Catholicism category: 4667 books
Strange Gods
Unmasking the Idols in Everyday Life
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2013
Renowned in the blogosphere as The Anchoress and as Catholic Portal editor of the popular Patheos.com, Elizabeth Scalia offers a powerful critique of the “gods” we worship today, reminding readers that life’s deepest desires can be satisfied only in Christ. Strange Gods, Scalia's debut book, is...
Theology of His Body / Theology of Her Body
Discovering the Strength and Mission of Masculinity/Discovering the Beauty and Mystery of Femininity
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2014
Theology of Her Body and Theology of His Body will feed your teens with liberating answers to their most pressing questions about love and sexuality. These books offer solid, relevant teachings in a language teens understand. But more than just presenting the truth itself, they deliver the tools teens...
The Art of Choosing
Working Through Daily Decisions and Discerning our Path in Life
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2010
Using insights from scripture, Ignatian spirituality, and contemporary examples, Valles illustrates the basics of making choices with care and forethought.
Finding God in the Dark II
Taking the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius to the Movies
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2011
The book offers an approach to developing a spiritual life using the medium of modern movies —the currency of popular culture. It provides an easy-to-follow format and various options for using the material by either individuals or groups, at home, in retreat, pastoral, academic or parish settings....
by Marc Barnes
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Marc Barnes first cared about being Catholic, “not out of any profound love for the person of Christ, but out of a profound distaste for my other options.” After exploring the options of the secular world, Barnes came to the conclusion that even the secular world isn’t secular enough. In fact,...
A Nun on the Bus
How All of Us Can Create Hope, Change, and Community
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
In the summer of 2012, Sister Simone Campbell and a group of fellow Roman Catholic nuns toured parts of the country to rally support against Congressman Paul Ryan's budget, a plan that cut vital social programs for the hurting poor and the struggling middle class. Prayer groups turned into rallies,...
by Kevin E. McKenna
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2019
Topics related to Catholic social teaching emerge regularly in American political and civic discourse, often connected to discussions about religious freedom, abortion, immigrant rights, racism, capital punishment, and health care. This third edition of A Concise Guide to Catholic Social Teaching...
Catholic High Schools
Facing the New Realities
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2011
Catholic high schools in the United States have been undergoing three major changes: the shift to primarily lay leadership and teachers; the transition to a more consumerist and pluralist culture; and the increasing diversity of students attending Catholic high schools. James Heft argues that to navigate...
Failing America's Faithful
How Today's Churches Are Mixing God with Politics and Losing Their Way
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2007
Blending inspirational memoir with a religious and political rebuke of American Christianity, the oldest daughter of Senator Robert F. Kennedy delivers a rousing call to arms for spiritual renewal.
Credible Signs of Christ Alive
Case Studies from the Catholic Campaign for Human Development
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2003
This accessible and stirring book not only introduces readers to the work of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), the domestic antipoverty and social justice program sponsored by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, but also inspires us to service. With John P. Hogan as...
Catholic Charities USA
100 Years at the Intersection of Charity and Justice
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2010
In honor of Catholic Charities USA's centennial celebration, this masterful work explores the development of Catholic Charities in the United States over the last one hundred years.
Featuring contributions by renowned Catholic scholars and respected leaders in the Catholic Charities movement,...
by William J. Byron, SJ
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
A collection of essays or “short takes” that tackle the wide range of matters of concern to Catholics,
Lazarus at the Table
Catholics and Social Justice
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2017
Lazarus at the Tale is the fruit of more than two decades of instructing students in the social teachings of the Catholic Church. For most of these years Bernard Evans has taught graduate students. Lately he also teaches lay Catholics engaged in parish ministry and enrolled in diocesan ministry formation...
It Is Good for Us to Be Here
Catholic Religious Institutes as Ngos at the United Nations
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2015
This book, It Is Good for Us to Be Here, epitomizes the unique advocacy work of organized transnational actors underscoring the nexus between faith life and working for social development. NGOs of institutes of religious life have been the most influential faith-based NGOs at the United Nations. They...