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Book Cover for: Strange New World: How Thinkers and Activists Redefined Identity and Sparked the Sexual Revolution, Carl R. Trueman

Strange New World: How Thinkers and Activists Redefined Identity and Sparked the Sexual Revolution

Carl R. Trueman
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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

$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Our Lady, Upton Sinclair

Our Lady

Upton Sinclair
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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

$33.95$16.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: No Greater Love, Mother Teresa

No Greater Love

Mother Teresa
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‘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

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Regime Change: Toward a Postliberal Future, Patrick J. Deneen

Regime Change: Toward a Postliberal Future

Patrick J. Deneen
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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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Book Cover for: The Splendor of Truth: Veritatis Splendor: Encyclical Letter, August 6, 1993, John Paul II

The Splendor of Truth: Veritatis Splendor: Encyclical Letter, August 6, 1993

John Paul II
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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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Book Cover for: Ten Reasons, Edmund Campion

Ten Reasons

Edmund Campion
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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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Book Cover for: A Student's Guide to Philosophy: Philosophy, Ralph M. McInerny

A Student's Guide to Philosophy: Philosophy

Ralph M. McInerny
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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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Book Cover for: La Duchesse: The Life of Marie de Vignerot--Cardinal Richelieu's Forgotten Heiress Who Shaped the Fate of France, Bronwen McShea

La Duchesse: The Life of Marie de Vignerot--Cardinal Richelieu's Forgotten Heiress Who Shaped the Fate of France

Bronwen McShea
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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

$28.95$14.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: City of God, Augustine

City of God

Augustine
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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

$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Art and Poetry, Jacques Maritain

Art and Poetry

Jacques Maritain
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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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