Church Life Journal Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Brave New World
Aldous HuxleyI am going to start talking about the future, ironically, by going back to the past, namely, to 1932, the year of publication of Aldous Huxley’s provocative, deeply disturbing, and by now, classic novel, Brave New World. --John Cavadini https://t.co/BCym9GFC3h
Paperback, 2006
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Jesus: Essays in Christology
Thomas G. WeinandyWe may never fully comprehend—not even in heaven—this most sacred mystery of faith, but we know what the mystery is, and before the mystery of Jesus, the Father’s incarnate Son, we bow in praise. --Thomas Weinandy https://t.co/g9KnrTmhxm
Paperback, 2014
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Life
Holy SpiritWriting a spiritual memoir is an extended examination of conscience, a reflection on what our life was like before we encountered God. How did the Holy Spirit move us? Where have we failed? What wisdom did we gain along the way? --Kenneth Garcia https://t.co/uegnKoihO7
Paperback, 2017
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Alasdair MacIntyre: An Intellectual Biography
Émile Perreau-SaussineAlasdair MacIntyre maintains that action falls within the context of a community. But what happens when the duties of one’s station conflict with each other? What should we do when communities decide to come to blows? --Émile Perreau-Saussine MORE: https://t.co/jCopNJyDKY https://t.co/Fwtehbcvaj
Hardcover, 2022
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The Road: Pulitzer Prize Winner
Cormac McCarthyThe daily building of the fire in The Road is a beautiful reminder of the necessity of the small tasks in life. We want to be those who do not neglect the anonymous, thankless work of building the fire and keeping it going. --Jessica Hooten Wilson https://hubs.la/H0-ddRc0
Paperback, 2007
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Trinity
Karl RahnerIn the twentieth century, Karl Rahner observed as both a theologian and pastor that many Christians, in praxis if not in theory, were unaware of the implications that follow from the uniquely Christian confession of the Trinity. --Jean-Paul Juge https://t.co/ATEDkziaVp
Paperback, 2001
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Vatican II: A Very Short Introduction
Shaun BlanchardMuch more than a decree regulating liturgy, Traditionis Custodes is a decisive moment in the history of papal reception of Vatican II. --Shaun Blanchard https://t.co/qpmnUbesSl
Paperback, 2023
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Philosophy: A Theological Critique
John MilbankFor Charles Péguy, Bergsonian philosophy represents a revolutionary moment in the history of French and so of Western culture—since, for Péguy, the two virtually coincided, in both directions. --John Milbank https://t.co/wMjjx1Gmes
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Father Ed: The Story of Bill W.'s Spiritual Sponsor
Dawn Eden GoldsteinAlthough Father Ed did not immediately connect the Big Book with the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola, he instinctively recognized in it some of the same spiritual principles that had drawn him to the Exercises. --Dawn Eden Goldstein MORE: https://t.co/hj9u225BbZ https://t.co/0wmTqslfA4
Paperback, 2024
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Leisure: The Basis of Culture: Including the Philosophical ACT
Josef PieperThe heart of a feast, as Josef Pieper noted, is sacrifice: to retreat from the workaday world into the landscape of leisure, to transform our food into the uselessness of art and offering. Divine in origin, the feast is a place of... READ MORE: https://t.co/tT0lbaoQMs https://t.co/kvhKoAm899
Paperback, 2009
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