D. C. Schindler

A Christian Theology of Science

Theology

“One of the basic tasks in the effort to help bring about a genuine paradigm shift in a culture’s way of understanding some fundamental idea is to articulate the new approach in a succinct and compelling manner, accessible to any reasonable person with or without any special expertise. This is just what Tyson accomplishes with this new book, which represents a significant moment in the growing concern to rethink and indeed reorder the relationship between ‘science’ and ‘religion.’ In this powerful little text, Tyson clears away the myths that continue to rule the popular imagination and replaces them with lucid, theologically and metaphysically nuanced insights that resonate with undeniable truth.”

A Philosopher in Provence

Philosophy

“Assessing the significance of the contentious figure of Maurice Blondel requires a penetration into the heart of his thought, which even his most enthusiastic supporters admit is not an easy thing to manage. In this remarkably accessible book, Aidan Nichols has done just that, continuing his decades-long endeavor to open nouvelle théologie to the Thomists. Followers of both schools of thought are in his debt, for this book, written with clarity and sympathy for its subject, will deepen their understanding and appreciation of Blondel, a genial mind perfectly devoted to Christ.”

Bread Grows in Winter

“Because of her courage, her clear-sightedness, and her evident devotion to Christ and the Church, Ida Friederika Görres served as an excellent guide for Catholics in German-speaking lands during the tumultuous times surrounding Vatican II. We have Jennifer S. Bryson to thank for recalling Görres’ voice for us in the similarly confusing times that face us today. Bread Grows in Winter shows us how to be fully cognizant of the problems that beset the Church while not only holding fast to, but also deepening, our joyful hope.”

De-Fragmenting Modernity

Philosophy

“Paul Tyson has a genius for entering into the everyday experience of the modern person. But rather than allowing the limits of that experience to dictate the ultimate meaning of things, he gently but compellingly opens it up to its forgotten roots and plants it in a healthier and more life-giving ground. In this case, that ground is an understanding of the great mystery of being and a robust, non-privatized faith.”

Fear and Trembling in Las Vegas

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“Astonishing. Hard to classify. Carpenter-poet Will Hoyt puts a new spin on ‘gonzo journalism,’ transforming it by both deepening its roots—going all the way back to John Muir, nodding to Woody Guthrie along the way—and assuming it into an Augustinian heart. By the time Hoyt arrives in the final chapter at Las Vegas, the place where ‘America is on display,’ he is ready to see it and judge it in the light of man’s eschatological destiny. Hoyt demonstrates here what a mind might look like that is at one and the same time genuinely American and genuinely Catholic.”

Human, All Too Human

Theology

“Terry’s book takes a decisive step forward in Mariology and will be of great interest to anyone working in metaphysics and anthropology from within the light of faith.”

Material Kenosis

Philosophy

“Marco Stango is one of the most promising philosophical minds of my acquaintance. He composes philosophical arguments like a master pianist improvising on a familiar theme, drawing from an apparently inexhaustible treasury of musical experience, to produce something beautiful, something both surprising and memorable. In Material Kenosis, he engages with an astonishing diversity of philosophers, and indeed philosophical traditions, showing how the ineluctable mystery of death, without ever being perverted into a positive reality, can glorify the gift-character of existence, stretch the analogy of being, and even illuminate the incarnation of God, all the while remaining the last thing anyone could ever want. This is a book to read and reread many times over.”

Origen’s Revenge

Theology

“Drawing on an astonishing array of both primary and secondary sources, Mitchell offers a perspective on early Christian views of sexual difference that can shed a much-needed light on contemporary discussions. Anyone who wishes to engage in these discussions in a genuinely fruitful way needs to read this book.”

Reimagining the Analogia Entis

Theology

“Erich Przywara responded to the crisis of modernity with a profound and creative philosophy that sprang from the heart of the faith. In this book Philip Gonzales springs from the theological heart of Przywara’s philosophy to respond to the thinkers of postmodernity; in so doing, Gonzales offers the valuable service of making Przywara’s notoriously difficult thought more widely accessible.”

Rhapsody and Redolence

Arts & Literature

“So many things converge in this book that are rarely found together: visual art and poetry, high philosophical reflection and fundamental human feeling, pious contemplation and sensual urgency, and—not least—the original activity of two genuinely creative spirits. . . . We owe the authors a debt of gratitude.”

Subordinated Ethics

Philosophy

“Drawing on an astonishingly diverse array of sources, Caitlin Smith Gilson retrieves the life-giving reality of morality by recalling its mediating subordination to what remains first and ever greater: the mystery of being and the presence of God.”

The Foundations of Nature

Philosophy

“Taylor’s book takes a matter that concerns all of us at some level, namely, the meaning of nature, and opens it up to depths far beyond the limits modern ecology often sets for itself. It not only lets a new light into the field, but it does so in a way that allows us to avoid all the usual tired reductions. Those seeking orientation in this field will benefit greatly from his wise insights.”

The Fullness of Trinitarian Love

Theology

“In this book, Cameron Crickenberger sheds new light on an ancient theological mystery: the triune God who not only loves, but who essentially is love. He is able to do so because he can engage dialogue—at an astonishingly profound level—between Aquinas and lesser-known sources, including Ferdinand Ulrich, whose work is just beginning to receive the study it warrants.”

The Gift of Beauty and the Passion of Being

Philosophy

“In this profound and searching book, Desmond shows once again that he is a master at ‘dancing lightly in the service of thought’ (Kierkegaard). He does not hesitate to draw on everything that might lend itself—philosophy, poetry, drama, art, film, music, nature, and major and minor experiences of life—to make manifest the brilliant light of beauty, without for all that simply dispelling its mysterious darkness.”

The Mother’s Smile

Philosophy

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The Resounding Soul

Philosophy

“According to Aristotle, inquiry into the soul is one of the noblest human tasks. Such an inquiry, however, has all but disappeared: if the soul is not denied altogether, it is rarely thought about. The Resounding Soul helps us recollect this ancient knowledge, and at the same time opens up new avenues of reflection. By inviting us to lift our gaze in this bourgeois and pragmatic age, the editors have rendered a great service.”

The Way of Philosophy

Philosophy

“This is a beautiful little introduction to philosophy, which, with its humor, provocative observations, and clever anecdotes and examples, will draw students in before they know what's happening. Engelland does a marvelous job of speaking plainly and directly to students without diluting philosophical content, and of opening up classical themes in a fresh and unpretentious way.”

To Heights and unto Depths

History & Biography

“In joining his three companions for a “thru-hike” across the 486 miles and eight mountain ranges of the Colorado Trail, Fr. John Nepil, joins a noble literary tradition of transforming a real human deed into a unique occasion for spiritual meditation. The book that has resulted from this adventure is an “Ascent of Mont Ventoux” written specifically for our times. Constantly drawing on the great insights of wise writers from the past century, Fr. Nepil brings apparent opposites together—the heights and the depths, the spirit and matter, the sublime and the ordinary, the theological and the all-too-human—into a memorable illumination of our universal human experience.”

Who Is Phaedrus?

Philosophy

“Many scholars have remarked on the dyadic structure of Plato's Phaedrus. Drawing on a great wealth of extra-textual sources to illuminate subtle details in the dialogue, Marshall cleverly argues that the dual form, which requires simplification, is not just a structure, but a central theme.”