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Miesel on the Wise Men, Obama, and Ignatius Press Favorite Books

 
 
 

St. John of the Cross, de Lubac on Creed and Trinity, more

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Fr. Schall on Anathemizing the Catholic Church from Within...

On Words and Symbols

As in discussing rights or social justice, we encounter the exact modern meaning of the word "value," which comes into modern discourse from Max Weber. It means that no ultimate order exists. "Values" are incoherent; all social scientists can do is to tell someone how best to get what he wants, whatever that may be.

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Ignatius Press Book Meme (including bonus questions)

From the Ignatius Insight Blog

1. What was the first Ignatius Press book that you read?

• Catholicism: Christ and the Common Destiny of Man by Henri de Lubac, a splendid synthesis of the sacramental and social justice dimensions of the Church.
  

2. The most recent Ignatius Press book that you read?

• The Laity in the Life of the Counsels by Balthasar

3. What are your favorite Ignatius Press books?

• Test Everything: Hold Fast to What is Good - Balthasar interviewed by Scola;
• The Threefold Garland: the world's salvation in Mary's prayer - Balthasar on the rosary (his tiny summa);
• The Moment of Christian Witness - Balthasar on dialogue and martyrdom (Truth is Symphonic is a nice companion to this one);
• Ephesians (and Colossians) - Adrienne von Speyr's commentary on St. Paul;
• The Laity and the Life of the Counsels: the Church's Mission in the World - Balthasar's essays over the years on the essentially lay apostolic character of the consecrated life;
• Gospel, Catechisis, Catechism - Ratzinger introduces the Catechism of the Catholic Church, a great introduction to the kerygma;
  
• The Christian State of Life by Adrienne von Speyr (but not Balthasar's book of the same name).
• Explorations in Theology II: The Spouse of the Word - Balthasar's collected essays on ecclesiology including "Casta Meretrix" an exploration of the prostitution theme in the Fathers of the Church, and "The Layman and the Church" a brilliant understanding of the origin of the lay and ministerial levels of the Church in the life of Christ;
• Church and State in Early Christianity - H. Rahner's introduction to the political thought of the first 800 years of the Church;
• Theology in History by Henri de Lubac - collected theological essays.
• The Drama of Atheist Humanism by Henri de Lubac
  

Looking over this list, what do I notice? These books tend to be shorter books or collections of essays.

4. What is your least favorite Ignatius Press book?

• The Bacon Priest

5. How many Ignatius Press books have you read? Do you own?

• about 55, about 55. I own about 7 that I haven't read and there's about 7 that I've read that I don't own.

6. What book do you wish Ignatius Press would publish?

• patristics studies by Jean Daniélou and Hugo Rahner;
• Charles Péguy's full trilogy on the three virtues.
  

7. What are the next Ignatius Press books you plan to read?

• something by Louis de Wohl
• Jesus of Nazareth by Benedict XVI
• Joseph and Chico
  

BONUS Questions (the following questions have not been approved by Ignatius Press):

1. What books best complement Ignatius Press books
The Ressourcement series published by Eerdmans Publishing

2. What books did Ignatius Press miss?

• Origen: Spirit and Fire published by CUA
• The Portal of the Mystery of Hope by Charles Péguy published by Eerdmans
  

3. What are the best books published by Ignatius Press NOT written by Ratzinger/ B16, Henri de Lubac, Balthasar, or von Speyr?

• The Cantata of Love - Arminjon on the Song of Songs;
• The Hidden Manna - O'Connor on the history of the Eucharist.
• Church and State in Early Christianity by H. Rahner
• Morality: Memory and Desire by Luigi Giussani
• novels by Louis de Wohl

4. Where did you buy your first Ignatius Press book?

• Newman Bookstore in Washington, DC.

Ignatius Press book meme

I'm posting the bare questions here so folks can copy and use for their own. I'll have another post with my answers. I welcome reading answers in the comments and will link to answers published on other blogs.

1. What was the first Ignatius Press book that you read?

2. The most recent Ignatius Press book that you read?

3. What are your favorite Ignatius Press books?

4. What is your least favorite Ignatius Press book?

5. How many Ignatius Press books have you read? Do you own?

6. What book do you wish Ignatius Press would publish?

7. What are the next Ignatius Press books you plan to read?