'Ferdinand II,' by Robert Birely, S.J.

'A Council for the Global Church' by Massimo Faggioli; 'Struggle, Condemnation, Vindication' by Barry Hudock; and 'A Council That Will Never End' by Paul Lakeland

Corita Kent (1918–86) deserves recognition alongside her far more famous secular counterpart, the pop artist Andy Warhol. But remarkably, no one has published a comprehensive biography of the artist who was seen by some as the “rebel nun.”

In her urgent new book, Heretic, Ayaan Hirsi Ali argues persuasively that extremists have seized control of Islam by citing passages in Islam’s holy books that sanction violence.

'The Times-Picayune in a Changing Media World,' by S. L. Alexander, Frank D. Durham, Alfred Lawrence Lorenz and Vicki Mayer

'The Abbey,' by James Martin, S.J.