Books

Is the “Marian Option” the key to saving civilization?
- Interviews
- July 18, 2017
If we want to talk about conversions, protection from enemies, battling heresy, building culture and so on, Mary’s influence is unparalleled. In “The Marian Option,” Dr. Carrie Gress says even if it does appear that the power of evil is winning in today’s world, we know that Mary is still more powerful.
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Summer reading: Hot, hot, hot edition
- Book Review, Religion News Service
- July 16, 2017
Summer reading doesn’t have to be all about mysteries and romances. It can include a healthy dose of religiously themed books that are interesting enough to take to the beach or on that camping trip. Here are a few to peruse and consider.
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‘Benedict Option’ aims to balance withdrawal, faithful presence
- Interviews
- March 20, 2017
Just as Czech dissidents did under communism, so too Christians today in America face the challenge of building an alternative culture within a society fundamentally hostile to them, author Rod Dreher believes. He explores what that task might look like in his book ‘The Benedict Option.’
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Book captures the transformation of the American Catholic parish
- Church in the US
- February 20, 2017
A new book called “Catholic Parishes of the 21st Century” presents a treasure trove of research and data on parish life in America, among other things capturing the ethnic transformation of American Catholicism and also the impact of growing mobility.
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Meet the captain of the realists on the Church and women
- Analysis, Vatican
- December 31, 2016
No matter where one stands on women priests in the Catholic Church, the issue obviously isn’t going anywhere, and real progress on empowering women thus must come elsewhere. Nobody makes that case better today than Lucetta Scaraffia, as her latest book shows.
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Scholars fret about fate of ‘holy grail’ German abbey books
- Associated Press, Global Church
- December 26, 2016
The dusty shelves of the abbey hold at least 500 books, including precious illuminated manuscripts from the 16th century, chants used by the Bridgettine Order and processionals bursting with colorful religious and ornamental decoration, and now they may be at risk.
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