The Catholic Thing Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Strange New World: How Thinkers and Activists Redefined Identity and Sparked the Sexual Revolution
Carl R. Trueman
Strange New World: A Guide | @fran_x48: In Strange New World, Carl Trueman explains concisely how and why the sexual revolution happened, and examines its continuing, and very heavy, cost. https://t.co/kkgMaIQhR4 https://t.co/IEo84oXP3N
Paperback, 2022
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Our Lady
Upton Sinclair
The Saint, the Book, and the Lily | @ABradfordMiner describes a series of paintings depicting a 16th-century miracle: Our Lady and two other saints present a painting of St. Dominic to a Calabrian friary. https://t.co/H08tRrDxNR https://t.co/ALoLyN2YI3
Hardcover, 2007
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No Greater Love
Mother Teresa
‘Mother Teresa: No Greater Love’: a Review | @ABradfordMiner reviews a new docudrama about the life and, especially, the work of Saint Mother Teresa and the Missionaries of Charity. https://t.co/h0kHI4d1qD https://t.co/eLUvbGAnRv
Paperback, 2002
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Regime Change: Toward a Postliberal Future
Patrick J. Deneen
The Appeal of Regime Change | Francis X. Maier: Patrick Deneen’s Regime Change challenges the development of liberal society with a “common good conservatism” grounded in the Biblical faith of America’s founders. https://t.co/juc2GQhoFn https://t.co/kYRAvTgIKw
Hardcover, 2023
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The Splendor of Truth: Veritatis Splendor: Encyclical Letter, August 6, 1993
John Paul II
The Splendor of the “Splendor of Truth” | @Stephen_P_White: Instead of following St. John Paul II to liberation and salvation, the new dispensation reduces the moral life to this: “What is the least I can do and be saved?” https://t.co/8IbsGnwsxu https://t.co/gCfjHDEnH2
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Ten Reasons
Edmund Campion
Campion’s Reasons – And Ours | David G. Bonagura, Jr.: St. Edmund Campion was invincibly confident in the truth of Catholic teaching over Protestant objections. His "Ten Reasons" why cost him his life. https://t.co/jRQdMovY6Y https://t.co/PBi567XqaB
Paperback, 2011
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A Student's Guide to Philosophy: Philosophy
Ralph M. McInerny
Thanksgiving for a Great-Souled Man | Randall Smith: A tribute to one of TCT’s founding contributors, Ralph McInerny, the man who has been called “the most important philosopher in the history of the Philosophy Department at the University of Notre Dame.” https://t.co/Z1H48CYA8M https://t.co/Q16IbG1S9q
Paperback, 1999
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La Duchesse: The Life of Marie de Vignerot--Cardinal Richelieu's Forgotten Heiress Who Shaped the Fate of France
Bronwen McShea
The Life and Times of ‘La Duchesse’ | Francis X. Maier reviews a new biography by Bronwen McShea, the story of Cardinal Richelieu’s niece Marie de Vignerot, a power in her own right. https://t.co/94iDdHkLce https://t.co/Oo6flbq9DK
Hardcover, 2023
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City of God
Augustine
Reading Augustine’s 'City of God'. . .and More | @RobertsRoyal introduces a new eight-week TCT course on St. Augustine’s great response to the sack of Rome, a book also about two “Cities”: the City of God spread out between Heaven and Earth, and the... https://t.co/iZlQ1159ub https://t.co/uDguvrj3g8
Paperback, 2004
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Art and Poetry
Jacques Maritain
A Great Recent Ancestor | Robert Royal: Jacques Maritain’s work embraced the Aristotlean/Thomistic world with its intellectual solidity, careful distinctions, and spirited engagement with art and poetry. https://t.co/oLFtpAQdSB https://t.co/Hfv32d5VUX
Paperback, 1943
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