Books

James V Schall S J a well-known Jesuit political theorist who teaches at Georgetown University is the author of numerous books on political thought philosophy and education His newest book The Mind That Is Catholic is a learned insightful and stimulating collection of previously published

The church as a people of the bread: an ecclesiastical study

Sister Marilyn Lacey rsquo s account of her journey to and through the experience of working with refugees can be read first of all as an adventure story It is her own adventure but also that of the many refugees she meets told with a simple directness that engages the reader from the outset Li

Professor William Goetzmann has had a long and distinguished career at Yale University and the University of Texas Austin going all the way back to 1966 when he won the Pulitzer Prize for Exploration and Empire The score of books he has written or co-authored have concentrated on the American We

For nearly 50 years Mary Oliver has been falling in love with the world and writing poems that invite readers to fall in love right along with her Evidence the Pulitzer Prize-winner rsquo s 19th book of poetry offers a bountiful collection of 46 new poems many of which explore terrain featured

Roger Collins’ history of the papacy, reviewed

Thomas Cahill has interrupted his series on ldquo the hinges of history rdquo to present an inspiring example of human development on death row Dominique Green a young black man who grew up on the streets of Houston was cared for by his mother for a few brief years before she fell victim to dru

‘Cruel and Unusual’: a book about television, punishment and God

Thomas Friedman has done it again The Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist has taken a global situation this time climate change and set out to educate the public about how we got there and what we can do about it In his explanation however the self-described ldquo somber optimist

Living with Wisdom