Carol Zaleski

Becoming C. S. Lewis

History & Biography

“The young Jack Lewis is the Lewis whom all admirers of the mature C. S. Lewis need to know. We find it highly fitting, then, that Harry Lee Poe, who has long been a devoted guide to Lewis and the Inklings, has chosen to illuminate for us so faithfully the ardent youth who was father to the man.”

Four Birds of Noah’s Ark

Prayer & Spiritual Formation

“Happy the reader who discovers this prayer book by Thomas Dekker, the Elizabethan playwright who probably spent more time in debtors’ prison than in church but learned from both how to read the human heart. Dekker’s prayers for children, mothers, laborers, rulers, prisoners, sailors, miners, plague sufferers, reformed rogues, and all who hope for redemption—gently modernized and engagingly introduced by Robert Hudson—make a rich collection of praise, petition, lament, and thanksgiving wrapped up in an irresistible wit.”

Models of Heaven

Theology

“Drawing from the treasury of his knowledge of church history and theology, Msgr. Mannion provides a guide to heaven which is as moving as it is instructive: heaven as activity and rest, as the beauty our souls crave, as personal life fulfilled in communion with the blessed Trinity, social life fulfilled in the communion of saints, liturgical life fulfilled in the company of the angels, and earthly life fulfilled in the new creation. A lucid and inspiring portrayal of the contours of Christian hope.”

Perichoresis and Personhood

Theology

“Perichoresis is an inexhaustibly attractive idea, invoked in Trinitarian revivals, and essential, some believe, to an understanding of the divine fellowship for which we humans were made. In this wonderfully lucid study of John Damascene, Charles Twombly provides what is most needed to ground contemporary reflection: a discerning account of what perichoresis has historically meant, not only to this 'last of the Fathers' but to the cumulative tradition he bequeathed to Christendom, East and West.”

Praise Seeking Understanding

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Jason Byassee has written an important and encouraging book. Erudite, lucid, and in surprising and revealing ways lighthearted, Praise Seeking Understanding draws the reader into what promises to be the next great chapter in the history of Christian theological exegesis. To read like Augustine, under Byassee's instruction, is to read the divine and human word with deeper conviction and never-ending delight.”

Reading Augustine

Theology

“Jason Byassee's learned, intimate, and engaging guide to Augustine's 'Confessions' is a delight to read and a wonderful resource for everyone who wishes to become the faithful and discerning reader Augustine so fervently desired.”

Saved from Sacrifice

Theology

“Sacrifice. It's the most stirringly profound and most cruelly misunderstood word in our spiritual lexicon. S. Mark Heim has performed a great service in providing a lucid, learned, ecumenical appraisal of what sacrifice has meant and continues to mean today. A Girardian who truly appreciates the atonement theologies of the past, Heim enables Christian readers of all viewpoints to renew their humbled awareness of the cross as the sacrifice to end all sacrifices.”

Start with a Word

Arts & Literature

“Seamlessly blending exegesis, philology, lectio divina, and prayer, Marilyn McEntyre teaches us how to listen for the divine word in all times and circumstances.”

The Completion of C. S. Lewis

History & Biography

“With The Completion of C. S. Lewis, Harry Lee Poe brings to conclusion his discerning and comprehensive three-volume biography. To read it is to walk side by side with Lewis through day-to-day life as well as through the life-changing events of his latter decades. The publication of this book is an event worth celebrating, and all three volumes are a must-read for Lewis admirers, scholars, and critics alike.”

What's in a Phrase?

Bible Studies & Devotionals

“Seamlessly blending exegesis, philology, lectio divina, and prayer, Marilyn Chandler McEntyre teaches us how to listen for the divine word in all times and circumstances.”

Word by Word

Prayer & Spiritual Formation

“Seamlessly blending exegesis, philology, lectio divina, and prayer, Marilyn Chandler McEntyre teaches us how to listen for the divine word in all times and circumstances.”