William L. Portier

Leaving and Coming Home

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“Leaving and Coming Home is a breath of fresh air in Catholic moral thinking about sexuality. The authors take the warring personalisms of decades past and present and nest them in the setting of 'home.' The resulting essays, suitable for use in both undergraduate and graduate moral theology courses, offer refreshing takes on hard questions.”

Orestes A. Brownson

History & Biography

“Formidable and prolific among nineteenth-century American intellectuals, Orestes A. Brownson tends to elude his biographers. Patrick Carey, longtime student of Brownson and editor of the projected seven-volume series of Brownson's Early Works, is uniquely qualified to pursue his subject. Carey's take on Brownson as a synthetic thinker succeeds in capturing this mercurial man. At the center of Brownson's life, right where it belongs, Carey puts the signature doctrine of life by communion. He has spent a lot of years with Brownson, and this biography shows it. Rich in detail, intellectually satisfying, and deeply appreciative of Brownson's religious nature, Carey's is the fairest and most accessible Brownson biography to date.”

Philosophy and the Contemporary World

Theology

“Like many contemporary Christians, John Williamson Nevin found himself in a tumultuous time, searching for an ecclesial home that could animate historical liturgical Christianity with sixteenth-century reforms. In Philosophy and the Contemporary World, volume 11 in The Mercersburg Theology Study Series, Borneman and Carey bring Nevin’s voice to life for another needy time, as his essays engage with both his contemporary culture and fellow theologians. Highly recommended for theological libraries.”

Recognizing the Gift

Theology

“Rober's learned and timely study revisits the problem of nature and grace in dialogue not only with de Lubac and Rahner but also with Marion and Ricoeur, Tanner and Milbank. Through the lens of contemporary philosophies of gift and recognition, he takes a new look at classic questions, turning them in political directions. Rober's fresh, evenhanded approach succeeds in renewing the set of questions surrounding nature and grace, opening up new paths in such areas as interreligious dialogue and inculturation.”

Retrieving Origins and the Claim of Multiculturalism

Philosophy

“Refreshing. . . . This volume deserves a wide readership and promises to provoke reappraisal of contemporary discourses of multiculturalism in church and academy.”

The Limits of Liberal Democracy

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“In The Limits of Liberal Democracy, Baylor philosopher Scott Moore has written an accessible Christian provocation. He proposes an extraordinary politics not reducible to statecraft that is embodied in a culture of life sustained by practices of hospitality. Moore challenges Christians to rethink the nature of politics as well as the prevailing relationship between Christianity and America. Compact and clearly written, this would be an ideal text for undergraduate courses in a variety of areas from general introductions to more specialized courses in ethics and politics.”

Three Skeptics and the Bible

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“In Three Skeptics and the Bible, Morrow digs deeply into the seventeenth-century works of Isaac La Peyere, Thomas Hobbes, and Baruch Spinoza. He lays bare the tangled early modern political roots of contemporary historical approaches to the Bible. Anyone who cares about retrieving liturgical and spiritual-theological approaches to the Bible, without sacrificing the considerable contributions of historical criticism, will welcome this timely and painstakingly documented book.”