By Piero Boitani (University of Notre Dame, 2013) The theatrical world of William Shakespeare is filled with tales of English kings, Greek romances, and, as...
Books and literature
By Timothy Radcliffe (Burns & Oates, 2012) Adult Catholics understandably approach any new treatment of the sacraments with the plea, “Tell me...
Here are some interesting new book releases for July: July 2013 Thomas Merton: Selected Essays Edited by Patrick F. O'Connell In this collection of 33...
By Mary Christine Athans (Orbis, 2013) This scholarly study is a valuable contribution to the body of works aimed at finding Miriam of...
By Garry Wills (Viking, 2013) One of the church’s most noted inside critics, historian Garry Wills, shows no signs of slowing at nearly 80 years old. In...
Here are some interesting new book releases: June 2013: Imitating Mary: Ten Marian Virtues for the Modern Mom By Marge Fenelon In her book Imitating Mary (Ave...
By Anne Lamott (Riverhead Books, 2012) Leave it to Anne Lamott to take something that feels overwhelming, then put it on our plates and cut it up for us into...
By Paula Fredriksen (Princeton, 2012) While it sounds a daunting task to explore the shifting Christian idea of sin as it progressed through the first four...
Here are some interesting new book releases for May: May 2013 Fleeing Herod: A Journey Through Coptic Egypt with the Holy Family By James Cowan After Jesus was...
By John Thavis (Viking, 2013) License plates on cars registered in Vatican City bear the abbreviation SCV for Stato della Città del Vaticano. The local...
