Richard John Neuhaus
Biography
Richard John Neuhaus (died 2009) served as editor in chief of First Things and as president of the Institute on Religion and Public Life in New York City. Neuhaus wrote The Naked Public Square (1988) and Freedom for Ministry, rev. ed. (1992).
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Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“A Love for Life is a splendid achievement. The author brings together the ancient and contemporary, biblical truth and today's political arguments, in a narrative that illuminates the ways in which Christians have engaged, and failed to engage, the great human rights question of our time.”
Science & Faith
“Intellectual curiosity is here joined with precision of reason and vibrancy of faith. The result is a wondrously instructive guide to one of the most controverted questions of our time by one of the most influential leaders of the Church.”
Theology
“In this marvelously readable and extraordinary important little book, Richard Mouw calls us to view popular religion with less suspicion and more charity, indeed with the respect that is due the piety of ordinary Christians — which includes most of us.”
Theology
“Informed by his years of experience in the quest for Christian unity, William Rusch illumines the way toward turning theological dialogue into the living faith of now separated Christian communities.”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“John Witte displays a masterful grasp of the history and contemporary relevance of efforts to establish in law justice both human and divine.”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“One of the most winsomely wise pieces we have.”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“There are few thinkers or writers today, or of any time, who can match the erudition, wit, and fetching prose of David Hart. Read this book and be prepared to be instructed, entertained, and provoked to think again about the really important questions.”
History & Biography
“Dr. Howard is keenly aware that there are many reasons why one might become a Catholic, some of them very attractive reasons. But he knows that the only consideration that 'will stand up when the foundations are shaken [is] whether something is true or not.’ A marvelously engaging remembrance.”
Christian Living
“Every great once in a while a Christian writer addresses the subject of love and transforms the familiar into spiritual and intellectual adventure. Lewis Smedes has done that in Love within Limits. It is a book of brilliance, tenderness, and uncommon common sense. Christians of all traditions will welcome it as a guide to daily loving and eternal hope.”
History & Biography
“Here is Cardinal Ratzinger at his most surprising. Who imagines him a teenager risking his life escaping a Nazi forced-labor camp? Or a doctoral candidate shattered by rejection of his dissertation? Or a priest telling of 'the sufferings necessary for the priestly ministry... those dark nights that alone can give full shape to the radical assent a priest must give' Milestones, rich with theological insights as are all his works, gives us finally Ratzinger the person. He is a joy to meet." -Cardinal John O'Connor "A very personal, compelling narrative of a life that continues to have inestimable influence in shaping the mission of the Catholic Church. A rare mix of candor and charity, this book is an opportunity to know personally one of the truly great figures of our time. It should not be missed.”
Church Leadership & Ministry
“Russell Shaw makes a persuasive case that it is time, at long last, to implement the teaching of the Second Vatican Council on the rights and responsibilities of the laity in the life of the Church. His call deserves the support also of clerics who recognize the unhappy consequences of clericalism.”
Christian Living
“The Second Vatican Council speaks of 'the universal call to holiness'—which means all of us. Holiness is the work of God in the everydayness of walking by faith. Ordinary Saints is an accessible guide for the journey, written with spiritual insight and ecumenical sensibility.”
Discipleship & Christian Education
“In a wicked twist of irony, it turns out today that 'pluralism' too often means homogenization. Certainly that is the case with many church-related colleges and universities that have, either deliberately or willy-nilly, turned against their sponsoring traditions. Robert Benne's achievement consists of providing arguments and case studies that point toward a better, more vibrantly pluralistic way.”
Apologetics
“With rare lucidity and bracing urgency, Reason in the Balance makes a convincing case for the liberation of nature, and of human nature, from naturalism's claim that reality is less than we know it to be. In advancing this argument, Phillip Johnson proves himself a worthy heir of Samuel Johnson.”
Theology
“The time has come for Speaking the Christian God. Ten years ago, even five years ago, the challenges of feminism were too various and confused to permit the clarity of analysis that marks these essays. This book will become an essential reference for those who want to understand one of the most important developments in American Christianity in the twentieth century.”
Theology
“With a stunning sweep of historical insight, The Christian Church propels our attention toward a promising Christian future. The author's scholarship and vision is informed by devotion to the present imperatives of our catholic heritage — theologically, liturgically, ecumenically, and socially. A critical love for the Church and its singular mission is evident throughout.”
“With this essay Tinder once again vindicated his reputation as one of the most incisive thinkers and graceful writers working today. His is a most powerful argument that only a hope that has come to terms with all the reasons for despair can sustain us into a future that we do not and cannot control. Tinder's wisdom is in knowing that attention to first things requires facing up to last things.”
Theology
“The great mistake, as this book makes luminously clear, is to pit faith and works against each other. The great good news, as this book persuasively contends, is that the pursuit of holiness is grace all the way.”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“This is a good book that had to be written and it is our great fortune that Robert Benne has written it with such scholarly care, engaging lucidity, and persuasive force. The tangled connections between ultimate truth and penultimate questions of the public order are here untangled with great skill and imagination. The Paradoxical Vision is both an admirable summary of 'religion and society' disputes of the last several decades and a bracing proposal for thinking more clearly and acting more intelligently in the years ahead.”
Apologetics
“Here are words of combat-hardened wisdom from a veteran of the intellectual wars. Phillip Johnson obviously relishes the battle and, just as obviously, understands himself to be a servant of the truth and a witness to the One who is the way, the truth and the life.”
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Freedom for Ministry, rev. ed.
Church Leadership & Ministry
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
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