Hans Urs von Balthasar was one of the most influential Catholic theologians of the 20th century. This easy-to-use, one-volume reader contains his essentials writings, on everything from the miracle…
Soul of a poet, heart of a philosopher, knowledge of a Jesuit, van Beeck begins his first volume of a three volume work on Systematic Theology from a contemporary catholic perspective using the adv…
This book argues that the liturgical reforms initiated by the second Vatican Council may hve seriously undermined contemporary Roman Catholic worship. Drawing on important work by Durkheim, Buman, …
The Collected works of John of the Cross describe a privileged topography of the Ascent to the love of God. The reader is advised to follow the classic Carmelite advice and read the poetry first an…
This collection of essays revolves around the two fields in which Professor John Briggs has contributed so much: history--particularly Baptist and Nonconformist--and the ecumenical movement, and ma…
In this book, ten leading figures explore the connections in their own lives between the private realms of faith and their public calling as teachers, scholars, and intellectuals. This last decade …
For the first time in 400 years the Catholic Church has authorized an official universal catechism which instantly became an international best-seller, the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Using t…
The Catholic Church, having emerged from the Napoleonic era gravely weakened, was ill-prepared to meet the challenge. With its monastic organization reduced to impotency and all its universities se…
For a book to be widely needed, its theme must be current. The increasing public discussion and questioning of Catholicism is well known. People in many areas are seeking information about recent C…
The similarities and dissimilarities of the work of both Barth and Bultmann are carefully presented, as is an illuminating description of Bultmann's major concepts. Barth's critique of Bultmann, as…