Michael Novak
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Michael Novak wrote the foreword to Wisdom and the Renewal of Catholic Theology.
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Christian Living
“Chuck Colson is a national treasure—not only that, he is a light for the universal church. The church, as Dr. Colson teaches us again: that embodied presence of Christ active in the world, today as yesterday.”
Philosophy
“This has been one of my all-time favorite 'David books' - those little books that take down Goliaths. Almost single-handedly, Maritain launched an hypothesis on the Christian (and Jewish) origins of the foundational axioms of democracy, of which many atheists are now coming to admit the truth. The sheer power of his hypothesis is more evident with every passing year. The republication of this classic is therefore bound to kindle longing for a deeper, more just reevaluation.”
History of the Catholic Church
History & Biography
“For years, James Hitchcock has been our premier historian - a dissident from conventional wisdom, well-armed and solid. Here he pioneers a new method for presenting a long sweep of history: an orderly and altogether fascinating series of vignettes - of arguments, movements, distinctive persons, and concrete events. There is just enough narrative in these sequences to carry the reader along, but without involving her in excessive interpretation. This book provides both a great resource for easy reference, and a stimulating definition of a Christian humanism that holds in tension the transcendent and the down to earth, the holy and the sinful. This is a tension which Hitchcock maintains throughout.”
How I Stayed Catholic at Harvard
Christian Living
“Pure gold. In her warm, but practical style, Miss Griffin makes every one of her forty points crystal-clear and down to earth. She shows how a living faith is not a tablet of beliefs and commands, but a more joyful life to be lived. She gets it.”
Liberation Theology and Its Critics
Theology
“I applaud this sympathetic defense of liberation theology, which at the same time treats its critics with civility and seriousness. It reflects the new sophistication concerning such key terms as 'socialism,' 'dependency,' and 'enterprise.' And for all who care about the poor in Latin America, it broadens common ground-the primacy of faith, the need for true democracy, and the urgency of economic vitality from the bottom up.”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“A stiff brush against the fur of today's judicial and journalistic 'wisdom'. Read -- and argue.”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“After the collapse of the socialist model . . . the poor of the world look expectantly for a sounder path to a better future. Amy Sherman is one of the bright young thinkers of the new generation who are propounding a new strategy, both profoundly Christian and empirically based on models that have actually worked quite rapidly to improve the condition of the poor. Her vision is remarkably ecumenical and takes into account very different international settings.”
“Tinder's weighty essay on the nature, spirituality, and politics of hope offers an illuminating perspective on a central pillar of civilization.”
The Political Teachings of Jesus
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“Jesusian politics dare to propose an ideal to be striven for: a world without enemies—a vision that Europe is at last, after centuries of turmoil, struggling to construct on its own territory. This book makes one think again, and more deeply.”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“A former nihilist, J. Budziszewski writes on conscience - its masks, its evasions, and its willful self-deceptions - better than anyone in our time. A book to read and reread.”
History & Biography
“When Hitler Took Austria is a crackling good story. I love stories that recreate the world of 1938 and 1939, when all of Europe began to learn how cruel and murderous the Gestapo could be. And I especially love stories of chases over the snowy mountains as dissidents heave strained frosty breaths trying to stay just ahead of the Gestapo they know is getting closer. And it is even better when it is a story of a hero for faith and human honor such as the son of the Austrian chancellor. If you want to understand how our present world came to be, don't miss this book.”
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