduates at Columbia College in New York City in the mid-1930s, the noted editor Robert Giroux (1914–2008) and the Trappist monk and writer Thomas Merton (1915–1968) became friends. The Letters of Robert Giroux and Thomas Merton capture their personal and...
by Charles G. Finney
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2015
** Charles G. Finney is best known for being a Presbyterian minister who played a decisive role in the Second Great Awakening and is thus known as one of the leaders of the modern revivalist movement in America.** He wrote several works, including this one, which remains widely read today.
by James Finley
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2018
For forty years, James Finley’s Merton's Palace of Nowhere has been the standard text for exploring, reflecting on, and understanding the rich vein of Thomas Merton's thought. Spiritual identity is the quest to know who we are, to find meaning, to overcome that sense of “Is this all there is?”...
by Joann F. Price
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2013
Pope Benedict XVI: A Biography is an incisive exploration of the life and career of the current head of the Roman Catholic Church, with an emphasis on his theological positions and contributions as a theologian. Written by a Catholic priest who is an expert on Bavarian theology, the book looks at...
Vatican II
Fifty Years of Evolution and Revolution in the Catholic Church
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Fifty years after the start of the Second Vatican Council, the Catholic Church continues to struggle with the changes the council unleashed. Vernacular masses, dialogues with other faiths, new roles for the laity, and a revolution in how we understand Church –all of these issues continue to spark...
by Frank P. DeSiano, CSP
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The 2012 Synod has called us back to our roots, to our basic relationship with Jesus Christ and our need for a vision of hope.
The Twelve
The Lives of the Apostles After Calvary
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 1998
Who were the Apostles really? What happened to them after the end of the Gospel story? You'll be surprised by the wealth of detail Ruffin has dug up for each apostle - even Judas Iscariot.
by Penny Lord, Bob Lord
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2011
Did you ever wonder where the Red Cross came from? Did you ever wonder who came up with the concept of the work to be done by the Red Cross, and the symbol of the Red Cross? Would you be surprised if we told you that it came to us through a Miracle of the Cross? Read on, brothers and sisters.Over...
Opus Dei
An Objective Look Behind the Myths and Reality of the Most Controversial Force in the Catholic Church
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2005
The first serious journalistic investigation of the highly secretive, controversial organization Opus Dei provides unique insight about the wild rumors surrounding it and discloses its significant influence in the Vatican and on the politics of the Catholic Church.
Opus Dei (literally “the...
Romero's Legacy
The Call to Peace and Justice
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2007
Pilar Hogan Closkey and John Hogan have brought together the annual Archbishop Oscar Romero Lectures (2001-2007) to consider the life and death of Archbishop Romero and the daily struggles of the poor in our world, especially in the city of Camden, New Jersey-one of America's poorest cities. Romero's...
Pope Francis
The Pope from the End of the Earth
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2013
On March 13, 2013, the world waited in hushed anticipation for the announcement of the new Successor of Peter and leader of the Roman Catholic Church. For weeks the news had been filled with discussions and speculation of leading papabili. Now, finally, the new pope would be revealed. But when Jorge...