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Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:01:44 +0000http://backend.userland.com/rss092enMaking All Things New, Henri NouwenOne of my favorite spiritual writers is Henri Nouwen, a Dutch priest who taught at Yale, Harvard, and spent the remainder of his life as a pastor ministering to the severely handicapped at the L'Arche Daybreak Community in Toronto, Canada. 1981 Harper San Francisco, 95 pgs. I read ...
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The Matarese Countdown, by Robert Ludlum1997 Bantam Books. 566 pgs.
I like spy novels. The funny thing about these type of books is that they are often predictable. I thought The Matarese Countdown was good, but certainly not great. Ludlum is a classic writer in his field and it is likely that ...
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Child of god by Cormac McCarthyCormac McCarthy's Child of god, is probably the most disturbing book I have ever read. Having read three of McCarthy's books, I am certainly aware of some of his thematic developments, but thus far, this is his darkest. We see a man who has as long as can ...
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The Road, by Cormac McCarthy287 pgs.
Vintage Books, 2006.
The Road is one of the best books I have read. Cormac McCarthy won the Pulitzer for this book, and I must say it is well deserved. His story is in no way connected with "end time" cliches, nor is there the proverbial ...
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The Historian, by Elizabeth Kostova909 Pgs. Little Brown and Company, 2005.
Vampire books are all the rage now, especially after the growing success of Stephanie Meyer's Twilight trilogy. Of course, the movie has contributed toward this growin interest in this genre, but the topic is certainly nothing new. Bram Stoker's Dracula is a ...
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Atticus, by Ron HansenReview (kind of?) by Bob Rice
Harper Perennial, 1997. Pg. 256.
Last night, I decided to read another chapter of Ron Hansen’s Atticus- but the book grabbed me and wouldn’t let go until it was past midnight and I finished the whole thing. I regretted the late hour ...
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Theology of the Body, by Pope John Paul IIReview By Jason Theobald:
“Through the mystery of the incarnate person and the biblical analogy of spousal love, John Paul II’s catechesis illumines the entirety of God’s plan for human life from origin to eschaton with a splendid supernatural light.†Between September 5, 1979 and November 28, 1984, John Paul ...
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The Trinity, by Karl RahnerReview by Peter Johnston
The Trinity is Karl Rahner's response to what he perceives to be a lack of a Trinitarian outlook by neo-scholastic theologians and the Catholic Church in the 1960s.[1] The book is a call to bring the reality of the Trinity to the forefront of theology and ...
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The Privilege of Being a Woman, by Dr. Alice von HildebrandReview by Jennifer Shanahan
In her book, The Privilege of Being a Woman, Dr. Alice von Hildebrand presents a clear and equitable argument against the modern misconceptions concerning the Church’s view on holy womanhood. While history has been dominated by the achievements of men, von Hildebrand insightfully proves that women’s role ...
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The Courage to be Chaste, by Fr. Benedict Groeschel, C.F.R.Book review by Bill Jones
Chastity as a Virtue for the Single and Religious Lives
In his book, The Courage to be Chaste, Father Benedict Groeschel, C.F.R. discusses the importance of chastity as a virtue in the religious and single lives. Chastity is perhaps the most difficult virtue to practice as ...
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