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The Church of Mercy
Pope Francis - Loyola Press Format: Paperback
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"A magnificent book, bursting with profound spiritual insights, from a man who has quickly become one of the greatest spiritual teachers of our time." --James Martin, SJ, author of Jesus: A Pilgrimage. In the year since he was elected, Pope Franciss simple message of mercy, service,... |
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The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe
David I. Kertzer - Random House; 1st Edition, 1st Printing edition Format: Hardcover
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PULITZER PRIZE WINNER From National Book Award finalist David I. Kertzer comes the gripping story of Pope Pius XI's secret relations with Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. This groundbreaking work, based on seven years of research in the Vatican and Fascist archives, including reports... |
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The Reason for My Hope: Salvation
Billy Graham - W Group Format: Hardcover
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Back cover: What is the most hopeful word in History?For Billy Graham, that word is SALVATION.Salvation from what?From our selfish and self-destructive selves.From the messes we get ourselves into.From the sin that has haunted humanity from the beginning of time and the evil that... |
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The Square and the Tower: Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook
Niall Ferguson - Penguin Press Format: Hardcover
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A brilliant recasting of the turning points in world history, including the one we're living through, as a collision between old power hierarchies and new social networksMost history is hierarchical: it's about emperors, presidents, prime ministers and field marshals. It's about states,... |
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Hope to Die: The Christian Meaning of Death and the Resurrection of the Body
Scott Hahn Format: Hardcover
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As Catholics, we believe in the resurrection of the body. We profess it in our creed. We're taught that to bury and pray for the dead are corporal and spiritual works of mercy. We honor the dead in our Liturgy through the Rite of Christian burial. We do all of this, and more, because... |
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Believers, Thinkers, and Founders: How We Came to Be One Nation Under God
Kevin Seamus Hasson - Image Books Format: Print book
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In Believers, Thinkers and Founders: How We Came to be One Nation Under God, Kevin Seamus Hasson - founder and president emeritus of the Becket Fund for Religious liberty - offers a refreshing resolution to the age-old dispute surrounding the relationship of religion and state: a return... |
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The President's Devotional: The Daily Readings That Inspired President Obama
Joshua DuBois - HarperOne; Reprint edition Format: Paperback
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The Presidents Devotional lets you start each day with the words that have inspired President Barack Obama, collected by Joshua DuBois, President Obamas Pastor-in-Chief Time magazinehis spiritual advisor who also served as the executive director of the White House Office of Faith-based... |
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Jonathan Edwards: Writings from the Great Awakening
Jonathan Edwards - Library of America Format: Print book
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Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758) is recognized today as a great theologian and philosopher. The historian Perry Miller has called him “one of America’s five or six major artists,” a writer possessed of “an intelligence which, as much as Emerson’s, Melville’s,... |
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