Reviews on the following books: THE MEANING OF SEX. By Jay Budziszewski (Reviewed by Fr. James Schall, S.J.). THE SECRET LIFE OF JOHN PAUL II. By Lino Zani with Marilu Simoneschi. (Reviewed by Peter A. Huff). DOCTRINAL SERMONS ON … [Read more...]
The Latest Book Reviews
August 25, 2012 By
A selection of late Summer-into-Fall reading. Reviews on the following books: Two reviews on a book by Cardinal Burke: DIVINE LOVE MADE FLESH: THE HOLY EUCHARIST AS THE SACRAMENT OF CHARITY. By Raymond Cardinal Burke A HEART … [Read more...]
The Latest Book Reviews
May 30, 2012 By
REVIEWING: Conscience, Cooperation, and Complicity: The Thought of Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI; Mystics in the Making: Lay Women in Today’s Church; Passion for Truth: The Life of John Henry Newman; A Shared Vision: The 1976 … [Read more...]
The Latest Book Reviews
April 19, 2012 By
REVIEWING: Gold Tested in Fire; In Memory of Me, Indivisible; Shadows and Images; Understanding Language: A Guide for Beginning Students of Greek & Latin; and, Scruples and Sainthood; Reflections on the priesthood GOLD … [Read more...]
Was Robert Bellarmine Ahead of His Time?
April 12, 2012 By
Empire of Souls: Robert Bellarmine and the Christian Commonwealth. By Stefania Tutino (New York: Oxford University Press, 2010), 416 pp. ISBN 978-0-19974-053-6. On Temporal and Spiritual Authority. By Robert Bellarmine. Edited, translated … [Read more...]
The 60th Anniversary of F.X. Durwell’s classic, THE RESURRECTION: A BIBLICAL STUDY
March 31, 2012 By
Durwell, F.X., C.S.S.R. (1960). The Resurrection: A Biblical Study. NY: Sheed and Ward. pp. 359. This is the 60th Anniversary of F.X. Durwell’s classic, The Resurrection: A Biblical Study, and the 50th year since its English … [Read more...]
A Review of Cullen Murphy’s “God’s Jury”
March 7, 2012 By
GOD’S JURY: The Inquisition and the Making of the Modern World. By Cullen Murphy (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012) 310 PP. ISBN 978-0-618-09156-0. Mr. Cullen Murphy never claims to be an historian. His edited … [Read more...]
Thomas Aquinas’ Summa Theologiae in modern English
February 18, 2012 By
TREATISE ON HUMAN NATURE: The Complete Text (Summa Theologiae I, Questions 75-102). By St. Thomas Aquinas; translated by Alfred J. Freddoso (St. Augustine’s Press, South Bend, IN 47780, 2011), 351 pp. PB $20.00. Students of St. … [Read more...]
A Man “Beloved of God”
January 16, 2012 By
This is a concise biography of Saint Anthony, and a short history of monasticism, in both the Eastern and Western churches. This excellent work on the Egyptian desert saint—“the personification of Christian asceticism and the father of … [Read more...]
A Revival of Natural Law?
January 16, 2012 By
Can we say that “natural law” is rather like the Loch Ness monster: “Now you see it, now you don’t” ? For many Americans, especially U. S. senators, the only time that natural law has been in contemplation range, or up for … [Read more...]
The Mystery of Good and Evil
January 14, 2012 By
A copious work that abounds in a multitude of moral themes and religious questions, the book assumes the form of a fictional autobiography of ‘Isa Ben Adam, the son of a Muslim father and Catholic mother who studies philosophy … [Read more...]
Finding God in All Things
January 14, 2012 By
Fr. de Caussade’s treatise on abandonment to divine providence is a classic on the spiritual life from the 18th century that has been reprinted many times. The actual text is not very long, but in this edition it is complemented by the … [Read more...]
Moral Theology after Humanae Vitae
January 1, 2012 By
There are basically two explanations for the tepid reception of Humanae Vitae. We can blame either the Church who gave it birth, or the culture into which it was born. Twomey points his finger at the latter. He explains that the rejection … [Read more...]
Women, Sex, and the Church
January 1, 2012 By
In a culture that often views the Catholic Church as patriarchal and misogynistic, Women, Sex, and the Church, edited by Erika Bachiochi, offers a “practical, pro-woman defense” of many of the Church’s most controversial … [Read more...]
The Martyred Inquisitor
January 1, 2012 By
This book is an historical biography of the life of St. Peter Martyr, the first Dominican to be canonized. The author is an assistant professor of ancient and medieval history at Jacksonville State University in Anniston, Alabama. The … [Read more...]
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