The Church and the World by Norman P. Tanner
Ecumenism And Interreligious Dialogue by Edward Idris Cardinal Cassidy
Other introductory books, which are helpful on various aspects of the Second Vatican Council
Vatican II by Alan Schreck
Vatican II in Plain English by Bill Huebsch
Vatican II ed. by William Madges
Three Notre Dame theology professors -- Mary Catherine Hilkert, O.P., Lawrence Cunningham, Father Richard McBrien -- are among those who share their stories about how Vatican II has affected their life and ministry. A celebration of the 40th anniversary of the convening of the council, the book also offers introductory essays detailing the historical context and major themes of Vatican II.Church Emerging from Vatican II by Dennis M. Doyle
Revelation and the Church ed. by Raymond A. Lucker
Ensure to read this excellent excerpt from this book.
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Contemplata aliis Tradere - Discovering Von Balthasar for Passiontide
Contemplata aliis Tradere - Apologia pro Balthasar
New book on Balthasar's thought - Scattering the Seed by Aidan Nichols
Aidan Nichols’s newest book in his ongoing Introduction to Hans Urs Von Balthasar series investigates Balthasar's early explorations of music and the other arts, before launching into a ramifying but controlled survey of his—often highly original—interpretations of major philosophers and literary figures in the European tradition from the early modern period until the 1930s.
Balthasar seeks to discover elements of truth, goodness, and beauty in a rich range of figures. He gives special attention to classical German philosophers (such as Fichte, Schelling, Hegel, and Nietzsche), as well as to dramatists and novelists (notably Goethe, Schiller, and Dostoevsky), and to intellectual giants of his own century (such as Bergson, Scheler, and Barth). He also intends to prove that writers who had lost a living contact with the biblical revelation carried by Christianity were incapable of reconstituting a synthesis of ideas about the goal of man and the universe, an accomplishment that could be taken for granted in the high medieval epoch. At the same time, the modern writers whom Balthasar investigates add, in his view, crucial enhancements of human understanding—particularly in relation to history and the human subject—which must be factored into any new overall vision of the future of the human soul and indeed the human species in its cosmic environment.
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ZENIT - Pontiff Lists 3 Principles for Christians in Politics
Defense of Life; Recognition of the Family; Freedom of Education
Books & Culture - Was George Washington a Christian? A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.
ZENIT - Tocqueville's Influence on "Deus Caritas Est". Interview With Samuel Gregg of Acton Institute
Book review of Neo-Conned! & Neo-Conned! Again
When the history of the war on Iraq is written, those neocon Catholics who supported it will be held up to ridicule, discrediting the Catholic Faith. Ah, but there were other Catholics who opposed the war, many of whom appear in these two volumes, who bring credit to our Catholic Faith.---
The Catholic Literary Revival
Dove Descending by Dr. Thomas Howard
Flowers of Heaven by Joseph Pearce
Garlands of Grace by Dr. Regis Martin
Gifts Unexpected & The Green Pail by Stephen Hand
Intruding upon the Timeless by Gregory Wolfe
2 comments:
The always quotable Rev. Richard J. Neuhaus:
"One must ask, What is the alternative to expanding political and economic liberalism? In his 1991 encyclical Centesimus Annus (The Hundredth Year), John Paul the Great contended that the source of global poverty is not to be found chiefly in exploitation (as Marxist theory held) but in exclusion from the circle of productivity and exchange. Justice, he said, requires a constant expansion of that circle. On balance, that is the goal of U.S. policy in the world."
It would seem that Hernando de Soto has also noted how participation in capitalism requires the participation in the symbolic representation of wealth. de Soto's initiatives have involved documenting assets of third-world business men and land owners so as that they can participate in the circle of capitol.
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