Commonweal Magazine Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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The Church of Mercy: A Vision for the Church
Pope Francis
"This is not the 'Church of mercy' that Pope Francis has been talking about for the past ten years." @MassimoFaggioli on the Church's memory problems: https://t.co/8kabLp5X0Q
Paperback, 2014
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The Great Philosophers: Marx
Terry Eagleton
On this day, in 1818, Karl Marx was born. So was he right? For Terry Eagleton, it's not too late to ask. https://t.co/OFklNQjhpO
Paperback, Mass Market, 2022
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Yoga
Emmanuel Carrère
"Yoga displays hard work of a different kind: the hard work of recovering the self after it almost has been lost." @tony_domestico considers the latest from Emmanuel Carrère: https://t.co/bjEUnXxvSS
Paperback, 2023
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White Noise
Don Delillo
.@AlexWStern: Noah Baumbach’s film adaptation of “White Noise” neutralizes the sweeping ideas and absurd plot of DeLillo’s novel. https://t.co/IE12Su9PBe
Paperback, 1986
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Common Good Constitutionalism
Adrian Vermeule
In ‘Common Good Constitutionalism,’ Adrian Vermeule argues with straw men and cites blog posts. The book may rally his followers, but it won’t add to their number. https://t.co/PRb7aLmeqG
Hardcover, 2022
$69.95$44.95 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Vatican II: Did Anything Happen?
John W. O'Malley
Vatican II marked a turning point, showing that appropriate change did not mean losing one’s identity but, rather, enhancing it or salvaging it from ossification. The late great Catholic historian John W. O’Malley, SJ on doctrine at the Church councils: https://t.co/F8qU9GTFxI
Paperback, 2007
$32.95$16.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Unbroken Thread: Discovering the Wisdom of Tradition in an Age of Chaos
Sohrab Ahmari
Sohrab Ahmari’s latest book attempts to answer fundamental questions. But his foggy appeal to tradition misunderstands its purpose and potential in our lives. @dwaldenwrites reviews 'The Unbroken Thread': https://t.co/ZA6rRBo7BI
Hardcover, 2021
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The Joy of Love: On Love in the Family (Amoris Laetitia)
Pope Francis
"When had we ever heard so much about the joy of the Gospel? The joy of love, especially married and family love?" @BpStowe of Lexington, Kentucky on Pope Francis' joyful papacy: https://t.co/T2AXDdWYNE
Hardcover, 2016
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Fratelli Tutti: On Fraternity and Social Friendship
Pope Francis
A living Church must hold two seemingly opposed but equally radiant goods: the local and the universal. Vinson Cunningham on Pope Francis, Fratelli tutti, and Blackness: https://t.co/NTkzPR4itT
Paperback, 2020
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1984: 75th Anniversary
George Orwell
Are Putin’s puppets orchestrating a sales campaign to promote George Orwell’s ‘1984’? https://t.co/YJrrQT2avN
Paperback, Mass Market, 1950
$10.99$5.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book