Books and literature

By Michael W. Higgins and Kevin Burns (Paulist, 2012) Radio producer Kevin Burns writes that he remembers thinking of best-selling author Henri Nouwen as...

Ed. by Colleen Griffith & Thomas Groome (Paraclete, 2012) At first glance, Catholic Spiritual Practices: A Treasury of Old and New seems only marginally...

By W. Merle Longwood et al (Wipf & Stock, 2011) A primary stated goal of Forging the Male Spirit: The Spiritual Lives of American College Men is to answer...

Scandal By Angela Senander (Liturgical Press, 2012) If asked to reflect on the word scandal, most Catholics would immediately think of the clerical sexual...

Christianity After Religion By Diana Butler Bass (HarperOne, 2012) Older Catholics frequently wonder where all the young people have gone and how to get them...

Ghandi and the Unspeakable By James W. Douglass (Orbis, 2012) It’s a slight book, but a profound one: In just 126 pages, author and theologian James...

By André Vauchez (Yale Press, 2012) Francis the ecologist, Francis the stigmatic, Francis the peace activist, Francis the crusader. With so many Francis...

November 2012: A Private History of Happiness: Ninety-Nine Moments of Joy from Around the World By George Myerson Review: It’s no secret that happiness is...

By Joseph Stiglitz (W.W. Norton & Co., 2012) Pope Paul VI argued that excessive economic inequalities were a “danger to peace” and that political power...