James Martin, SJ Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Jesuit priest, editor at large @Americamag, author of "Come Forth" (Sept.) and "Learning to Pray," consultor to the Dicastery for Communication @VaticanNews

Voice of the Voiceless: The Four Pastoral Letters and Other Statements
Oscar Romero
Happy Feast Day of St. Oscar Romero, Voice of the Voiceless. https://t.co/kWdQAHd0q2
Paperback, 2020
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Second Vatican Council: Message and Meaning
Gerald O'Collins
I'll never forget reading this list for the first time in John O'Malley's book "What Happened at Vatican II?" It comes near the end of the book, and remains the most succinct and accurate explanation of the Second Vatican Council I've ever come across. https://t.co/hGweiSWtfa
Paperback, 2014
$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Cathonomics: How Catholic Tradition Can Create a More Just Economy
Anthony M. Annett
From Anthony Annett’s new book, "Cathonomics: How Catholic Tradition Can Create a More Just Economy" (Georgetown University Press). https://t.co/h3laKv20cK
Hardcover, 2022
$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
Reader, I podcasted. I had an inordinate amount of fun talking about Jane Austen (I'm a fan) and her character the Reverend Mr. Collins, in "Pride and Prejudice" with @KSPrior https://t.co/aMzRuaCIO9
Paperback, 2018
$12.79$6.39 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Gaudium Et Spes
Vatican Council
Of course the importance (and primacy) of the informed conscience, as in "Gaudium et Spes" and "Dignitatis Humanae," was a foundation of the Second Vatican Council. There, as Vatican II taught, the human being is "alone with God, whose voice echoes" in the depths of our hearts.
Paperback, 2017
$9.00$4.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Prophetic Imagination: 40th Anniversary Edition
Walter Brueggemann
News: Walter Brueggemann, one of the world's most respected biblical scholars and author of "The Prophetic Imagination," argues that the Book of Amos shows how God's "emancipatory embrace" clearly includes LGBTQ people.... https://t.co/ItuH4WY8xa
Paperback, 2018
$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
My Life with the Saints
James Martin
On the #AllSaintsDay, a playlist of 15 videos on the saints from "Who Cares about the Saints?" drawn from the book "My Life with the Saints." "For me to be a saint means be myself," as Thomas Merton said. And these saints show us just that. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMAWECE3ntbqodeOcl-qKQIwFkR1t4zI5 https://t.co/nIWShjMlCr
Paperback, 2016
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Philosophy of the Social Sciences: An Introduction
Robert C. Bishop
This Saturday the Holy Father will elevate Bishop Robert McElroy of San Diego to the cardinalate. Here is an introduction to one of Francis's closest allies in the US. https://t.co/efPfSZyDLg
Paperback, 2007
$52.95$27.95 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Father Ed: The Story of Bill W.'s Spiritual Sponsor
Dawn Eden Goldstein
Congratulations to @DawnofMercy on her new book "Father Ed: The Story of Bill W.'s Spiritual Sponsor." Just received the beautiful hardcover today! It is the remarkable story of one of the most influential, yet unknown, spiritual figures of modern times. https://t.co/Ri7GbaphB3 https://t.co/1zbIG3gEkS
Paperback, 2024
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice
Christopher Hitchens
Around that time, Christopher Hitchens had launched his attack on Mother Teresa in his book "The Missionary Position." John said he would respond and I thought, "Good!" thinking he would say how perfect Mother Teresa was....
Paperback, 2012
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book