Larry Chapp

A Philosopher in Provence

Philosophy

“For many decades now Fr. Aidan Nichols, OP. has distinguished himself as a scholar committed to both the Thomistic and Ressourcement theological traditions. And he has sought to demonstrate their deep affinity even as he deftly outlines their differences. With the publication of this text on the life and thought of Maurice Blondel Nichols has outdone himself and produced a stunning exposition and analysis of the deep consonance between Blondel and the Tradition, while not glossing over some of Blondel’s more problematic positions. This text is a must read for anyone interested in the dialogue between the Church and modernity.”

Distributed like Bread

Theology

“A clarion call to avoid the mediocrity of halfway measures and for all priests to pursue the evangelical counsels. I cannot recommend this text more highly for anyone discerning the call of Christ.”

On Obedience

“Yet another example of why Adrienne von Speyr needs to be brought to a wider audience. She links Christian obedience to the hope that faith brings, thus elevating all of the many natural exigencies that life imposes upon us into a new and higher register of supernatural fulfillment. The nuggets of wisdom here are too many to catalogue. I cannot recommend it more highly.”

To Heights and unto Depths

History & Biography

“Fr. John Nepil has written of deep things with a profound simplicity that constantly beckons the reader forward with the provocation of the Gospel. Told through the lens of his hiking in the wilderness of Colorado, the beauty and the challenge of the mountains mirror those same qualities in our journey toward union with Christ. It is a task that requires a stalwart soul filled with courage, but one that is also filled with humility. Fr. Nepil’s weaving together of theology and the lived experience of hiking reminds us all of our pilgrim status. And in the words of Dostoevsky’s starets Zosima, whom Nepil cites, ‘A loving humility is a terrible power.’ I could not put this book down. It is both humble and powerful.”