By Mary Christine Athans (Orbis, 2013) This scholarly study is a valuable contribution to the body of works aimed at finding Miriam of...
Books and literature
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...
By Michael White and Tom Corcoran (Ave Maria, 2013) Change isn’t easy and neither is church. But change is what parishioners and their leaders must do if...
Here are some interesting new book releases for April: April 2013 Ramblers: Loyola-Chicago 1963—The Team That Changed the Color of College Basketball By...
By James Martin, S.J. (HarperOne, 2013) If you’re looking for an easily accessible way to spend some quiet time with God, here’s a retreat that you...
