I got home from the CatholiCon Expo last night and was giddy to find these three books waiting for me: Click to enlarge. – Great Books Reader (edited by John Mark Reynolds) – An introduction to the Great Books of the Western World from a uniquely Christian perspective. It includes excerpts from dozens of classics with …
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I had set a goal to review every book I read this year. I’m not sure I’ll make it, but I think I’ll come pretty close. To do that, though, I’ll be offering many shorter reviews to supplement the more in-depth ones. Below are some quick takes on books I’ve recently finished. Sinner: The Catholic …
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“What is the Catholic thing? What makes Catholicism, among all of the competing philosophies, ideologies, and religions of the world, distinctive?” When defining Catholicism, many first turn to its unique practices and characters–the Mass, the sacraments, Mary, priests, and the Pope. Others point to its intellectual traits–its distinctive apologetics, theology, and philosophy. In his new …
Only two books have ever compelled me to pray immediately after finishing. One is Tolkien’s masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, and the other is Peter Kreeft’s new novel titled An Ocean Full of Angels (Word on Fire). Why that effect? Both stories are epic, and both authors are poet-scholars. Lord of the Rings tells us …
“Becoming a Catholic broadens the mind. It especially broadens the mind about the reasons for becoming Catholic. Standing in the center where all roads meet, a man can look down each of the roads in turn and realize that they come from all points of the heavens.” – G.K. Chesterton, Catholic Church and Conversion According …
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