Joseph Becker, S.J. In the decade following the Second Vatican Council - roughly 1965-1975 - the Jesuit order underwent an internal transformation probably greater than any it had experienced in its previous 400 years. The Re-Formed Jesuits provides a detailed history of this Jesuit experience in the United States. This history has great significance beyond itself. The entire Catholic Church …
Christianity, Democracy And The American Ideal Jacques Maritain Some Americans claim we should exclude Christian values from the public square. On the contrary, argues philosopher Jacques Maritain, good Christians make good citizens. They live by gospel values: honesty, integrity, and compassion. They obey the law. They resist the selfishness that unbelief and materialism breed. And they …
This new collection of writings from America's foremost authority on the relationship between science and religion, Templeton Prize-winner Stanley L. Jaki, is an incisive overview of the intersection of science with the most fundamental areas of human culture. These essays deal, from various perspectives, with the central confrontation within modern culture of two irreconcilable philosophies …
Wesley J. Smith believes that American medicine "is changing from a system based on the sanctity of human life into a starkly utilitarian model in which the medically defenseless are seen as having not just a 'right' but a 'duty' to die." Going behind the current scenes of our health care system, he shows how doctors withdraw desired care based on Futile Care Theory rather than providing it as …
We hear it said: "September 11 changed America forever." Less often do we hear a coherent explanation of what, exactly, changed. What changed, in fact, was that for the first time in American history we have been forced to confront Islamic militancy as it has assaulted the rest of the world for almost 14 centuries. In THE SWORD OF THE PROPHET, the reader receives the unvarnished truth about …
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Fr. Manfred Hauke This book should become the standard reference in the debate about women's ordination. The author cites copiously from American as well as European sources and presents the feminist position in the words and categories of the leading feminist authors. But, for the first time, the whole question is placed in the comprehensive context of anthropology, biology, psychology, …
Jenkins shines a light on anti-Catholic sentiment in American society and illuminates its causes, looking closely at gay and feminist anti-Catholicism, anti-Catholic rhetoric and imagery in the media, and the anti-Catholicism of the academic world.
E. Michael Jones Following up his best-seller, Degenerate Moderns , Jones reveals how major figures connected with modern music projected their own immorality into the field of music which has been the main vehicle of cultural revolution in the West. For the first time ever, a unified theory of music and cultural revolution links the work of figures like Wagner, Nietzsche, Schönborg, Jagger …
What others are saying about CATHOLIC LAITY IN THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH... Russell Shaw is not only the foremost Catholic journalist of his generation, he is also more than an amateur theologian. His insights in his new book help the reader not only to understand the role of "Catholic Laity in the Mission of the Church" but also the role of the laity in evangelizing the culture. Shaw has …
The Sanctification of Work by Jose Luis Illanes WORK IS EVERYONE'S PRACTICAL CALLING, and becomes the occasion for serving God for most people whose calling is in the midst of the world. This book explores the idea that one can become holy in the midst of ordinary work by examining several subjects, including work and holiness, work and the monastic and religious state, and Opus Dei and lay …
The Reform of the Roman Liturgy Msgr. Klaus Gamber The Reform of the Roman Liturgy by Msgr. Klaus Gamber. Thirteen years ago when Pope Benedict was still ‘Cardinal Ratzinger’ he wrote the following in a Preface to this book: “What happened after the Council . . . in the place of ‘liturgy as the fruit of development’ came fabricated liturgy. We abandoned the organic, living process of growth …
Feminism and related ideologies have exerted unparalleled influence on organized religion for about three decades. Nowhere is evidence of this dominant influence more obvious than in worship of the liberal mainline denominations. The transformation of the language of worship began almost imperceptibly with relatively peripheral liturgical elements, such as prayers incorporating …
Ann Carey A generation ago, nearly 200,000 sisters worked in Catholic schools, hospitals and nursing homes, parishes, and social service agencies - robust institutions that the sisters themselves had largely built. The Catholic people honored them. Sisters gave precious witness to the spiritual richness of a vocation to the religious life. Today, only half as many sisters remain …
Beyond Abortion - A Chronicle Of Fetal Experimentation Suzanne Rini The only book we know on the subject of harvesting fetal organs from living children after they are aborted. Uncovers the network of medical researchers, hidden from public view, whose work seems to be preparing us for a Nazi-like eugenics program, featuring mandatory elimination of the handicapped, before and after birth. The …
Pro-Life Christians - Heroes For The Pre-Born - 28 Courageous Pro-Life Christians And What They Do Joe Gulotta Here are fascinating short stories of 28 Christians fighting abortion in a great variety of ways, covering just about every facet of the Pro-Life Movement. Positive, inviting and full of personal experience stories, this book has a can't-put-it-down style that keeps people reading on …
Living for a Just Society Six Weeks with the Bible: Catholic Perspectives By Kevin Perrotta For busy adults who want to study the Bible but don't know where to begin, Six Weeks with the Bible provides an inviting starting point. Each guide is divided into six concise, 90-minute segments that introduce one book of the Bible. All biblical text is printed in the guides, which means no …