Ephraim Radner

François Fénelon: A Biography”the Apostle of Pure Love? by Peter Gorday Paraclete, 258 pages, $24.99 As is usual in religious struggles, François Fénelon lost the battle in the early-modern debate over mystical prayer but is winning (for now) the war. Censured by the pope . . . . Continue Reading »

Professor Margaret O’Gara, a prominent Catholic ecumenical theologian, died on August 16 in Toronto at the age of 65. Prof. O’Gara spent her entire career as part of the Theology Faculty of  the University of St. Michael’s College, Toronto, at the University of . . . . Continue Reading »

The Unintended Reformation: How a Religious Revolution Secularized Societyby brad s. gregorybelknap press, 592 pages, $35.75 In 1844, the Spanish priest, philosopher, and polemicist Jaime Balmes published the third and final volume of his massive Protestantism and Catholicism Compared, With Respect . . . . Continue Reading »