Janet Soskice

Dante, Mercy, and the Beauty of the Human Person

Arts & Literature

“This delightful volume invites us to see Dante’s poem as a pilgrimage, and to ourselves take steps along with the poet, not as solitary seekers of truth but as a community of fellow travellers who need to learn from one another. Written for the general audience by gifted scholars of literature, theology, and philosophy, the volume invites us into one of the greatest poetic accounts of the journey from dark to light, not in some other lifetime, but right in the midst of this one.”

Metaphysics

Philosophy

“This bold new study argues for the pivotal importance of the Christian doctrine of creatio ex nihilo and the theology of participation in the development of western metaphysics and political thought, and explores their subsequent degeneration and decline when, in modernity, these teachings were forgotten or discarded. A clarion call to recover the economy of love, grounded in the gift, and a welcome new voice in political philosophy.”

Questing for Understanding

History & Biography

“In this engaging autobiography, David Burrell serves as a modern-day troubadour, leading the reader nimbly from the Rockies to Rome, Notre Dame to Bangladesh, Cairo (and Athens) to Jerusalem, singing all the while of love.”

Seeing God

Theology

“Only Hans Boersma could write this book. With a superb command of the Scriptures and of the Reformed, Protestant, and Catholic traditions, he revisits the neglected topic of beatific vision and reminds us what it is to see God in Christ. An energizing book from one of today’s best theologians.”

The Art of New Creation

Arts & Literature

“A time-honored and timely theme addressed by a great group of writers and artists. The Art of New Creation is a welcome new contribution to the dialogue regarding theology and the arts.”

The Simplicity of God

Theology

“This is a sparkling treatment of divine simplicity, marked in its clarity and brevity. Using just the right amount of philosophy, Jonathan Platter brings out the centrality of divine simplicity to the doctrine of God and shows us its spiritual depths.”

Things Seen and Unseen

Philosophy

“Things Seen and Unseen is a welcome and elegant contribution to the recovery of Merleau-Ponty's 'incarnational' phenomenology for theology. It will be read with value by those interested in theological aesthetics and philosophy of religion as well.”