Joan Chittister

Christian Living

“This book is a gentle blessing . . . manageable and understandable and profound in implications. This book beckons us all, whoever we are, however we live, to come into the kind of light of peace-filled days.”

Crispina and Her Sisters

History & Biography

“History is often just that—history. Chris Schenk’s Crispina and Her Sisters is fascinating history but it is also much more than that. It is two stories in one, both of which purport to explain the role and place of women in society. One story lies in the words of the time in which they were written; the other in the sculpturing of coffins in early cemeteries of the same era. The interesting thing is that the stories not only often contradict one another but they explain much of what we see among us now. Which is why this book is so important to both women and men of our own time. The book is not only timely, it is highly accessible reading to all ages and types of readers. More than that, it is a book that should read by all types of readers if we ever want to understand our own age as well as those before us.”

Flashes of Grace

Christian Living

Foreword

“This book stands as a profound look into the mirror of a soul who has been brave enough, wise enough, honest enough to follow the path expected of him up to the beginning of his real self and how he dealt with each idea along the way. Some elements and ideas on this soul’s journey confirmed what he had always known. Some tore him away from his roots and gave him new life. The life that came out of a life so acutely dissected comes from the kind of honesty that will give you, too, a way to look at your own self and all its twists and turns. It will pull you like a mountain climber’s rope up the North Face of your soul. It will stop you in the process of falling. It will show you that every path is eventually the right path.”

Jesus

“Highly accessible, inviting-even magnetic-and meant to be read by those who have always wanted a companion, a mentor, and an understanding friend to accompany them. A profound book.”

Lay Ministry

Church Leadership & Ministry

“"Lay Ministry unmasks the notion for the average Catholic that the consistancy of the tradition is also unquestionably clear. Rademacher routes us from Moses to Paul, from Ignatious to Gregory VII to John Paul II, tracing both the theology and practices that underlie contemporary ministry in the church. The trail is one that few Catholics have ever had the chance to walk, and the end point is far different from the one to which we have become accustomed. "Rademacher makes points that must be understood and discussed at every level of the church if the church is to remain vibrant in our own times. The limiting definition of the seven sacraments, the restriction on lay participation in the church, the loss of the spiritual meaning of ministry, the clericalization of the church, the effects of sexism on sacrementality, and an inadequate understanding of the nature of the Christian call are all stones across the door of the tomb that block the resurrection of the church to the fullness of life. Rademacher faces them all, forthrightly and courageously. What's more he makes us face them too. "Do I recommend it? I would assign it.”

My God and I

History & Biography

“Warm, personable, readable, honest. . . . Don't read this book to find out what Smedes believed, gripping (and often charming) as that account is; rather, read it to find out what you believe about God. I love this book.”

The Kings and Their Gods

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Daniel Berrigan's Kings and Their Gods is not one book but three. The first book in question is scripture's two books of Kings, which most people ignore. The second book is Berrigan's own poetic, piercing interpretation of the books of Kings. The third book is about us — our country, our times, ourselves. In each case, the language is elegant and the narrative is dramatic and chilling. Most of all, Berrigan's interpretation is disturbingly real, frighteningly true. My advice is to read this book with the scripture in one hand and the newspaper in the other. But whatever you do, read it. Once you do, you'll never think of the books of Kings as useless history again. On the contrary, you may think of them all the time.”

There Must Be YOU

History & Biography

“This creative, well-written, and unique biography is a spiritual gift to our times, a teaching tool, and an introduction to one of the great thinkers of the day. It is Len Swidler's biography, but it is also a cultural history of the era, and a call to all of us to revisit our religious-intellectual roots. There can be no greater or more necessary intellectual challenge than that in this mercurial time.”