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...
Books and literature
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...
By Elaine Pagels (Viking Press, 2012) Seven-headed dragons, locusts with human faces, and armies of monsters could all be elements in popular fantasy novels...
October 2012: Why Stay Catholic? Unexpected Answers to a Life-Changing Question By Michael Leach Review: Ask Catholics what frustrates them about their church...
By Richard Gaillardetz & Catherine Clifford (Liturgical Press, 2012) October 11 marks the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council...
By Philip Kolin (Kauffman Publishing, 2012) Philip Kolin’s Reading God’s Handwriting: Poems is a book of action, not of superheroes swooping down on comic book...
September 2012: Grace Notes By Brian Doyle Review: Loyal U.S. Catholic readers need no introduction to Brian Doyle, whose musings, reflections, essays, short...
