Ratzinger After Vatican II
by Jean DuchesneEver since the ’60s, the theologian-pope has argued that the Church should make the most of contemporary culture. Continue Reading »
Ever since the ’60s, the theologian-pope has argued that the Church should make the most of contemporary culture. Continue Reading »
C. S. Lewis struggled mightily to help his mentally ill stepson. Continue Reading »
Your appreciation of Gerard Manley Hopkins's poetry may be deepened by Catherine Randall’s concise and empathetic account. Continue Reading »
Father Wilson Miscamble’s biography American Priest captures the complicated genius of Father Ted Hesburgh. Continue Reading »
The Collected Novellas of Stefan Zweig by stefan zweig translated by anthea bell pushkin, 384 pages, $30 The Collected Stories of Stefan Zweig by stefan zweig translated by anthea bell pushkin, 720 pages, $14.99 The World of Yesterday by stefan zweig translated by anthea bell . . . . Continue Reading »
Thomas Cromwell: A Revolutionary Life by diarmaid macculloch viking, 752 pages, $40 They said it could not be done. At least Sir Geoffrey Elton, to whose memory his former doctoral student has dedicated this book, said it could not be done. According to him, as Diarmaid MacCulloch reminds us, . . . . Continue Reading »
In his insightful new biography, Richard John Neuhaus: A Life in the Public Square, Randy Boyagoda recounts the extraordinary journey of the man who many believe was “the most consequential public theologian in America since the days of Reinhold Niebuhr and John Courtney Murray.” Born . . . . Continue Reading »
My worn and heavily marked copy of the original hardback edition of Peter Brown’s biography of St. Augustine, its binding held together by sturdy book tape, sits on a bookshelf close to my desk as it has since it first appeared in 1967. On the inside cover I have a little note, “Reviewed in . . . . Continue Reading »