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Never has a Pope, in a book-length interview, dealt so directly with such wide-ranging and controversial issues as Pope Benedict XVI does in “Light of the World.” Taken from a week-long series of interviews with veteran journalist Peter Seewald, this open and engaging conversation tackles head-on some of the greatest issues facing the world in our time.
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A clear, precise, and inspiring compendium of the central doctrines of the Christian faith. F. J. Sheed makes the profound truths of theology not only understandable, but exciting reading.
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A complete and engaging one-volume introduction to the saint known as the "Little Flower".

Following a thorough introduction to the saint's life, The Complete Therese presents her classic, The Story of a Soul, in complete and unabridged form. Then, unique to this edition is a portion of the original edition rarely seen, describing the saint's final days as seen through the eyes of the Sisters of the Lisieux Carmel; plus a poignant collection of over seventy firsthand anecdotes about Thérèse recounted by the Sisters following her death.

Also included a comprehensive selection of prayers, letters, and poems written by Therese, and in both French and English, the poem that inspired her to call herself the “Little Flower.” Further appendices give important dates for her life, taking the reader up to 1997, one hundred years after her death, when Pope John Paul II declared her to be a Doctor of the Church. Beautiful engravings and photographs throughout the book give the reader a view of the Little Flower’s childhood home and family, her growing-up years, life at Carmel, her death, and the original gravesite.

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``Don't read good books--read the best books," is what a nun taught Fr. Rawley Myers as a youth. Thus, he has gathered together in this very unique volume a reading for each day of the year from some of the greatest Catholic books and writers in Church history, many in this century.

Myers taps into the rich treasury of outstanding Catholic literature, often neglected in today's busy world, and he provides a wonderful selection of thoughts and meditations that are both intellectually stimulating and spiritually rewarding. Drawing on the writings of thirty-four famous Catholic authors, this book ranges from the thoughts of Doctors of the Church like Saint Augustine, Saint Teresa of Avila and Saint Thomas Aquinas, to classic authors like Saint Francis de Sales, Thomas à Kempis, and Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, to popular 20th century spiritual guides like Bishop Fulton Sheen, Thomas Merton and Romano Guardini and, finally, the writings of a group of famous modern converts like G. K. Chesterton, Hilaire Belloc, Ronald Knox and John Henry Newman. They enlighten our minds, inflame our hearts and strengthen our souls with selections that are easily digestible and whet the appetite for more of the impressive heritage of Catholic theological and philosophical reflection.

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For the serious student of philosophy and theology, The Science of Historical Theology contains exciting and brilliant philosophical and theological insight, including an updated espistemology and theory of history. Being a virtual introduction to theology, the book begins with the insights of the present, reaches back into history for the wisdom of the past, and draws a blueprint for the theology of the future.
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A profound and soul-stirring restatement of the theology of self-abandonment to Divine Providence. Discusses the role of prudence on our part, how our desires and petitions and efforts fit into the picture, the nature of detachment, faith and confidence in Divine Providence, abandonment in temporal things, joy and a number of other topics.
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This book is one of a series of Socratic explorations of some of the Great Books. The books in this series are intended to be short, clear, and non-technical, thus fully understandable by beginners. Through such Socratic dialogues, Peter Kreeft introduces (or reviews) the basic questions in the fundamental divisions of philosophy: metaphysics, epistemology, anthropology, ethics, logic, and method.

In Socrates Meets Sartre, Kreeft takes the reader through the world of existentialist philosophy, posing questions that challenge the concepts that Sartre proposed. Based on an imaginary dialogue between Socrates and Sartre that takes place in the afterlife, this profound and witty book makes an entertaining and informative exploration of modern philosophy.

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Every disputed question in current theology begins or ends with some reference to christocentrism or the primacy of Christ, but rarely provides any clear definition of these terms, and even more rarely makes reference to the theologian, Bl. John Dunns Scotus, who was most responsible for the key to the correct understanding and use of this terminology. Here, for the first time in over half a century, in an English style accesible to the non-professional reader, we have an accurate detailed account of Scotus' explanation of this core theme on Christian thought, traditionally dubbed the Franciscan thesis, or the absolute, joint predestination of Jesus and Mary to be King and Queen of the universe.
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