After You Believe By N.T. Wright (HarperOne, 2010) In the preface to After You Believe, New Testament scholar and Anglican Bishop of Durham N. T...
Books and literature
Catholic book reviews, author interviews, and reflections on literature, faith, and culture. Dive into thoughtful Catholic perspectives on literature.
Field of Compassion By Judy Cannato (Sorin Books, 2010) I'm no Albert Einstein. Science is just not my thing. Even Ira Flatow (of NPR's "Science...
Full of Grace by Christine Watkins (Ave Maria Press, 2010) Christine Watkins grew up without religion and without a belief in God. Her parents had told her...
Finding My Voice By Beth Knobbe (St. Anthony Messenger, 2009) Are the young adult years simply an extended adolescence? When do we become real adults? Beth...
Jay Farrar and Ben Gibbard (F-Stop/Atlantic Record/2009) Since his death in 1969, beat novelist Jack Kerouac has become a pop-culture perennial. Each...
Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits By Linda Gordon (W. W. Norton & Company, 2009) In the 1930s President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Farm...
The Difference God Makes By Cardinal Francis George, O.M.I. (Herder and Herder, 2009) Chicago’s Cardinal Francis George has a knack for delivering off...
The Future Church By John L. Allen Jr. (Doubleday, 2009) There are few Catholic journalists as well-known and quoted as the National Catholic Reporter’s...
While We Wait: Spiritual and Practical Advice for Those Trying to Adopt By Heidi Schlumpf (ACTA, 2009) Wherever you are in your process of waiting to...
Holiness and the Feminine Spirit: The Art of Janet McKenzie Edited by Susan Perry (Orbis Books, 2009) Early disciples never said how Jesus looked, so...
