By Robert Calderisi (Yale University Press, 2013) At the end of Earthly Mission: The Catholic Church and World Development, economist and former World Bank...
Books and literature
Looking for a new book to cuddle up with during the final stretch of this never-ending winter? Here are some new releases for March that you might want to pick...
By Diarmaid MacCulloch (Viking Adult, 2013) Surely Diarmaid MacCulloch appreciates the irony that after publishing the gargantuan Christianity: The First Three...
By Reza Aslan (Random House, 2013) Reza Aslan’s Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth has stirred up plenty of controversy. Some critics fault...
By Katharine E. Harmon (Liturgical Press, 2013) Ellen Gates Starr, cofounder of Hull House and convert to Catholicism in 1920, was frustrated by “the apparent...
By Carol Lee Flinders (Orbis, 2013) In a previous study, Carol Lee Flinders profiled some of the best-known women among medieval Christian mystics: Teresa of...
Here are some interesting new book releases for January: January 2014 Introduction to the Spiritual Life By Louis Bouyer As one of Vatican II’s...
By Judith Valente (Sorin Books, 2013) As is the case for so many Catholics today, Judith Valente’s faith had been chipped away by the clergy sexual abuse...
By Bishop John McCarthy (Greenhills Publishing, 2013) Bishop John McCarthy pastored the Diocese of Austin, Texas from 1986 to 2001. After serving as executive...
Here are some interesting new book releases for December: December 2013 Stitches: A Handbook on Meaning, Hope, and Repair By Anne Lamott From the New York...
