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A Twentieth-Century Collision
University Press of America 2009; US$ 21.99This book explores 20th-century intellectual culture in the United States, with attention to the gradual narrowing of the scope of (academic) philosophy and its diminishing influence. American Catholic universities, it is contended in this book, can render a seriously-needed contribution to combating the negative effects of this historical development. more...
The Essential Guide to Catholic Prayer and the Mass
Penguin Group US 2011; US$ 16.95The Vatican-approved guide to opening up new connections to God. Today, more and more Catholics are looking to explore their spirituality in new ways: by trying meditation or contemplation, seeking to adapt monastic traditions to modern life, or seeking a deeper connection to Jesus through the Eucharist, giving rise to the growing popularity... more...
Participation and Beliefs in Popular Religiosity
BRILL 2009; US$ 154.00Exploring the relation between popular religious participation and beliefs about God, human suffering, Jesus Christ and the church, this empirical-theological study offers the picture of a complementary relation between popular religiosity and official religion within Italian Catholicism. more...
The Divisions of French Catholicism, 1629-1645
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2011; US$ 124.95Drawing on sources from the Jesuit archives in Rome and on Port-Royal material in Paris, the book begins with an investigation into the development of Catholic Reform in France, showing the problems that emerged before 1629 and the degree to which these were or were not resolved. The second half of the book contrasts the fragmentation of the movement... more...
Why Be a Catholic?
Continuum International Publishing 2011; US$ 14.95The Catholic Church has never been so deeply immersed in crisis - crisis of authority, priestly scandal, celibacy, hierarchy - stretching right up to the Vatican itself.Most people in authority are keeping quiet or squabbling among themselves.Mark Dooley is a Professor of Philosophy who is also a serious commentator, journalist and broadcaster. He... more...
Man and Woman He Created Them
Pauline Books and Media 2011; US$ 23.96A new critical translation of Pope John Paul II's talks on the Theology of the Body by the internationally renowned biblical scholar Michael Waldstein. With meticulous scholarship and profound insight, Waldstein presents John Paul II's magnificent vision of the human person. Includes a preface by Cardinal Schönborn, a foreword by Christopher West,... more...
Theology of the Body in Context
Pauline Books and Media 2011; US$ 13.56The zenith of John Paul II?s thought on the human person, marriage, and the family is found in his ?theology of the body.? For the first time, William E. May provides a comprehensive yet readable overview of this work in the context of several other key writings of Karol Wojtyla/John Paul II, providing rich insights into the development of the theology... more...
Foundations of Systematic Theology
Continuum International Publishing 2005; US$ 150.00Guarino argues in this book that the doctrinal form of the Christian faith, in its essential characteristics, calls for certain theoretical exigencies. This is to say that the proportion and beauty of the form is not served or illuminated by simply any presuppositions. Rather, a determinate understanding of first philosophy, of the nature of truth,... more...
1494
D & M Publishers 2011; US$ 28.00When Columbus triumphantly returned from America to Spain in 1493, his discoveries inflamed an already-smouldering conflict between Spain's renowned monarchs, Ferdinand and Isabella, and Portugal's João II. Which nation was to control the world's oceans? To quell the argument, Pope Alexander VI - the notorious Rodrigo Borgia - issued a proclamation... more...
The Right Guy for the Right Girl
Destiny Image, Inc. 2011; US$ 15.99Just another book for singles? No! The Right Guy for the Right Girl emphasizes the state of your heart, not your marital status. It is not about finding the right woman, but about being the right man. In response to the wildly successful Lady in Waiting book, The Right Guy for the Right Girl is full of answers to questions all men have... more...









