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...
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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 influential...
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...
By Archbishop Jose H. Gomez (Our Sunday Visitor, 2013) As chairman of the U.S. Bishops’ Committee on Migration, Los Angeles Archbishop José Gomez...
Here are some interesting new book releases for November: November 2013 Stories of Early Christianity: Creative Retellings of Faith and History By vanThanh...
By David Craig (Wipf and Stock, 2013) 2013 was a year to ponder afresh St. Francis of Assisi. In March, our new pope took the name of this humble saint. In...
