Catholic University of America Press Fall 2025 Catalogue

The Office and Authority of the Local Prior in the Order of Saint Augustine

Robert F. Prevost, OSA/Pope Leo XIV

Foreword by Thomas Joseph White, OP

CUA Press is proud to publish the doctoral dissertation of Pope Leo XIV

As a young priest, Robert Prevost was sent in 1981 to Rome to study church law at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas (known as the Angelicum). There he earned a licentiate and composed a doctoral thesis, which was made final in 1987. This is that thesis, the first book-length work composed by the man now known as Pope Leo XIV.

Specifically, his study—drawing from sources in English, Italian, and Spanish and from medieval history and theology as well as canon law—focused on the role of the prior as the local superior in the Order of St. Augustine. In doing so, he describes a traditional notion of obedience in religious life— one based on love of the truth and growth in one’s inner freedom to pursue holiness. At the center of his reflection are key ideas regarding the common good of the Church; the Eucharistic liturgy at the center of the life of the community; the role of hierarchy and consultation; and mutual respect for the diverse contributions of each person. Present in this text, moreover, is a far-reaching conception of the priesthood characterized by the triple munera: the priestly work of teaching, sanctification, and governance. Central to the whole volume is an Augustinian conception of the spiritual life that focuses on the inward work of grace, the primacy of the love of God, and inward conformity to Christ.

The book’s preface—composed by eminent theologian and present-day rector of the Angelicum, Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP—helps frame the work for the wider public interested in it as a privileged window into the mind and heart of Prevost as a young priest, showing how its subject matter has implications for how one thinks about the life of the Catholic Church. There are clearly in this early work central themes regarding the life of the Church, the apostolic tradition, and ecclesial authority in the service of the common good, that may well indicate directions and themes in the subsequent life and teaching of the author. Canonists will be drawn to Prevost’s analysis of the Constitutions of the Augustinians in light of the then-newly promulgated Code of Canon Law. Historians and theologians alike may enjoy considering parallelisms that occur between this Augustinian vision of the prior and the subsequent unfolding of an Augustinian pontificate. Hopefully the publication of this work will lead to constructive debate about and comprehension of the relation of between the two.

Robert F. Prevost, OSA, is Pope Leo XIV, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State. Thomas Joseph White, OP, is Rector, Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum.

“As if it wasn’t fascinating enough to learn what the first American pope was thinking about as a young scholar, his dissertation also discusses the meanings of service, authority, freedom, and obedience in a religious order in a post-Vatican II world. These categories are no less thought-provoking today—or even controversial—than they were nearly 40 years ago.” —Helen M. Alvaré, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University

6 x 9 200 Pages $24.95 October Cloth 978-0-8132-4062-6

Ebook 978-0-8132-4063-3

Pietro Rossotti, FSCB, is adjunct professor of philosophy and theology at St. Paul Seminary, MN. Cardinal Seán Patrick O’Malley, OFM, Cap. served as Archbishop of Boston from 2003 to 2024.

“Publishing Benedict’s homilies as a collection is vital because, although they are available on the Vatican website, few seek them out, and they remain largely unknown. Yet these texts are a treasure for both the field of homiletics and personal meditation: substantial, to the point, and rich in spiritual content.”—Matthew Ramage, author of From the Dust of the Earth: Benedict XVI, the Bible, and The Theory of Evolution (CUA Press).

5½ x 8½ 228 pages $19.95 (td) November Paperback 978-0-8132-3993-4 Ebook 978-0-8132-3994-1

Lord I Love You! Homilies through the Liturgical Year

Volume 2: Advent, Christmas, Marian Feasts, and Saints’ Days

Pope Benedict XVI

Edited by Pietro Rossotti, FSCB

Foreword by Cardinal Seán Patrick O’Malley, OFM, Cap.

An invaluable collection for understanding the central concerns of Pope Benedict’s papacy

Pope Benedict XVI was known for his brilliant mind, but he also had a heart in love with the Lord. In this careful selection from his papal homilies, readers can not only learn from his encyclopedic knowledge of the Christian tradition, but grow in their own love for God as they journey with Benedict through the seasons and feasts of the liturgical year. Lord I Love You! Volume 2 includes the joyful seasons of Advent and Christmas as well as important Marian feasts and other saints’ days throughout the year, making it an excellent choice for spiritual reading and a great Advent/Christmas gift idea for those who appreciate the late pope’s message of the centrality of Christ and the reliability of the Catholic tradition.

Pope Benedict was not a charismatic preacher in the mold of his predecessor John Paul II, but the texts themselves are gems of Christian exhortation and reflection that are best appreciated on one’s knees in a chapel or held in one’s hands in a quiet place in one’s home—that is, in a book like this and not scrolling through a website. For scholars and students of the late pope, the collection also provides a helpful distillation of his main themes and principal concerns into short, easily digestible pieces. The editor, Fr. Pietro Rossotti, uses the official Vatican translation with only minor spelling modifications and added footnotes with bibliographical references whenever possible.

Also available from Pope Benedict XVI

Bioethics

A Catholic Primer

Thomas Anthony Cavanaugh

A CATHOLIC PRIMER SERIES

An essential read for anyone interested in an overarching, accurate, yet brief treatment of the Catholic moral tradition in medicine

Bioethics: A Catholic Primer is a succinct, precise, and accurate treatment of the Catholic moral tradition in medicine.

Professors teaching an undergraduate bioethics course will use it as a primary text or as an ancillary text in a general ethics course that has a medical ethics section. Professors in both situations will find it an attractive alternative or addition to current offerings. This applies especially to those teaching at a Catholic-affiliated college or university. Professors teaching in pre-healthcare professional, pre-medical, and in nursing programs (both undergraduate and graduate) will adopt this text both as a primary text and as an ancillary text, depending on their needs. Because of its slender, compact, yet rewarding content, professors will find it appealing to assign. Moreover, students will not find its size daunting. Its accuracy, precision, and small size will make it appealing to a more general audience.

Moreover, by its brevity, it will gain an audience interested in Catholic medical ethics, yet often overwhelmed by the very size of the volumes available. People interested in an overarching, accurate, yet brief treatment of the Catholic moral tradition in medicine will read this slim volume (for example, members on ethics committees at Catholic hospitals). Others (faculty, students, patients, pastors, physicians, and nurses) will read it themselves and confidently share it with their friends and loved ones, knowing that they will find in it a rewarding, slender, accessible treatment of a rich moral tradition.

Thomas Anthony Cavanaugh is professor of philosophy at University of San Francisco.

“This will have appeal to a wide general audience, and especially students. Because it can be read in a few sessions, it would work well in a course on clinical ethics, and supplemented with denser material where the professor finds appropriate. Specifically, clinicians, (future or present), hospital chaplains (future or present), and clergy (future or present) could gain much from this work.”— Stephen Napier, Villanova University

Rebuilding Trust

Clergy Morale in the Wake of the Abuse Crisis

Edited by Brandon Vaidyanathan, Sara Perla, and Stephen P. White

Essential reading for church leaders and anyone concerned with the future of the priesthood in the United States

While much attention has rightly been given to abuse survivors and institutional accountability, less has been said about how the sexual abuse crisis has shaped the experience of clergy themselves. Drawing on findings from the National Study of Catholic Priests (NSCP)—the most comprehensive survey of American priests in over 50 years— Rebuilding Trust explores how the abuse crisis and the Church’s institutional response have affected priestly well-being and morale, perceptions of episcopal leadership, and the culture of the presbyterate more broadly. The study reveals a striking breakdown in trust between priests and their bishops, exacerbated by concerns over due process in the wake of an abuse allegation, inconsistent application of abuse prevention policies, and a widening ideological divide between younger and older clergy. The book combines sociological analysis with theological, psychological, historical, canonical, and pastoral perspectives to contextualize these findings. Contributors from various fields examine shifts in the priesthood over the past few decades, assess the implementation of the 2002 Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People (the “Dallas Charter”) and explore practical strategies for strengthening clergy formation, fostering fraternity, and improving bishop-priest relationships. By integrating empirical research with theological reflection, this volume offers a timely and necessary addition to the discussion of how the Church can rebuild trust, support priests, and cultivate a healthier presbyterate. It will be essential reading for Church leaders, seminary formators, scholars of Catholicism, and anyone concerned with the future of the priesthood in the United States.

CONTRIBUTORS:

Bishop Edgar Moreira da Cunha, SDV, Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts

Dr. Maureen Day, University of Southern California/University of Oxford

Rev. Msgr. Thomas G. Guarino, STD, Seton Hall University

Bishop Fredrik Hansen, Coadjutor Bishop of Oslo, Norway

Sara Perla, The Catholic University of America

Matthew S. Robinson, Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts

Rev. David Songy, OFM,Cap., Saint Luke Institute

Brandon Vaidyanathan is professor of sociology and Director of the Institutional Flourishing Lab at The Catholic University of America. Sara Perla is the Communications Manager for The Catholic Project at The Catholic University of America. Stephen P. White is the Executive Director of The Catholic Project at The Catholic University of America.

6 x 9 272 Pages $29.95 November Paperback 978-0-8132-4035-0 Ebook 978-0-8132-4036-7

Rev. Anthony Stoeppel, The Catholic University of America

Brooke Tranten, University of Notre Dame

Brandon Vaidyanathan, The Catholic University of America

Stephen P. White, The Catholic University of America

Luke Burgis is an entrepreneur, author, speaker, and professor of business at the Ciocca Center for Principled Entrepreneurship at The Catholic University of America.

5 ½ x 8 ½ 266 Pages $34.95 February Paperback 978-0-8132-4037-4 Ebook 978-0-8132-4038-1

CONTRIBUTORS:

Jon Askonas, The Catholic University of America

Luke Burgis, The Catholic University of America

Fr. Elias Carr, Can. Reg. of Stift, Klosterneuburg, Austria

Maria Daouda, Oriel College, Oxford

Katherine Dee, writer and podcaster

Thomas Deutsch, Connelly School of the Holy Child

Cynthia Haven, National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholar

Byrne Hobart, writer, entrepreneur, investor and consultant

Be Not Conformed

René Girard at the Nexus of Athens, Jerusalem, and Silicon Valley

Edited by Luke Burgis

A multidisciplinary exploration of legendary Catholic thinker René

Girard

René Girard (1923–2015) was one of the most influential interdisciplinary thinkers of the 20th century. His mimetic theory—which argues that human desire is fundamentally imitative and that rivalry and conflict arise from this imitation—cuts across philosophy, anthropology, history, literary criticism, theology, and more. To manage the destructive potential of mimetic rivalry, societies resort to violence, often in the form of what he called the scapegoat mechanism. The implications of his theory for today’s world are profound.

This volume brings together essays that place Girard in conversation with other major thinkers, including Dietrich von Hildebrand, Luigi Giussani, and Marshall McLuhan, while exploring his insights on technology, education, and race. Though Girard spent most of his career as a professor at Stanford, his influence extends beyond academia. His thought has shaped Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, who recognized the impact of mimetic dynamics on innovation, competition, and value creation.

Many of the essays in Be Not Conformed originated from the NOVITĀTE Conference at The Catholic University of America held in November 2023 to mark the centennial of Girard’s birth. The book’s subtitle—René Girard at the Nexus of Athens, Jerusalem, and Silicon Valley—reflects his synthesis of classical philosophy, theological depth, and modern technological discourse.

Bishop Robert Barron has called Girard a potential future “father of the Church,” underscoring the lasting significance of his work. This volume offers an exploration of Girard’s legacy, revealing why his ideas remain essential for understanding today’s cultural and intellectual landscape. You will find in the pages of Be Not Conformed a glimpse of the width, breadth, depth, and grandeur of this singular thinker.

Tobias Huber, writer and investor

A. Natasha Joukovsky, Novelist

Justin Lee, First Things

Andrew McLuhan, The McLuhan Institute

Trevor Cribben Merrill, California Institute of Technology

Michael Matheson Miller, Acton Institute

Michael Murphy, Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage

Annika Nordquist, OpenAI

Hollis Robbins, University of Utah

Brett Robinson, McGrath Institute for Church Life at Notre Dame

Mark Shiffman, Saint Patrick’s Seminary

Owen Yingling, University of Chicago

The Miracle of Immortality

What

Follows This Earthly Life?

Gerhard Cardinal Müller

Foreword by Douglas Farrow

Translated by Rev. Susan Johnson

In The Miracle of Immortality, Gerhard Cardinal Müller tackles some of the great mysteries of human life and hope. The former prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith is not content merely to present Catholic doctrine on the afterlife and the last things, although his reflections are always rooted in the teachings and traditions of the Church. Rather, he invites readers to walk with him by the restless sea of human learning, a sea formed by man’s unquenchable thirst for something or someone greater than man himself, by his desire to know the beginning and the end.

One who accepts the invitation finds himself in conversation with a mentor whose mind is suffused with scripture and very much sharpened by it. Cherished assumptions are queried or quietly corrected. Slowly but surely he is confronted with the miracle of immortality, without which true happiness is impossible. Cardinal Müller demonstrates in this book that it is entirely possible, and eminently rational, to believe in the miracle of immortality; indeed, that it is ultimately not rational not to believe.

The Miracle of Immortality is a work of penetrating theological insight set, chiaroscuro-like, against the darkness of modern and postmodern skepticism. It is at once poetical in spirit and profoundly catechetical in substance, for Müller understands that Christian eschatology cannot be elucidated properly without proclaiming the whole counsel of God. The miracle in question is a miracle for the whole person, accomplished by way of what Paul calls adoption; that is, filiation to the eternal Father through the incarnate Son, effected by the limitless power of the Holy Spirit. It is a miracle that perfects the divine work of creation.

Adapted from the Foreword by Douglas Farrow

Gerhard Cardinal Müller served as the Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith from 2012–2017, and is the author of The Pope: His Mission and His Task (CUA Press). Douglas Farrow is professor of theology and ethics at McGill University

“This is a work of astonishing learning and pastoral care. I can only marvel at Müller’s ability to marshall Catholic Scripture, Greek and Latin pagan sources, and classic and contemporary theologians and magisterial teachings to develop his positions. This wonderful learning is combined with what I would call the sensitivity of a pastor for the quotidian problems raised by these classic and contemporary issues of death and immorality.”—James J. Buckley, Loyola University Maryland

6 x 9 328 Pages $34.95 April Paperback 978-0-8132-4045-9 Ebook 978-0-8132-4046-6

José Granados, DCJM, is the author of Introduction to Sacramental Theology: Signs of Christ in the Flesh (CUA Press).

“Granados brings together a wealth of biblical, patristic, and medieval sources, along with a clear-headed treatment of Amoris Laetitia.”— Kent Lasnoski, author of Vocation to Virtue: Christian Marriage as a Consecrated Life (CUA Press).

6 x 9 484 Pages $34.95 December Paperback 978-0-8132-4027-5 Ebook 978-0-8132-4028-2

The Sacramental Theology of Marriage

One Flesh in One Spirit

José Granados, DCJM

A comprehensive vision of the dogmatic theology of marriage

The Sacramental Theology of Marriage offers a comprehensive vision of the dogmatic theology of marriage. It takes into account biblical and patristic sources, the teaching of the Magisterium (with particular emphasis on the Councils of Trent and Vatican II), and the most important contemporary theological contributions. It begins with a vision of the sacrament of marriage as the sacrament that integrates the order of creation into the order of sacraments. This dual dimension of marriage justifies the division of the book into two parts: marriage as a sacrament of creation and marriage as a sacrament of redemption instituted by Christ. To describe the coordinates of marriage in creation, the book refers to St. Augustine (the goods of marriage), St. Thomas Aquinas (the ends of marriage), and modern personalism as reflected in the Second Vatican Council (the gifts of marriage). The book also draws on the theology of St. Bonaventure, who emphasized the institution of marriage by God in creation. The presentation of marriage as a sacrament of the new law is rooted in the way Christ lived the various meanings of the body. Marriage’s foundation in the body and in the experience of love sheds new light on the key milestones of its sacramentality: its matter and form, its signification, the grace it transmits, its liturgy and ministers, its indissolubility, its role in building up the Church, and the path of holiness it opens to the spouses. In all of this, marriage emerges as a pivotal sacrament for articulating Christianity’s relationship to the cosmos and to society. The Sacramental Theology of Marriage includes modern philosophical and theological explorations of the language of the body and the meaning of love (including the proposal of St. John Paul II). It also outlines the main principles for the pastoral care of marriage and family.

Also by José Granados, DCJM

Que valga la pena

Un manual para jóvenes en busca de sentido

Anna B. Moreland and Thomas W. Smith

Los jóvenes adultos están estancados. No encuentran un trabajo significativo. Desperdician su tiempo libre. Y el amor no se encuentra por ninguna parte. El Manual del Joven Adulto diagnostica estas dificultades, ofrece nuevo vocabulario y abre un camino para superar estos desafíos

Que valga la pena llega donde los demás libros de este tipo no se atreven a llegar: plantea preguntas de fondo sobre lo que hace que una vida sea verdaderamente feliz. Anna Moreland y Thomas Smith han dedicado décadas a escuchar a sus estudiantes y han identificado los deseos más profundos de los jóvenes. Tras la búsqueda de una carrera lucrativa hay un anhelo por un trabajo significativo; tras el tiempo que le dedican a las redes sociales y a los videojuegos hay un anhelo más profundo de intimidad; y bajo el afán de productividad hay un deseo de recuperar el tiempo libre que les ha sido arrebatado.

Este libro está diseñado para ayudar a que los jóvenes entren en contacto con sus deseos más hondos. Ofrece estrategias prácticas para cultivar mejores hábitos y ayuda al lector a redescubrir las actividades y pasiones de su infancia. El libro incorpora las voces de jóvenes que han logrado superar con éxito las dificultades de esta época. Estas voces son modelos de esperanza en tiempos inciertos y sirven como una guía clara para atravesar retos sin precedentes. Los ejercicios de reflexión a lo largo de los capítulos ayudarán al lector a adaptar las estrategias a su propia vida.

Son muchos los libros que diagnostican los males de esta era digital, pero pocos los que ofrecen una salida ante estos desafíos. Moreland y Smith, profesores atentos y comprometidos, han dedicado décadas a rescatar a sus estudiantes de este paisaje empobrecido. Con este libro quieren llegar también a los estudiantes a los que no han tenido el privilegio de enseñar.

Anna B. Moreland is the Anne Quinn Welsh Endowed Chair and Director of the Villanova University Honors Program. Thomas W. Smith is Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs, Providence College.

“In this engaging guide, readers will find out how to live like it matters, and they’ll find out why it absolutely, positively does.” —Meg Jay, author of The Twentysomething Treatment and The Defining Decade

6 x 9 152 pages $34.95 December Paperback 978-0-8132-4049-7 Ebook 978-0-8132-4050-3

Dylan Schrader is the author of A Thomistic Christocentrism: Recovering the Carmelites of Salamanca on the Logic of the Incarnation (CUA Press).

6 x 9 304 Pages $29.95 October Paperback 978-0-8132-4025-1 Ebook 978-0-8132-4026-8

Mary, Mother of God’s Word Made Flesh

Dylan Schrader

SACRA DOCTRINA

Textbook for an advanced undergraduate or graduate course on Marian doctrine which also presents several speculative issues of interest to the Thomistic school from a contemporary perspective

Mary, Mother of God’s Word Made Flesh overviews Catholic teaching on Mary, with a special focus on the “four Marian dogmas” and other major doctrines, such as Mary’s cooperation in the work of salvation and the distribution of graces. The book takes the relationship of Mary to Jesus as its starting point, while also drawing on insights from ecclesio typical and Christotypical approaches to Mariology.

This book emphasizes that Marian doctrine must be grounded in the revealed Word of God. Thus, it does not rely on private revelations but instead draws on scriptural, magisterial, patristic, and liturgical sources. At the same time, Mary, Mother of God’s Word Made Flesh is systematic and not merely historical. It strives to show how Catholic teachings on Mary fit together and explores precisely what they mean.

In this task, Mary, Mother of God’s Word Made Flesh draws in a special way on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Thomistic school, while also incorporating insights from other approaches. Thus, it also engages with some speculative questions that have not received as much attention in other recent works of Mariology but that remain important for the correct understanding and elaboration of magisterial teachings. For example, it deals with the issue of the debitum peccati (“debt of sin”), which touches on how to connect the Immaculate Conception with the notion of redemption, and the question of precisely how Mary is involved in the conferral of graces.

Also in the series

The most important parts of this book are the chapters on the dogmas of the divine maternity, the immaculate conception, the perpetual virginity of Mary, and her assumption into heaven. There are also chapters on Mary’s holiness of life, her participation in Christ’s saving work, and Marian devotion in the life of the Church. The first appendix overviews the problem of what St. Thomas Aquinas taught about the Immaculate Conception, while the second discusses the magisterium’s current approach to private revelations and extraordinary phenomena.

Jesus Being Jesus

A Theological Interpretation of the Acts of the Apostles

Volume 1: Chapters 1–14

Thomas

G. Weinandy, OFM, Cap.

Weinandy turns his theological insights into an interpretation of the Acts of the Apostles

Luke was a Gentile and physician. Though not one of Jesus’ initial Jewish disciples, Luke was a traveling companion of Paul. As with the Old Testament and the Gospels, Luke provides the theological and ecclesial significance of the historical events he is narrating. In so doing, he accentuates what the risen and ascended Jesus is doing through the Holy Spirit by means of the nascent church, primarily through Peter and Paul. Although the book is entitled the Acts of the Apostles, the Holy Spirit is the primary actor throughout its entirety.

Luke is traditionally believed to be the author of both the third Gospel as well as the Acts of the Apostles. As Luke, in his Gospel, first wrote “an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, concerning the truth of the gospel,” so he now writes what has taken place after Jesus’ departure. Thus, the Acts of the Apostles is a continuation of a historical narrative. The Gospel contains what Jesus historically said and did until his Ascension into Heaven. Acts is the historical narrative of what followed upon Jesus’ ascension and the pouring out of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost that gave birth to the Church, and the first preaching of the Good News.

If in Luke’s gospel account one finds Jesus becoming Jesus through his saving actions which culminate in his death and resurrection, in the Acts of the Apostles, one finds the risen Jesus being Jesus through the preaching and actions of the apostolic church. Jesus continues to enact his name, YHWH-Saves. Such saving words and actions are particularly within the evangelistic ministry of Peter and Paul.

Thomas G. Weinandy, OFM, Cap., is a highly regarded theologian and scholar who has published widely in academic presses and journals.

“As with his earlier works in this series, I continue to find that the strength of Jesus Being Jesus lies in the unique position it occupies relative to other works on the Gospels and Acts. It is the work of a systematic theological endeavoring to tease out the doctrinal content revealed in Acts, not wading into the finer points of textual criticism on the one hand or interesting tangents into spiritual senses that the sacred author likely did not intend.”—Andreas Hoeck, St. John Vianney Seminary

6 x 9 318 Pages $34.95 November Paperback 978-0-8132-4021-3

Ebook 978-0-8132-4022-0

Also by Thomas G. Weinandy, OFM, Cap.

Joshua Byron Smith is associate professor of English at the University of Arkansas, where he teaches medieval languages and literature. He has been teaching Middle Welsh to undergraduates, graduate students, and independent learners for over a decade.

“Joshua Byron Smith makes a significant contribution in providing a useful coursebook which will be helpful for those learning Middle Welsh. Smith is clearly an expert in his subject and is drawing upon experience of teaching this language to students.” —David Callander, Cardiff University

6 x 9 434 Pages $39.95 December Paperback 978-0-8132-4003-9 Ebook 978-0-8132-4004-6

Introduction to Middle Welsh

Joshua Byron Smith

Offers a comprehensive introduction to Middle Welsh grammar, leading the student through sixty chapters of scaffolded exercises and readings

Introduction to Middle Welsh offers a comprehensive introduction to Middle Welsh grammar, leading the student through sixty chapters of carefully scaffolded exercises and readings. Written in an engaging style and aimed toward learners without any knowledge of Modern Welsh, this book guides students to a high intermediate level of proficiency with the language, focusing particularly on prose.

The first twenty chapters employ both original Middle Welsh sentences and simplified sentences based on originals, allowing learners to master basic grammatical concepts without being overwhelmed by vocabulary. New vocabulary is introduced at the end of each lesson, so that learners can complete the exercises and translation without looking up words in the glossary. The glossary, for its part, contains over 1,500 vocabulary items, which provides students with many of the most commonly used words in Middle Welsh literature. When available, useful etymologies are also provided, making connections to languages that students might already know. In addition to several hundred carefully chosen sentences for translation exercises, Introduction to Middle Welsh includes eighteen selections from literature, ranging from poetry to law, showing the variety of the Middle Welsh literary corpus.

Ideal for the classroom or self-taught learners, Introduction to Middle Welsh will appeal to those with an interest in Welsh, medieval literature, and Celtic studies.

A Thomistic Introduction to Modern Psychology

Leslie J. Kelley

Discover the theories and research of modern psychology through the lens of St. Thomas Aquinas

Modern psychology has garnered an abundance of data, but how do the discrete studies of psychology fit together into a clear picture of the human person. Chesterton quips, “. . . what is pompously called induction is simply collecting more of the data. And Aristotle or Aquinas, or anybody in his five wits, would of course agree that the conclusion could only be true if the premises were true; and that the more true premises there were the better.” A Thomistic philosophical framework can provide important insights into the meaning and value of modern psychological theories and research. Thomistic anthropology allows us to develop a holistic vision of the human person, avoiding the modern tendencies toward determinism and reductionism. St. Thomas provides clear direction regarding the role and purpose of man’s various powers, and using a Thomistic philosophical framework allows for objectivity in our understanding of human adaptive and dysfunctional behavior, and helps to specify the unique and unified roles of body and mind. The place of psychology, in relation to philosophy and the natural sciences has been unclear throughout psychology’s short history, and Thomistic distinctions can clarify the distinctive position of psychology. In addition to describing Thomistic anthropology as a framework for modern psychology, Leslie Kelly also demonstrates examples of evidence from the social sciences that supports the Thomistic view of the human person. And last of all, a Thomistic framework allows investigators of psychology to develop a teleological perspective, so as to see the results of modern research in relation to the final end of the human person. Whether you are academically seasoned or a beginner, you will enjoy this fresh take on modern psychology through the perspective of St. Thomas.

Leslie J. Kelley is associate professor of psychology at the University of Dallas.

“A tour de force of modern psychology. A useful reference for Christian psychologists or mental health practitioners who are looking for an account of psychology that includes sustained commentary on Aquinas.” —Warren Kinghorn, Duke University Medical Center

7 x 10 556 Pages $39.95 February Paperback 978-0-8132-3997-2 Ebook 978-0-8132-3998-9

Ida Friederike Görres (1901–1971) rose to prominence through her writings on saints and the Church, as well as her keen discernment of the zeitgeist. Father Joseph Ratzinger (later Pope Benedict XVI) delivered the eulogy at her funeral in Germany in 1971. Jennifer S. Bryson is a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, Washington, DC. Jonathan Bieler is assistant professor of patrology and systematic theology at Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage & Family at The Catholic University of America.

“Informative and inspirational, rather like a powerful and erudite sermon. It could bring about a major change in mindset for the reader who begins the book in disagreement with the doctrine of indissolubility, and for those who are more sympathetic to the author’s positions, it will strengthen the conviction with which they hold their beliefs. Despite their age, the essays are especially timely in light of the recent Synod on the Family and the post-synodal exhortation Amoris Laetitia.”—Timothy J. Cavanaugh, Diocese of Madison, WI

What Binds Marriage Forever

Ida Friederike Görres

Translated by Jennifer S. Bryson

Introduction by Jonathan Bieler

The first English translation of this important work on marriage and the family

What Binds Marriage Forever is a collection of texts written from 1956 to 1971 by Ida Friederike Görres, herself a married lay woman. Her main focus is the indissolubility of marriage.

In the Preface, Görres observes the emergence of a marriage crisis in the West. “Each passing day,” she writes, “the conversation about marriage grows in gravity and urgency.” She wrote this in 1956; she could have written this and the other parts of this book in 2023.

The centerpiece of the book is Chapter 1, written in 1971. She argues against Catholics who are trying to reframe marriage as a mere love-bond that ceases when love ceases. She mounts a defense of the Catholic teaching on marriage against her counterparts’ calls to allow divorce and remarriage. She exposes the central role modern individualism plays in their arguments. She demonstrates how their arguments are ahistorical, a recipe for relational instability, and harmful to those who suffer when their spouses are adulterous, especially when the adulterous spouse is cheered on for acting out of “love.” Her core argument is that what binds marriage forever is a combination of “covenant, law, and grace, that is, sacrament.”

Chapters 2 and 3 explore the topic of marriages between Catholics and baptized non-Catholics or non-Christians. Görres discusses the difficulties that such marriages can generate, not least of all the decision of which faith the children should be raised in.

Chapter 4 is an overview of the sacramentality of marriage. She explains how marriage relates to the indissoluble bond between God and creation and she explains how the three traditional goods of marriage (fidelity, sacrament, offspring) are reflected in the marriage liturgy.

4 x 7 158 Pages $24.95 November Paperback 978-0-8132-4039-8 Ebook 978-0-8132-4040-4

Knowing Jesus Christ

An Introduction to Christology Francis Selman

Provides a readable yet scholarly introduction to Christology in the Catholic tradition

Knowing Jesus Christ answers the call of John-Paul II, at the beginning of the new millennium, to contemplate the face of Christ. It covers all the main topics of Christology, taking a broadly historical approach to the doctrine of Christ.

After laying the foundation of the doctrine in Scripture with the first four of its twelve chapters, it then goes on in the middle four chapters to trace the formation of the Church’s doctrine of Christ first in the patristic age and then in its medieval continuation, especially at the hand of Thomas Aquinas, which built on the patristic sources. The doctrine in its medieval form provides the vital bridge between the early Church and the modern era.

The final four chapters discuss modern questions and present new approaches to Christology (for example, Rahner), beginning with the new impetus given by the Reformed tradition with its theology of the cross that gives the doctrine new relevance in an age, like our own, that has seen so much suffering through wars and oppression. The book ends with the writings of Benedict XVI, who proposed that we best discover who Christ is through his prayer as this has been recorded in the Gospels.

Knowing Jesus Christ has been written in an easily accessible style, so that it may both serve academic purposes and be read as a resource for one’s own meditation on the person and saving mysteries of Christ.

Francis Selman is retired from teaching at Allen Hall Seminary, London, and Maryvale Institute, Birmingham.

“Knowing Jesus Christ is uniquely significant in showing a way to hold together Scripture, the Catholic tradition, and contemporary theology by a learned use of primary and secondary sources. The use of sources from Scripture through contemporary is quite astounding—as well as quite humble. A notch above more popular introductions while not taking up technical issues. I know of no introductory text that fills in this middle ground so well historically.” —James Buckley, Loyola University Maryland

Paul Chandler, O. Carm. is an Australian Carmelite priest. Steven Payne, OCD, is Chair of Carmelite Studies, The Catholic University of America.

5 x 8 120 pages $29.95 February Paperback 978-0-8132-4019-0 Ebook 978-0-8132-4020-6

Telling the Truth

Titus Brandsma Among the Carmelite Martyrs of World War II

Paul Chandler, O. Carm.

Introduction by Steven Payne, OCD

STUDIES IN THE CARMELITE TRADITION

A powerful volume on Carmelite martyrs during World War II

Titus Brandsma is best known for courageously speaking out against the ideology of National Socialism and for defending the freedom of the Catholic press to refuse their propaganda. Indeed, it was his activities as a Catholic journalist and on behalf of Catholic journalism that placed him in the crosshairs of the Nazi authorities. But his imprisonment and eventual death in the concentration camp of Dachau was preceded by a notable academic career and a life of tireless service.

As Paul Chandler reveals in this ground-breaking volume, the torture and “experiments” that he suffered in the infirmary at Dachau included shocking examples of sexual abuse, according to the infirmary nurse who administered the fatal injection, whose eye-witness account previous biographers have glossed over. For the first time, Chandler provides an English translation of her complete testimony.

Additional material reminds us of other major Carmelite “witnesses to truth” during World War II, including St. Edith Stein (Teresa Benedicta of the Cross) and Père Jacques Bunel. All of them show that authentic Carmelite and Christian spirituality is not something abstract and ethereal, but has social consequences, and that mystical prayer must express itself in prophetic words and actions.

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Faith in the Furnace of Doubt

Dana Gioia’s Visionary Poetics

Joshua Hren

The first full-length, in-depth study of Dana Gioia’s poetry

Dana Gioia’s characters and verses cry from the depths, their faith tried—and purified—in the furnace of doubt. Enchanted by Gioia’s visionary poetics, the reader discovers that deep faithfulness comes only by way of the via negativa: profundity is preceded by privation; suffering is the school of sure hope; a lover who cannot conquer evil’s great absence has never—has he?—ever really loved.

Gioia’s poetry is an ideal site for thoughtful exposition of spiritual searching undertaken in a contemporary idiom. Faith in the Furnace of Doubt: Dana Gioia’s Visionary Poetics draws on the wisdom of St. Augustine and Søren Kierkegaard, René Girard and Jacques Maritain (all of whom Gioia cites as influences) to make intelligible the mystical unveilings and complex movements of faith and doubt that mark Gioia’s poems—from his early verse “The Burning Ladder” to his magnum opus in-progress “The Underworld.”

This first full-length, in-depth study of Gioia’s poetry grants extended interpretation of the meanings a Catholic vision makes manifest. Hren conducts a close reading of poems whose spiritual charges are better grasped when read by the lights of those theologians, philosophers, and poets who have—to paraphrase T.S. Eliot—raided the inarticulate: from Dante to St. Teresa of Avila, from Gerard Manley Hopkins to Nietzsche, from Dionysius the Areopagite to Dostoevsky, from St. John of the Cross to St. John Henry Newman. Gioia’s litanies take all comers to the frayed edges of belief—a cliff that extends over the limits of language, the abyss of unknowing. Maybe at its highest, under the muse of divine madness, poetry can coax us across to the Word, the Lord of language, the “choreographer / of entrances and exits” who speaks all the worries and wonders we’ve left—for all those “midnight / whispers traveling the wires”—unsaid.

Joshua Hren is co-founder of the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Program at the University of St. Thomas, Houston. He regularly publishes essays and poems in such journals as The Los Angeles Review of Books, First Things, America, Public Discourse, New Polity, The Hedgehog Review, Plough, Commonweal, National Review, The University Bookman, Religion and Literature, and LOGOS.

“Faith in the Furnace of Doubt will be the first important monograph devoted to literary criticism of the poetics and poetry of Dana Gioia, one of the greatest poets of our century. Convincing and helpful for a better understanding of how Gioia seeks spiritual truth or depicts the darkness and hell in the sense of Catholic literary imagination.”—John Zheng, Mississippi Valley State University.

5½ x 8½ 234 Pages $24.95 October Paperback 978-0-8132-3991-0 Ebook 978-0-8132-3992-7

Benjamin T. Peters is professor of religious studies at University of Saint Joseph, CT.

“Reintroduces Zahn as a model of personal and public responsibility as a Christian disciple, an American citizen, and a multi-disciplinary scholar. Catholic Pacifist makes clear Zahn’s life-long commitment to pacifism and nonviolence: both conscientious refusal of violence and military service and solidarity and a sense of shared responsibility for overcoming war and injustice. Indeed he was a major American and Catholic figure in moving understanding and action from pacifism to active nonviolence.”

—David J. O’Brien, College of the Holy Cross

6 x 9 318 pages $29.95 May

Paperback 978-0-8132-4009-1

Ebook 978-0-8132-4010-7

Catholic Pacifist

The Long and Lonely Quest of Gordon Zahn Benjamin T. Peters

The first book-length examination of the life and work of Gordon Zahn, one of the most significant and formative figures in the history of the US Catholic peace movement

A study of the life and work of Gordon Zahn (1918–2007), one of the most significant and formative figures in the history of the US Catholic peace movement. During World War II, Zahn was one of only a handful of US Catholic conscientious objectors, an experience that first put him in contact with Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker. Following the war, Zahn completed a PhD in sociology at The Catholic University of America where Paul Hanly Furfey’s “supernatural sociology” had a profound effect on him. After joining the faculty at Loyola University, Chicago, Zahn won a Fulbright year in Germany (1956–57) where he discovered the story of Franz Jägerstätter, the Austrian Catholic farmer, husband, and father who was beheaded by the Nazis in 1943 for refusing to participate in Hitler’s military. It was Zahn’s 1964 book In Solitary Witness that introduced Jägerstätter to an international audience and led to his beatification by Pope Benedict XVI in 2007. This work, along with Zahn’s several other books, secured his place as a leading intellectual in the Catholic peace movement. His work influenced the discussions of war and peace at the Second Vatican Council and he was enlisted as an expert witness during the drafting of the US Catholic Bishops’ pastoral letter on nuclear weapons, The Challenge of Peace (1983).

Zahn made one of the most intellectually developed cases in the US for “Catholic pacifism”—two terms that both Catholics and pacifists had long regarded as deeply incompatible. Forging a Catholic pacifist position led him to be far more perceptive and critical of US political and military institutions than most of his fellow US Catholics. Ultimately, Zahn saw the Catholic Church as the only institution capable of resisting, and support those who resist, modern warfare and the modern war-making state. His traditional view of the Church grounded his claim that Catholics can be pacifist and his further assertion that the Church should serve as a “source of dissent” for Catholics and others, especially during times of war. While marginalized within the broader US Catholic intellectual community, Zahn found common cause with other Catholic luminaries who are now seen to be ahead of their time, including Dorothy Day, Thomas Merton, and Daniel Berrigan.

Gordon Zahn’s story serves as a template for telling the broader story of the US Catholic peace movement and the development of Catholic attitudes on war and conscientious objection that took place within the twentieth century.

The Formation of Christendom

Christopher Dawson

Foreword by Joseph T. Stuart

WORKS OF CHRISTOPHER

DAWSON

The first of two volumes comprising essays Christopher Dawson delivered at Harvard University

Together with its sequel The Dividing of Christendom, this book was the fruit of the Harvard lectures that Christopher Dawson delivered as the first occupant of the Charles Chauncey Stillman Chair of Roman Catholic Studies from 1958–1962. Here, as in all his works, he sees religion as the dynamic element of culture.

This work traces the formation of Christian culture from its roots in the Judeo-Christian tradition through the rise and fall of medieval Christendom, and ends with an epilogue in which the author reflects on the defining characteristics of Christianity in general and the Catholic Church in particular.

In the introductory section of this work, Dawson highlights the importance of language in the origin and development of civilization. Christina Scott, the author’s daughter and first biographer, summarizes Dawson’s ideas on this point in her work A Historian and His World: “In the beginning was the word: language was the gateway to the human world and was the single factor that distinguished man from the animal kingdom.” Language, as Dawson wrote, “enables man to think, to create a new world of imagination and reason.”

In parts two and three Dawson traces the beginnings of Christian culture in the first centuries after Christ through to the decline of medieval unity. Some of the tantalizing chapter headings include The Christian and Jewish Idea of Revelation, The Foundation of Europe: The Monks of the West, The Carolingian Age, Feudal Europe and the Age of Anarchy, The Achievement of Medieval Thought, and East and West in the Middle Ages. The Formation of Christendom provides an excellent summary of Christopher Dawson’s view of the uniqueness and universality of the Catholic Church, as well as its fundamentally non-sectarian basis.

Also by Christopher Dawson

Christopher Dawson (1889–1970) was a British independent scholar, who wrote many books on cultural history and Christendom. Dawson has been called “the greatest English-speaking Catholic historian of the twentieth century.” Joseph T. Stuart serves as program chair of history, and as a Fellow of Catholic Studies at the University of Mary and is the author of Christopher Dawson: A Cultural Mind in the Age of the Great War (CUA Press).

Nelson H. Minnich is ordinary professor of church history at The Catholic University of America and editor of The Catholic Historical Review

CONTRIBUTORS

Robert Bireley, SJ, + Loyola University Chicago

Dame Averil Cameron, University of Oxford

Asuncion Lavrin, Arizona State University

Hugh McLeod, University of Birmingham

Leslie Tentler, The Catholic University of America

John Van Engen, University of Notre Dame

6 x 9 146 Pages $34.95 September

Paperback 978-0-8132-4011-4

Ebook 978-0-8132-4012-1

Journeys in Church History Volume 2

Essays from the Catholic Historical Review

Edited by Nelson H. Minnich

Further reflections from leading contemporary church historians

Journeys in Church History, Volume 2 offers further reflections from leading contemporary church historians, who describe in their own words how they have come to practice their craft. They trace their family and educational backgrounds, the themes that attracted their attention, the challenges they encountered in researching them, the new methodologies they adopted to answer questions, and the reception given to their findings. They also tell of their experiences in the classroom, both as students and teachers, the difficulties they encountered in their careers due to prejudices based on gender or religion, and how the discipline of church history has changed over their lifetimes. Their often entertaining accounts will serve to inform and inspire fellow historians, both young and old.

Featured in this collection are essays from scholars who study the church across the centuries. Dame Averil Cameron focused her work on religion in the Byzantine Empire. John Van Engen has been interested in lay religion in the Middle Ages and has studied the rise of the Modern Devotion with its Imitation of Christ and experiments in communal religious life. Robert Bireley, SJ, specialized on Jesuit confessors to Catholic rulers during the Thirty Years War and laid out how both the Catholic and Protestant churches tried to adjust to a changing world in the early modern period. Asuncion Lavrin has studied the role of women in the religious life of colonial Latin America. Hugh Mc Leod used sociological data to map how various Christian denominations fared in the industrialized world of modern Europe. And Leslie Tentler has traced the changes in American Catholicism, especially those related to the Second Vatican Council and the Church’s teaching on women and sex. Each scholar shares the difficulties he or she encountered in doing their research and how their findings were initially received.

This collection of essays is taken from the pages of The Catholic Historical Review, the official organ of the American Catholic Historical Association and the only scholarly journal under Catholic auspices in the English-speaking world devoted to the history of the Universal Church.

Divine Worship: Daily Office

North American Edition

Edited by Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter

Provides members and friends of the Ordinariate with a wonderful tool for deepening the spiritual bond we share with one another through the offering of a distinct form of prayer

“The Mystery of Christ, his Incarnation and Passover, which we celebrate in the Eucharist especially at the Sunday assembly, permeates and transfigures the time of each day through the celebration of the Liturgy of the Hours, the Divine Office.” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1174) As an exercise of the priestly office of Christ, this public prayer of the Church, undertaken by clergy and lay faithful alike, gives voice to the Bride of Christ addressing her Bridegroom. Indeed, “it is the very prayer which Christ himself together with his Body addresses to the Father.” (Sacrosanctum Concilium, 84)

From the Rubrical Directory of Divine Worship: Daily Office (North American Edition)

The publication of Divine Worship: Daily Office provides members and friends of the Ordinariate with a wonderful tool for deepening the spiritual bond we share with one another through the offering of a distinct form of prayer that incorporates elements drawn from the Anglican prayerbook tradition. The regular round of daily prayer has been a foundational element for many in the formation of the faith that led them into the full communion of the Catholic Church.

This book is intended not only for the private devotion of individuals, but also for the establishment of the daily offering of Morning and Evening Prayer in the parochial communities of the Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter as a recognizable feature of its life and ministry. The format of the North American Edition of the Daily Office lends itself to this purpose with its familiar layout and sturdy hardbound construction intended to withstand the wear-and-tear of congregational use and life in the pew racks.

5 x 8 668 pages $55.00 December Cloth 978-0-8132-4055-8

The Key to Natural Philosophy

Honorius Augustodunensis

Translated by Barbara Newman

FATHERS OF THE CHURCH MEDIAEVAL CONTINUATION SERIES, VOLUME 24

An important work of 12th century theology from an unjustly neglected figure

Honorius Augustodunensis (“of Regensburg”), born perhaps in the 1070s, was a native son of southern Germany or Austria who pursued his studies in England with St. Anselm of Canterbury. Under Anselm’s influence he became a Benedictine monk before returning to Germany in the opening years of the twelfth century. During his life-long monastic career he blossomed as a prolific writer. He died around 1140. The epithet “of Autun,” as a translation of “Augustodunensis,” was applied to him by scholars a century ago and earlier, but it has long been discredited, and the meaning of “Augustodunensis” remains a mystery. Although Honorius has been appropriately described as an enigmatic figure, his strong influence on Western theologians is widely recognized.

5 ¼ x 8 ¼ 344 Pages $49.95 November

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On Job Volume 2

St. Albert the Great

Translated by Franklin Harkins FATHERS OF THE CHURCH MEDIAEVAL

CONTINUATION SERIES, VOL 23

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Despite his large corpus, now known to consist of approximately thirty texts (but almost certainly more) Honorius Augustodunensis is the most unjustly neglected writer of the twelfth-century renaissance. Although he is best known as a popularizer, he also composed a major philosophical text, The Key to Natural Philosophy (Clavis physicae), ca. 1125–30. Taking the form of a dialogue between master and disciple, the Clavis is an abridged paraphrase of Eriugena’s Periphyseon, the most radical work of Neoplatonic thought in the time frame between pseudo-Dionysius and Meister Eckhart. Honorius treats such topics as the unknowability of God, apophatic and cataphatic theology, the primordial causes, the cosmological process of creation and return, human and angelic nature, the Fall, the four elements, and the findings of ancient astronomers. Although Eriugena was condemned for heresy in the thirteenth century, Honorius managed to escape that censure. The Key to Natural Philosophy thus became the chief conduit of the Carolingian philosopher’s thought in the later Middle Ages, influencing readers from Eckhart through Nicholas of Cusa.

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Commentary on the Songs of Songs

Rupert of Deutz

Translated by Jieon Kim and Vittorio Hosle FATHERS OF THE CHURCH MEDIAEVAL

CONTINUATION SERIES, VOL 22

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On the Formation of Clergy

Bl. Hrabanus Maurus

Translated by Owen M. Phelan

FATHERS OF THE CHURCH MEDIAEVAL

CONTINUATION SERIES, VOL 21

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Barbara Newman is professor of english, classics and history at Northwestern University.

Early Letters to Crown and Council for the Reformation of the Indies, 1516–1531

Primeras cartas a la Corona y al Consejo para la reforma de las Indias

Bartolomé de las Casas

Translated

by

Andrew Lars Wilson and David T. Orique, OP

For the first time in English, seven letters that detail de la Casas early intellectual pursuits

Bartolomé de las Casas began his transatlantic career in 1502. Experiences of conquest and penitential discipline led him to renounce his Indian slaves and holdings. He dedicated his life to reforming Spain’s colonial project, eventually joining the Dominicans, and later serving as bishop. His works are foundational for our understanding of early colonialism.

This volume’s seven letters—all but one in English for the first time—span the initial stage of his long career as “Protector of the Indians.” Las Casas harangues corrupt officials, denounces perverse incentives, and lays out detailed plans for Spain’s presence in the Americas. He calls for direct crown control with moral oversight by mendicant bishops, proposes alternatives to Indian labor, and demands restitution for stolen property. These letters led to legal changes in the Indies, influencing later Jesuit reducciones in the Río de la Plata and Franciscan missions in California. They also reveal an entrepreneurial Las Casas with moral reflection on early global trade and commerce.

A lively introduction and copious notes carefully situate Las Casas within broader trends, including Europe’s nascent religious reformations. These letters also bridge his dramatic entry into the Dominican Order, documenting his transformation from temporal reformer to eschatological prophet.

Students of theology, law, Christian mission, human rights, cultural and colonial history, and commerce, will find here rhetorical and theological treasures. While Las Casas is known chiefly for his polemical Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies , these earliest letters suggest a far broader intellectual biography.

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Bartolomé de las Casas (1484–1566) was a Spanish clergyman, writer, and activist best known for his work as an historian and social reformer. David T. Orique, OP, is the Director of Latin American and Latino/a Studies in the department of history at Providence College. Andrew Lars Wilson is assistant professor of Church History, Japan Lutheran College and Seminary.

6 x 9 334 Pages $85.00 February Cloth 978-0-8132-4043-5

Ebook 978-0-8132-4044-2

Writings on Grace

The Complete Écrits sur la grâce

Blaise Pascal

Translated with an essay by Paul J. Griffiths

Cloth $75.00 978-0-8132-3968-2

A Defense of Free Will Against Luther Assertionis Lutheranae Confutatio, Article 36

St. John Fisher

Translated by Thomas P. Scheck

Cloth $75.00 978-0-8132-3908-8

Jansenism

An International Anthology

Edited by Shaun Blanchard and Richard T. Yoder

Paper $34.95 978-0-8132-3836-4

Josyf Slipyj (1892–1984) was a Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and a cardinal of the Catholic Church. Iwan Dacko is President of the Institute of Ecumenical Studies of the Ukrainian Catholic University. Mariya Horyacha is an independent scholar.

“This autobiography is one of the most important documents in the area of Ukrainian Church history to appear in decades. I read the original, when it was first published, and couldn’t put it down. An absolutely fascinating work, and Iwan Dacko and Mariya Horyacha are to be commended for their work on the original edition!”

—Peter Galadza, Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies, University of St. Michael’s College

6 x 9 594 Pages $85.00 January Cloth 978-0-8132-4041-1

Ebook 978-0-8132-4042-8

A Witness of the Silent Church

The Memoirs of Ukrainian Cardinal Josyf Slipyj

Josyf Slipyj

Edited by Iwan Dacko and Mariya Horyacha

EASTERN CATHOLIC STUDIES AND TEXTS

The powerful memoirs of Cardinal Josyf Slipyj

A Witness of the Silent Church is a first-hand personal witness to the life of one of the outstanding religious leaders in the Catholic Church and the confessor of faith. It presents the autobiography of Cardinal Josyf Slipyj (1892-1984), who served as a head of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church in the period of the Soviet regime (1944-1984) and led his Church through the difficult period of catacombs and persecutions.

This memoir traces the trajectory and main events of Slipyj’s life and sheds light on his personality and inner world of his thoughts and intentions. They cover his childhood and formation period, his pastoral and scholarly ministry in the Church, as well as his suffering in prisons, camps, and exile until his liberation in 1963. Slipyj’s life story appears as a backdrop where the entire epoch unfolds. A Witness of the Silent Church is supplied with extensive commentaries and annotations that provide important insights into the religious life of Ukraine of this period. The introduction to Slipyj’s autobiography presents the complicated textual history of the manuscript, its historical value and prepares a reader for the historically-contextualized reading of these memoirs. Slipyj’s autobiography is supplemented with the two studies, which complete Slipyj’s unfinished narrative, elucidating the circumstances of Slipyj’s release from the Gulag and his activity in Rome during the last twenty years of his life (1963-1984) as well as the events following his death: such as Slipyj’s rehabilitation and the glorious return of his relics to the homeland. The book includes appendices with valuable historical documents related to the activity of Cardinal Josyf Slipyj as a witness of the silent Church of the martyrs.

This book is intended for scholars, church historians, and all readers interested in the history of Catholic Church, Christian testimony of faith and the biographies of twentieth-century martyrs and confessors.

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Selected Works of Abbot Suger of Saint-Denis

The Letters and Charters

Abbot Suger

Translated by Richard Cusimano, Eric Whitmore, and Michael Bardot

Uncover the far-reaching influence of Abbot Suger of Saint-Denis by exploring his letters and charters, which reveal his pivotal role in shaping 12th-century French politics, church affairs, and foreign policy

Abbot Suger of Saint-Denis was a pivotal figure in 12th-century France, leaving a lasting impact through his multifaceted roles. His dedication to his abbey of Saint-Denis, wise counsel to kings, mediation of church disputes, and involvement in the Crusades solidify his legacy. His letters and charters offer invaluable insights into the political, religious, and economic landscape of the era, particularly during the Capetian dynasty’s formative years. Suger’s letters, often addressed to powerful figures, reveal his adept political maneuvering. They document his efforts to consolidate royal authority, maintain peace, and defend the abbey’s interests. These writings illuminate medieval diplomacy and the Church’s influence on secular affairs. Suger served as a trusted advisor to Kings Louis VI and Louis VII, even acting as regent during the latter’s absence on the Second Crusade. He skillfully resolved conflicts among ecclesiastical figures, bolstering royal authority and promoting church unity. Suger’s charters meticulously detail the abbey’s landholdings, privileges, and administrative practices, reflecting his commitment to restoring its wealth and prestige and protecting the abbey’s lands from encroachment. These documents also provide crucial information about the economic and social conditions of 12th-century France, a pivotal period in the development of the French monarchy.

Richard Cusimano (1939–2024) was professor emeritus at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Eric Whitmore is a retired adjunct professor of history at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Michael Bardot is professor of history at Maryville University.

5 ½ x 8 ½ 312 Pages $85.00 October Cloth 978-0-8132-3995-8 Ebook 978-0-8132-3996-5

Also by the authors

William H. Marshner is emeritus professor of theology, Christendom College. Domenic D’Ettore is the author of Analogy After Aquinas: Logical Problems, Thomistic Answers (CUA Press).

“This translation of Cajetan’s commentary on the De Ente is certainly a worthy project. This is because the De Ente et Essentia is a metaphysical masterpiece by Aquinas, and Cajetan is an important figure in the commentary tradition.”—Gaven Kerr, St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth

6 x 9 472 pages $85.00 January Cloth 978-0-8132-4015-2 Ebook 978-0-8132-4016-9

On “A Being” and “An Essence” (De ente et essentia)

With the Commentary of Cardinal Cajetan

Thomas Aquinas and Thomas de Vio Cajetan

Introduction by Domenic D’Ettore

Translated by William H. Marshner

New English translation of Cajetan’s writings on Aquinas

The In De Ente et Essentia is a polemical work of a brilliant young Dominican professor, Thomas de Vio Cajetan (1469–1534), eager to defend the philosophical legacy of Thomas Aquinas. Drawing from the full range of St. Thomas’s writings, the work offers a coherent Thomistic metaphysical theory set against the rival Scotist and Averroist positions defended at Italian Universities in the 1490s. This new English translation is an invitation to philosophers and historians to re-engage with Cajetan, with his 15th Century rivals, and, of course, with Thomas Aquinas himself. It is also a challenge and inspiration to do metaphysics through dialectical engagement with the greatest rival theories of our own time and place.

Also by William H. Marshner

Exploring the Nature of Law

Thomistic

Juridical

Realism and the Elements of Law’s Ontology

Petar Popović

Foreword

by Kevin C. Walsh

Explores the nature of law and identifies its essential properties from the viewpoint of Thomistic legal theory

Exploring the Nature of Law belongs to the legal-philosophical field dedicated to the study of the very nature of law, that is, to the most basic or abstract part of the philosophy of law, which is sometimes referred to as “the philosophy of philosophy of law” or “general jurisprudence.”

The scope of the book is to explore the essential features of law’s nature, namely, all those realities that pertain to law’s essence, the properties that make law into what it is. Despite the fact of plurality of legal-philosophical conceptions of law circulating in legal theory today, the book is optimistic about the very prospect of exploring the nature of law. It maintains that law has an essence and that it is possible to explore and describe this unique essence in an intelligible and reasonably detailed fashion, by identifying the basic elements of law’s ontology.

Petar Popović advances the claim that Aquinas’s account of legal ontology denotes the most accurate understanding of the phenomenon that we call “law”—which the Angelic Doctor referred to as ius , constituted as such on the basis of the various manifestations of lex. Aquinas’s approach to understanding law’s nature that can be labeled “Thomistic juridical realism” and it may be categorized as a version of a natural-law theory of law. The book argues that a contemporary reading of Aquinas may indeed fruitfully contribute to an improved understanding of our present-day legal-philosophical analyses and discussions on the nature of law.

Also by Petar Popović

Petar Popović is associate professor of canon law at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome, co-editor of The Concept of Ius and the Nature of Law in Thomas Aquinas and the author of Natural Law and Thomistic Juridical Realism: Prospects for a Dialogue with Contemporary Legal Theory (both CUA Press). Kevin C. Walsh is Knights of Columbus Professor of Law and the Catholic Tradition at Columbus Law School, The Catholic University of America.

“The author is the rare scholar who is fluent in both the Anglo-analytic and European traditions of legal philosophy. It is surely a significant scholarly contribution to bring the two traditions into such close contact as the author brings them here.”

—Gerard Bradley, University of Notre Dame

5 ½ x 8 ½ 238 Pages $85.00 October Cloth 978-0-8132-4023-7 Ebook 978-0-8132-4024-4

6 x 9 296 pages $85.00 December Cloth 978-0-8132-4029-9

Ebook 978-0-8132-4030-5

An Exemplar of the True

The Tabernacle and the Architecture of Medieval Theology

Allison Zbicz Michael

TEXTS AND STUDIES IN HIGH MEDIEVAL SCHOLASTIC THOUGHT

For a diverse cohort of twelfth-century theologians, the Exodus Tabernacle provided a biblical foundation for their explorations of theological method

Scholarly academics, cloistered monks, and high-ranking prelates once found abundantly fertile material for theological reflection in the Exodus descriptions of Tabernacle and the Ark of the Covenant. Where traditional scholarly accounts of the rise of scholasticism tend to focus almost entirely on the incorporation of Aristotelian thought and the legacy of Peter Lombard’s sententiae, attention to these works illuminates some of the deeply biblical roots of scholastic patterns of thought. The Tabernacle often appealed to these early interpreters because it provided a valuable source for exploring the structural patterns embedded in creation.

The first part of An Exemplar of the True examines the works of four major twelfth-century figures on this popular interpretive theme. Richard of St. Victor, Stephen Langton, Peter of Poitiers, and Adam of Dryburgh each share the conviction that the details of the Tabernacle’s material structure reflect the structures of immaterial truths. The second part of the book shows the rich inheritance of this tradition, as received by Saint Bonaventure and Saint Thomas Aquinas.

Also in the series

Allison Zbicz Michael serves at St. Francis Church, Potomac, Maryland.

Poetry and Politics in the Play

Sir Thomas More

L. Joseph Hebert

The first book to offer a comprehensive reading of the political and philosophical currents informing Sir Thomas More, a mysterious Elizabethan manuscript

If ever a play had something to say about the art of statesmanship, that play is Sir Thomas More . Its origins and authorship shrouded in mystery, the manuscript was likely written and revised between 1593 and 1604. This carefully crafted and dramatically compelling work pays tribute to a man eminent in philosophy and literature as well as politics, whose brilliant career and violent death revolved around controversies relevant to the turbulent transformations of the Tudor age, and to the subsequent development of modern government and society.

Known then and now as “a man for all seasons,” More was an accomplished poet, rhetorician, lawyer, diplomat, member of parliament and speaker of the House of Commons, a legal and political advisor to the city of London and King Henry VIII, and finally Chancellor of England. Having established a reputation for moral integrity, fervent piety, and vigorous opposition to both corruption and misguided attempts at reform, More saw his public career come to an abrupt end when he refused to recognize Henry as head of the English Church. In the generations that followed his trial and execution for “high treason,” More was hailed by many as a man of wisdom, courage, and good faith—indeed, as “a blessed and happy martyr,”—even as the regime whose foundations he opposed continued to insist upon his error, guilt, and folly.

Under the watchful eye of an Elizabethan censor, Sir Thomas More explores questions of profound philosophic and historic significance—questions that remained politically explosive at the time, and that continue to divide authors and audiences today. This book is the first to offer a comprehensive reading of the political and philosophical currents informing the play, including scene by scene summaries of the drama and clarifying synopses of sources referenced in the commentary.

L. Joseph Hebert is professor and chair of the department of political science and leadership studies, St. Ambrose University.

“Hebert’s significant contribution lies in his grasp of the play’s political meaning, which he construes largely in terms of political philosophy. He is well versed in important primary texts that serve his argument, as well as in More’s own writings. His attention to the play’s allusions to classical literature is often fruitful.” —Lee Oser, author of Christian Humanism in Shakespeare: A Study in Religion and Literature

6 x 9 218 pages $85.00 December Cloth 978-0-8132-4017-6 Ebook 978-0-8132-4018-3

Serge-Thomas Bonino, OP, is Dean of Philosophy at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas (Angelicum) in Rome, and the author of Reading the Song of Songs with St. Thomas Aquinas and Angels and Demons: A Catholic Introduction (both CUA Press). Joshua H. Lim is assistant professor in Thomistic Studies in the department of Theology at the University of Notre Dame.

“This book is noteworthy in that its method is both historical and analytical. In this (as the author suggests in his ‘Preface to the English Translation’) it brings together the strengths of both the analytic interests of ‘anglo-saxon philosophical culture’ and the historical perspective of ‘French-speaking Thomism.’ The scholarship is rock solid. The breadth and depth of sources employed is astounding. All are impeccably documented.”—Michael Dodds, OP, author of The One Creator God in Thomas Aquinas and Contemporary Theology (CUA Press).

6 x 9 972 pages $85.00 February Cloth 978-0-8132-3999-6 Ebook 978-0-8132-4000-8

God, He Who Is

De Deo ut uno

Serge-Thomas Bonino, OP

Translated by Joshua H. Lim

THOMISTIC RESSOURCEMENT SERIES

The most complete current presentation of the theological treatise on God, based on Aquinas

“What is God?” asked Thomas Aquinas as a child. Contemplation of the mystery of God, in the light of reason enlightened by faith, is the heart of the theological enterprise. It is based on the Revelation that God has made of himself in the history of salvation and, in order to foster the understanding of faith, it assumes the best of metaphysical reflection, since the saving God revealed in Jesus Christ is not another God than the Creator of heaven and earth, the subsisting Being, the First Cause of all being.

God, He Who Is deals with a first “part” of the mystery of God: God contemplated in the unity of the essence common to the three persons of the Holy Trinity. It explores the ways of our knowledge (section 1) and presents the theological question of his existence (section 2). It then sets out the perfections of God’s very being (simplicity, goodness, infinity, eternity) (section 3) and, after a critical review of the value of theoretical knowledge and language (section 4), presents the principles of his action (knowledge, will, omnipotence) (section 5).

God, He Who Is is a continuation of the treatises De Deo ut uno , which, in the form of a systematic, historical and doctrinal commentary on questions 2–26 of the Prima pars of the Summa Theologiae of Saint Thomas Aquinas, have succeeded one another throughout the history of the Thomist tradition. Its aim is to update a theology treatise that is unjustly neglected today and to offer teachers and students a solid and informed manual on this fundamental subject.

Also in the series

God Is Love

Thomas Aquinas on the Being and Action of the Holy Spirit

Michael D. Torre

Ten essays on diverse aspects of Thomas’s doctrine on the Holy Spirit, together with a long “excursus” on his doctrine on grace and free will

God is Love dedicates three essays each to three different theological problems regarding the Holy Spirit: In God and for Us (The “Filioque” and “Uncreated Grace”); Thomas’s Understanding (Not His Commentators) of the Relation between nature and sanctifying grace; and our ability (and that of the angels at their creation) in fact to resist God’s grace and thus be the first cause of sin. This later problem is developed in an “excursus” on the way God moves the free will, one that takes into consideration much recent work on this issue and situates the essays’ position in relation to it. The book ends with a brief epilogue on the credibility of God, again giving Thomas’s account of this.

The principal aim throughout is to understand the doctrine of Thomas Aquinas. It places his views in relation to three audiences: chiefly to the orthodox regarding the first issue; to Catholics in relation to the second; and to Protestants in relation to the third. Thus, its second aim is to join ecumenical debate about these matters. The essays were mostly written to be delivered orally, to an informed audience of philosophers and theologians., but one that consisted of generalists and serious students of Thomas, as well as of professional philosophers and theologians. All three of the debated issues discussed have generated an enormous amount of disagreement and debate, not a little of it being quite technical. Thus, each issue would easily require a long and significant book to be addressed as it deserves. The essays do not do this, but they do indicate what Torre holds is the directive line of Thomas’s thought that deserves to be defended and developed in each case, and, in each case, this line is held to be markedly different than many have thought it to be.

Michael D. Torre is associate professor of philosophy at the University of San Francisco and the author of Do Not Resist the Spirit’s Call: Francisco Marin-Sola on Sufficient Grace (CUA Press).

“God is Love is lucid, rational, and argumentative in the best sense of the word.”—Richard Schenk, OP, author of Revelations of Humanity: Anthropological Dimensions of Theological Controversies (CUA Press)

6 x 9 454 pages $85.00 December Cloth 978-0-8132-3989-7 Ebook 978-0-8132-3990-3

Also by Michael D. Torre

Sean Brennan is a professor of history at the University of Scranton, the author of The Priest Who Put Europe Back Together: The Life of Father Fabian Flynn, CP and the translator of The KGB and the Vatican: Secrets of the Mitrokhin Files (all CUA Press). Stephanie A. Longo is a professor of corporate communication at Pennsylvania State University—Scranton.

6 x 9 304 pages $29.95 March Paper 978-1-949822-56-4 Ebook 978-1-949822-57-1

Two Years in the Pontifical Zouaves

A Narrative of Travel, Residence, and Experience in the Roman States

Joseph Powell

Translated by Sean Brennan and Stephanie A. Longo

CATHOLIC EDUCATION PRESS

The memoirs of an English Catholic who ventured to the newly formed Kingdom of Italy to defend the Pope and his domains from the Italian Army

Following the formation of the kingdom of Italy in 1860, the new Italian government, led by its King, Victor Emmanuel II, turned its attention to the city it intended to make its capital, the Eternal City, Caput Mundi , Rome. One major obstacle stood in their path, the Papal States, under the leadership of Pius IX and under the protection of French soldiers sent by Emperor Napoleon III. For the Italian nationalist leader Giuseppe Garibaldi, a ferocious anticlerical who had an uneasy alliance with the monarchial Italian government, the Papacy would no longer be allowed to hold back Italy’s progress into the modern world. As French commitments to preserve the independence of the Vatican waned, it increasingly fell to one of the most remarkable military units in the history of modern Europe to protect the center of Western Christendom. This unit was the Papal Zouaves, soldiers and officers from all over the world drawn by their Catholic faith to fight on behalf of the Pope against an Italian government which was ruthless in enforcing its authority. They came from as near as Switzerland and Belgium and as far away as Canada and China. This is the memoir of one of them, an Englishmen named Joseph Powell. His story is a chronicle of one of the most tragic clashes of church and state, and how ancient institutions fought to protect their existence against the ruthless waves of modernity.

Truth on Trial

The Rise and Fall of the Integrated Humanities Program at the University of Kansas

Robert K. Carlson

Foreword by Bishop James D. Conley

CATHOLIC EDUCATION PRESS

A reprint of this classic and timely work on Catholic education

In this reprinting of Truth on Trial, Robert Carlson outlines the sad state of higher education in America, where “learning” is increasingly disconnected from the pursuit of truth, goodness, and beauty that has always been its most important heritage, replaced by an environment where any view that is not ‘politically correct’ is persecuted and disdained. Drawing upon his own experiences in the transformational Integrated Humanities Program (IHP) at the University of Kansas (KU), Carlson details the crisis that faces education today, and uses the lessons learned through that program’s meteoric rise (and eventual demise) to propose a solution to that same crisis.

In the years since its untimely demise on the KU campus, its impact on the world of Catholic education has only grown stronger—the fruitfulness of its alumni and friends serving as the ultimate proof of its vision’s great worth. Since the program’s closing in 1979, it has inspired the founding of both Clear Creek Abbey and Wyoming Catholic College, as well as St. Gregory’s Academy in Pennsylvania (which eventually led to Gregory the Great Academy), and St. Martin’s Academy in Kansas. Perhaps most tellingly of all, its clear call to make wonder, beauty, and experience vital parts of any educational program has impacted countless homeschooling families, private and public school teachers, and educational programs in the subsequent years.

Robert K. Carlson helped found Wyoming Catholic College and served as the College’s Academic Dean. He taught philosophy and literature for 29 years at Casper College in Casper, Wyoming. Bishop James D. Conley is Bishop of the Diocese of Lincoln, NE.

6 x 9 230 pages $34.95 November Paper 978-1-949822-58-8 Ebook 978-1-949822-59-5

Recent Adeodatus series on catholic education and culture titles

Margaret G. Walsh is an Education Therapist, with a decade of experience working in education intervention for dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia and other learning disabilities. She is the founder of Secret Garden Educational Pathways, an organization that partners with Catholic schools to provide early literacy intervention for students. Jeffrey S. Lehman is professor of theology and philosophy at The Augustine Institute.

6 x 9 172 pages $29.95 January Paper 978-1-949822-52-6 Ebook 978-1-949822-53-3

A Catholic Approach to Literacy for Struggling Students

Connecting Philosophy and Practice

Margaret G. Walsh

Foreword by Jeffrey S. Lehman

CATHOLIC EDUCATION PRESS

Discover the connection between developing literacy skills and Christian anthropology, especially for students who struggle

Discover effective literacy methods that align with a Christian anthropological view of the human person, as described by Aquinas and Aristotle and joined to research-based strategies. Through this work you will learn the most important pieces to building the skills needed for literacy acquisition. The aim of this book is to provide parents and educators with the foundational understanding of how a person learns to read in order to equip them with the tools needed to effectively implement a full reading curriculum. Included are intervention methods that can be used in conjunction with reading curriculum to improve reading outcomes for students who struggle.

The principles used in this book are research-based intervention methods that are blended with models of human development set out by Aristotle and St Thomas Aquinas. In the Summa Theologiae, St Thomas Aquinas writes about the faculties of the soul, relying on the foundational work of Aristotle in the De Anima. In Aquinas’ description of the powers of the soul, he outlines the way in which man comes to know, through the systematic use of his senses, imagination, memory, cogitative powers and finally his intellect and will. Effective intervention methods, as outlined in this work, align with the process Aquinas outlines. Understanding effective intervention strategies in light of the bigger picture of who man is and what he is made for, elevates learning and puts the development of literacy in a holistic perspective.

The Colosseum Book of Contemporary Narrative Verse

Sunil Iyengar

FRANCISCAN UNIVERSITY PRESS

Reestablishes the vital relationship of narrative verse to a contemporary readership of poetry

Narrative verse, or poems that tell a story, has existed for millennia, yet the mode of writing has been neglected by literary publishers, editors, and critics in our own time. This anthology reestablishes the vital relationship of narrative verse to a contemporary readership of poetry. It presents a wide range of specimens from twenty-eight poets who were born since World War II and who published their narrative poems over the past fifty years.

Featured poets include Rita Dove, Christian Wiman, Alberto Rios, A. E. Stallings, Bob Dylan, Daniel Mark Epstein, David Mason, Mary Jo Salter, and Dana Gioia, and other exemplary practitioners of the form. In these poems, character, plot, and dialogue turn up as readily as in prose fiction. As John Dryden wrote of Chaucer’s works, “Here is God’s plenty.” Anecdote, fable, myth, biography, thriller, Western, ghost story—these are among the many different genres of tale collected by poet-critic Sunil Iyengar, who introduces each poet and the anthology itself.

Sunil Iyengar is an independent scholar.

6 x 9 306 pages $35.00 September Paper 979-8-89372-119-5

Sarah Klitenic Wear is a professor of classics at Franciscan University of Steubenville. Carl Séan O’Brien is a lecturer at the Irish Dominican House of Studies, Dublin.

6 x 9 472 pages $65.00 November Cloth 979-8-89372-118-8

CONTRIBUTORS:

George Boys-Stones, University of Toronto

Stephen R. L. Clark, University of Liverpool

Kevin Corrigan, Emory University

John M. Dillon, Trinity College Dublin

John F. Finamore, University of Iowa

Lloyd P. Gerson, University of Toronto

Roberto Granieri, Roma Tre University

Jonathan Greig, Humboldt University, Berlin

Aaron P. Johnson, Lee University

Benedetto Neola, Leiden University, Netherlands

Platonic Principles

Essays in Honor of Lloyd Gerson

Edited by Carl Séan O’Brien and Sarah Klitenic Wear

FRANCISCAN UNIVERSITY PRESS

A Festschrift in honor of Lloyd Gerson’s remarkable contribution to Platonic scholarship

In a series of specially commissioned essays, an international team of scholars examine both Platonism’s metaphysical principles (the One or the Form of the Good and the Indefinite Dyad: the principles that account for unity and multiplicity) and the tradition’s role as a source for ethical and political principles. In honor of Lloyd Gerson’s remarkable contribution to Platonic scholarship, the full breadth of the tradition has been explored: from Plato’s own manipulation of the wisdom that preceded him via his students in the Old Academy, Speusippus and Aristotle, and on to the Middle Platonic (Alcinous) and Neoplatonic (Plotinus, Proclus, Damascius) phases. An extensive section on Christian Platonism examines the Platonic appropriations of Cyril of Alexandria, as well as the great mediator of Plato in the Latin West, Marsilio Ficino, while the volume traces the influence of Platonic principles up to Heidegger. Key topics in this volume include time and eternity, the origin of evil, the planetary orbits, the status of nature, and theurgy. This Festschrift includes Gerson’s intellectual autobiography in the light of Platonic principles, particularly as a justification for libertarianism.

Recent Franciscan University Press titles

Carl Séan O’Brien, Irish Dominican House of Studies

Rachel O’Keefe, University of Toronto

Eric D. Perl, Loyola-Marymount University

Svetla Slaveva-Griffin, Florida State University

Harold Tarrant, University of Newcastle

Gerd Van Riel, Leuven Institute of Philosophy

Denis J.-J. Robichaud, University of Notre Dame

Sarah Klitenic Wear, Franciscan University of Steubenville

SoulStrife

The Psychomachia of Aurelius Prudentius Clemens

Translated by William Levitan

Introduction by Sara Ahbel-Rappe

FRANCISCAN UNIVERSITY PRESS

A famous 5th century poem newly translated for a contemporary English audience

For well over a thousand years, from its composition in the early fifth century, the Psychomachia, the great allegory of moral strife within the divided soul by Latin poet Prudentius, remained a fountainhead of poetic and artistic inspiration—Dante, Chaucer, Spenser, and Milton all were touched and deeply influenced by it; countless images from wall paintings, manuscripts, sculptures, and stained glass reflected its scenes of violent struggle between personified virtues and vices.

In a lucid and fast-moving English translation, SoulStrife makes this poem available to a contemporary audience. The text is generously annotated and accompanied by more than fifty illustrations from manuscripts dating from the ninth through the thirteenth centuries. An introduction by Sara Ahbel-Rappe details the poem’s context in the great inward turn of Christianity and the Hesychast movement of the late fourth century that set inner peace and the stillness of prayer in the foreground of human endeavors.

William Levitan is professor emeritus of classics at Grand Valley State University and a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome. Sara Ahbel-Rappe is professor of Greek and Latin at the University of Michigan

9 x 10 168 pages $35.00 October Cloth 979-8-89372-110-2

Heather M. Erb is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania and teaches the Great Books in the Ignatius-Angelicum Liberal Studies Program at Angelicum Academy.

6 x 9 400 pages $39.95 August Paperback 978-0-997220-5-68

Thomism and Tradition

From Rivulets to the Fountain’s Source

Edited by Heather M. Erb

AMERICAN MARITAIN ASSOCIATION

Tracks high points in the continued conversation between followers of St. Thomas and Jacques Maritain

Jacques Maritain, in The Angelic Doctor (1930), emphasized the need for a “living Thomism” that “will enter into the life of the age and work for the good of the world”; a philosophy which passes on the stability of “spirituality and life,” “nontemporal values; eternal acquisitions.” As a celebrated disciple of St. Thomas Aquinas, Maritain gathered a rich and fertile harvest which was the fruit of original insight and an extension, reconciliation, and correction of various intellectual traditions.

This collection of essays continues what Maritain knew as the exchange between the Church, who commissioned St. Thomas to speak to the intellect, and the intellect, which is urged to go and listen to St. Thomas. It is neither a documentary of schools of Thomism nor a comprehensive survey of competing traditions. Rather, it tracks some high points in the continued conversation within the tradition of Thomism, between followers of St. Thomas and Maritain. Maritain predicted that because the Angelic Doctor “pushed his philosophic inquiry into the reasons and principles of things,” the seeds of truth would be unfolded by later masters with a “goodly yield.” Contributions of this volume will resemble the cascading beauty of a living fountain, abundant and fresh, and drawn back to its source.

Contributors include: James D. Capehart, John J. Conley, SJ, Travis Dumsday, Francis Feingold, James G. Hanink, Anne Frances Ai Le, OP, Matthew Levering, Christopher Lutz, Matthew Minerd, Mark Moes, Christopher L. Ragusa, Hannah Woldum Ragusa, Alice M. Ramos, Thomas Rourke, Denis A. Scrandis, Marco Stango, Michael Durham Torre, and Kelsey Tuning.

Recent American Maritain Association titles

Building a House of Living Stones

Essays in Honor of Joseph

P. Chinnichi, OFM,

Friar and Historian

Edited by Michael Blastic, OFM, Jeffrey M. Burns, and William J. Short, OFM

ACADEMY OF AMERICAN FRANCISCAN HISTORY

A collection of essays showcasing the great respect, love and admiration for Joseph P. Chinnici

Joseph P. Chinnici, OFM, is one of the leading lights in the study of US Catholic history, having recently completed his magisterial study, American Catholicism Transformed: From the Cold War through the Council. Chinnici’s scholarship is not limited to the field of US Catholicism; rather he has played a major role in the retrieval of the intellectual tradition inspired by St. Francis of Assisi, serving as General Editor of The Franciscan Heritage Series and helping to found the Commission on the Franciscan Intellectual Tradition. Beyond his scholarship Joe has served as Provincial Minister of the St. Barbara Province of Franciscans at a critical time in their history—the onset of the sexual abuse crisis that involved the Franciscan minor seminary. Joe’s response of honesty, transparency, and compassion set a standard for the Church, one that has only rarely been followed. He reflected on this crisis in light of his Franciscan heritage in his ground-breaking work, When Values Collide: The Catholic Church, Sexual Abuse, and the Challenges of Leadership.

Building a House of Living Stones invites eleven noted scholars to contribute to this Festschrift on the occasion of Joe’s eightieth birthday. We have divided the volume into three areas, reflecting the areas of Joe’s greatest academic contributions: 1) the Franciscan Intellectual Tradition; 2) the sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church; and 3) United States Catholic History.

Recent Academy of American Franciscan History titles

James P. McCartin, Fordham University

James M. O’Toole, Boston College

William L. Portier, University of Dayton

William Short, OFM, Franciscan School of Theology

Leslie Woodcock Tentler, The Catholic University of America

Michael Blastic, OFM, (1950–2024) was professor at the Franciscan School of Theology. Jeffrey M. Burns is the Director of the Academy of American Franciscan History. William J. Short, OFM is the Director of the International Center for Franciscan Studies & Research at the Collegio S. Isidoro in Rome.

6 x 9 196 pages $30.00 August Paper 978-0-88382-253-1

CONTRIBUTORS:

Steven M. Avella, Marquette University

Jeffrey M. Burns, Franciscan School of Theology

Margaret Carney OSF, STD, Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities.

Angelyn Dries, OSF, Saint Louis University

Mary Beth Ingham, CSJ, Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange, California

Mary E. Lyons, President Emerita of the University of San Diego

Christopher Cimorelli is Director of the National Institute for Newman Studies, Editor of the Newman Studies Journal. Elizabeth Huddleston is Head of Research and Publications, National Institute for Newman Studies and Associate Editor, Newman Studies Journal. Kenneth L. Parker is Ryan Endowed Chair for Newman Studies and Professor of Historical Theology at Duquesne University, and Senior Editor of the Newman Studies Journal at the National Institute for Newman Studies

6 x 9 350 pages $85.00 February Cloth: 979-8-9906211-2-1 Ebook: 979-8-9906211-3-8

Scholar, Sage, Saint

The Legacy of John Henry Newman

Edited by Christopher Cimorelli, Elizabeth A. Huddleston, and Kenneth L. Parker

NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR NEWMAN STUDIES

An edited collection looking at the legacy of John Henry Newman from a number of different lenses

The canonization of John Henry Newman in October 2019 has increased public and academic interest in him. A controversial figure during his own lifetime, John Henry Newman’s legacy remains contested by scholars. This volume explores John Henry Newman as

A Scholar: Newman influenced the academic landscape during his lifetime through his time at Oriel, his academic foundations, and his published works.

A Sage: Newman gained a reputation for providing reliable and wise advice early in his career, which remained even after his reception into the Roman Church in 1845.

A Saint: Newman studied the lives of the saints and recommended them as exemplars of Christian behavior. Newman’s work and life invites discussion on the relationship between sanctity and saintliness.

Recent National Institute for Newman Studies title

North and South

On Polish Politics, History and Culture

Edited by Marek A. Cichocki

Translated by Charles S. Kraszewski

SAINT NICHOLAS FOUNDATION

An original and refreshing way of viewing the place of Poland’s place in historical and contemporary politics

Marek A. Cichocki is a Polish philosopher and political scientist, professor at Collegium Civitas in Warsaw. He deals mainly with the history of political ideas, especially conservative thought and its contemporary reception, as well as current socio-political issues, including international relations, especially Polish-German relations. In North and South: On Polish Politics, History and Culture Cichocki discusses Poland’s role in the past and its potential today and in the future as a country placed between the Roman South and barbarian North. This original and refreshing way of viewing the place of Poland in historical and contemporary politics opens new perspectives of understanding Europe and its cultural and political heritage.

Marek A. Cichocki is a professor at the College of Europe in Natolin and Professor for International Relations at the Collegium Civitas in Warsaw. Charles S. Kraszewski is a Polish-American professor, Slavicist, and English translator from Polish, Czech, Slovak, Greek, and Latin; and translator from English into Polish.

5 ½ x 8 ½ 344 pages $25.00 August Paperback 978-83-67065-62-7 Ebook 978-83-67065-82-5

Dariusz Karłowicz is the President of the St. Nicholas Foundation and a Polish philosopher, university lecturer, columnist, and a book publisher.

5 ½ x 8 ½ 228 pages $34.95 August Paperback 978-83-67065-61-0 Ebook 978-83-67065-63-4

Thinking with St. John Paul II

vol. 2 (2021 –2022)

Dariusz Karłowicz, Editor

SAINT NICHOLAS FOUNDATION

The second volume of the JP2 Lecture series at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas-Angelicum

Thinking with St. John Paul II vol. II is a result of a series of monthly “JP2 Lectures” held in the academic year 2021/2022 at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas-Angelicum in Rome. The “JP2 Lectures” have been introduced to the Angelicum’s curriculum by the St. John Paul II Institute of Culture as lectures open to the public and promoting reflection on a wide range of topics in the light of St. John Paul II’s intellectual and spiritual legacy. The authors of texts printed in this volume are some of the most prominent intellectuals of our time from across the world. Volume II is nine texts from John Lord Alderdice, Jean-Luc Marion, George Weigel, Andrea Riccardi, John Milbank, Carl A. Anderson, Ewa Thompson and Stanisław Grygiel. Topics include questions relating to the role of religion in modern European society, reflections of lessons drawn from JP2’s social and anthropological teaching and summaries of the pontificate from a historical perspective.

Thinking with St. John Paul II

vol. 3 (2022 -2023)

Dariusz Karłowicz, Editor

SAINT NICHOLAS FOUNDATION

The third volume of the JP2 Lecture series at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas-Angelicum

Thinking with St. John Paul II vol. III is a result of a series of monthly “JP2 Lectures” held in the academic year 2022/2023 at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas-Angelicum in Rome. The “JP2 Lectures” have been introduced to the Angelicum’s curriculum by the St. John Paul II Institute of Culture as lectures open to the public and promoting reflection on a wide range of topics in the light of St. John Paul II’s intellectual and spiritual legacy. The authors of texts included in this volume are some of the most prominent intellectuals of our time from across the world. Volume III is eight texts from 2022/23 by Antoine Arjakovsky, Mirosława Grabowska, Vittorio Possenti, W.H. Weiler, s. Helen Alford, O.P., Dariusz Karłowicz, Rusty R. Reno, and Fr. Franciszek Longchamps de Berier. Topics include i.a. questions relating the theory and reality of secularisation and the crisis and polarisation of Europe in a Christian perspective.

Dariusz Karłowicz is the President of the St. Nicholas Foundation and a Polish philosopher, university lecturer, columnist, and a book publisher.

5 ½ x 8 ½ 200 pages $34.95 August Paperback 978-83-67065-77-1 Ebook 978-83-67065-81-8

Steven Hoskins is Professor of Church History at Trevecca Nazarene University, Nashville, TN. Christian D. Washburn is Professor of Dogmatic Theology at the Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity, at the University of St. Thomas, in St. Paul, Minnesota.

6 x 9 240 Pages $34.95 August Paperback 979-8-218-71695-0 Ebook 979-8-218-71696-7

Proclaiming Jesus Christ

Catholic and Evangelical Perspectives on Evangelization,

Edited by Steven Hoskins and Christian D. Washburn

SAINT PAUL SEMINARY PRESS

The collected essays and consensus statements of the third round of the National Evangelical-Catholic Dialogue

Proclaiming Jesus Christ: Catholic and Evangelical Perspectives on Evangelization is the collected essays and consensus statements of the third round of the National Evangelical-Catholic Dialogue. In 2024 the National Evangelical-Catholic Dialogue completed its two-year round of discussion on evangelization, at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN. Sessions were held each year on the following topics. In 2023, the dialogue met twice discussing the importance of doctrine for evangelization and the relationship between evangelization and salvation. In 2024, the dialogue discussed evangelization and culture. At each of the annual meetings, members presented background papers that formed the basis of that meeting’s discussion and became starting points for constructing a common statement. These common statements and background papers make up this book. The members of the dialogue hope this book will provide a fruitful starting point for future conversations between evangelicals and Catholics.

The Catholic essays begin with the contributions of Evangelical theologians Gregg Allison and M. William Ury and Catholic theologians Daniel Keating and Christian Washburn, who examine the nature of evangelization doctrine within their traditions (Spring 2023). Next, Evangelicals Alex Mayfield and Dennis Jowers, and Catholics Michael Sirilla and Mary Healy examine evangelization and its relationship to salvation (Fall 2023). Finally, Evangelicals Dean Erickson and Steven Hoskins and Catholics Daniel Keating and William Stevenson discuss the role of culture in evangelization (2024).

All Things That Were Made

On Creation, Creatures, and Their Creator

Edited by Daniel Lendman and Brandon L. Wanless

SAINT PAUL SEMINARY PRESS

A collection of essays from the 2024 Sacra Doctrina Project

All Things That Were Made contains several essays featured at the 2024 annual conference of The Sacra Doctrina Project, co-sponsored by The Saint Paul Seminary’s Institute for Catholic Theological Formation on the theological theme of creation. This volume showcases the variety and richness of the conference, with essays in Thomistic philosophy and theology, Mariology, Johannine scholarship, eschatology, Aquinas’s biblical commentaries, and moral theology. The collection also features keynote addresses from William Carroll and Christopher J. Thompson.

Daniel Lendman is assistant professor of Catholic Theology at Ave Maria University. Brandon L. Wanless is assistant professor of dogmatic theology at Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity.

6 x 9 250 pages $34.95 October Paperback 978-1-953936-00-4 Ebook 978-1-953936-13-4

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280 pages 5.5 x 8.5

Paperback 978-0-8132-4053-4

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272 pages 5.5 x 8.5

Paperback 978-0-8132-4051-0

The Ideal Bishop

Aquinas’s Commentaries on the Pastoral Epistles

Michael G. Sirilla

Foreword by J. Augustine Di Noia

THOMISTIC RESSOURCEMENT SERIES

Michael G. Sirilla is associate professor of theology, Franciscan University of Steubenville

“As Sirilla points out, many Thomistic studies on the role of the bishop have exclusively been written on the basis of Thomas’s systematic works and have almost completely ignored his work on St. Paul’s pastoral letters. Sirilla fills this lacuna by retrieving Thomas’s robust understanding of the bishop’s interior life and exterior life in the ideal order, an understanding largely forgotten by Thomists. Truly, Sirilla has done the Church a fine service in showing theologians and clergy alike the spiritual doctrine hidden in this commentary of St. Thomas.”—The Thomist

Anselm’s

Pursuit of Joy

A Commentary on the Proslogion

Gavin R. Ortlund

Gavin R. Ortlund is senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Ojai in Ojai, California.

“With his greater focus on the final chapters and a broader reading of the text, Ortlund has provided a valuable service in helping to rebalance the hermeneutics of the Proslogion.”—Journal of Ecclesiastical History

The Voiding of Being

The Doing and Undoing of Metaphysics in Modernity

William

Desmond

STUDIES IN PHILOSOPHY AND THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY

William Desmond is David Cook Chair in Philosophy, Villanova University, Thomas A. F. Kelly Visiting Professor of Philosophy, Maynooth University, Ireland and Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, Institute of Philosophy, KU Leuven, Belgium.

“I would heartily recommend this book for anyone who takes seriously metaphysics and the role that it plays in contemporary philosophy.”—The Thomist

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Thomas Aquinas on the Immateriality of the Human

Intellect

Adam Wood

Adam Wood is associate professor of philosophy at Wheaton College.

“In six engaging chapters Wood explores an impressive array of disputed questions on Aquinas’s views on the physical and metaphysical aspects of the human soul and intellectual powers ... This is an impressive study of Aquinas, which merits critical engagement.”—The Thomist

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Growing Into God

The Fathers of the Church on Christian Maturity

John Gavin, SJ

Foreword by Angela Franks

“This book is a theological and spiritual treasure. Fr. Gavin has a unique gift for making rigorous scholarship both broadly accessible and spiritually compelling. He beautifully arranges the wisdom of Scripture and the Fathers in ways that can speak directly and profoundly to our time. It will help us all finally become mature by ‘growing into God’ unto the ‘stature of the fullness of Christ (Eph. 4:13)”

—Henry Shea, SJ, Boston College

Principles of Catholic Theology, Book 4

On the Church, Mary, Nature, and Grace

Thomas Joseph White, OP

“These illuminating essays on ‘ The Church, Mary, Nature and Grace ’ well exemplify the incisive reflection and lucid exposition we associate with Father White. But their especial grace, in a time of considerable ecclesial confusion, is their sure confession of the ‘Christological concentration’ that must mark and measure life in the Church and in the world.”—Robert P. Imbelli, Boston College

Catholic Dogmatic Theology: A Synthesis

Book 4: On Creation and the Creator

Jean-Hervé Nicolas, OP

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by

Matthew K. Minerd

“This modern classic of Catholic systematic theology is to be warmly welcomed in the English-speaking world. At a time of considerable intellectual, theological, and spiritual disorientation and deracination, this deep but accessible synthesis of Catholic theology is a timely exercise in theological sanity and clarity and as such a resource for the sound integration of a profound theology with a deep spirituality. If the new evangelization is to have a proper theological grounding and a contemplative core that roots it in the identity and saving action of the Triune God, then these volumes are an indispensable part of it—required reading for bishops, priests, seminarians, and theologically interested laity.”—Reinhard Hütter, author of Bound for Beatitude: A Thomistic Study in Eschatology and Ethics and Aquinas on Transubstantiation: The Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist (both CUA Press)

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Os Praesens Ciceronis

Epistularis

The Immediate Mouth of Cicero in His Letters

Reginald Foster and Daniel McCarthy

The Immediate Mouth of Cicero in His Letters consists of two books. An audiobook presents the integral Latin and English texts of 51 letters Cicero wrote to family and close associates all recited by Reginald Foster. A printed book presents the teaching method of Reginald exemplified by 160 imagined dialogues between a teacher and students working with original thoughts of Cicero to learn the Latin language from the first encounter.

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Into God, student edition

Itinerarium Mentis in Deum of Saint Bonaventure

Translated by Regis J. Armstrong, OFM., Cap.

Introduction by Joshua C. Benson

“This translation and commentary will be especially helpful in the classroom and, as already suggested, scholars too can benefit from Armstrong’s careful attention to the text and its meaning. This translation of a classic text is destined to become a classic in its own right. We owe a great debt of thanks to Regis Armstrong for all that he has accomplished for Franciscan scholarship over the years.”— Archivum

Fransiscanum Historicum

Flannery O’Connor and Blaise Pascal

Recovering the Incarnation for the Modern Mind

Ann Hartle

“In this concise study, brimming with brilliant observations, Ann Hartle accomplishes a great deal. She offers fresh and compelling readings of both Pascal and O’Connor and shows how they mutually illuminate one another. Most importantly, she demonstrates that, when read together, they can help us rearticulate the distinctiveness of the Christian religion in and for a world that too often ignores or misunderstands it.”—Thomas Hibbs, author of A Theology of Creation: Ecology, Art, and Laudato Si’

The New Woman

Carmen Laforet

Translated by Claire Wadie

Introduction by Caragh Wells

CATHOLIC WOMEN WRITERS

The only novel of Carmen Laforet’s not to be translated into English is La Mujer Nueva (The New Woman). This edition offers a translation by Claire Wadie and an introduction by the Laforet scholar, Caragh Wells. This is the first translated work in the Catholic Women Writers series.

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The Spiritual Formation of Seminarians

Learning to Live in Intimate and Unceasing Union with God

James Keating

Foreword by Bishop Keith J. Chylinski

“This is a great resource for seminary spiritual directors. Deacon James Keating offers us one approach that can serve as a model for others in the ministry. As a seasoned formator and expert on priestly formation, his insights are worth considering and applying.”—Gustavo Castillo, STD, President, Federation of Seminary Spiritual Directors

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Saint Dominic and His Mission

Augustin Laffay, OP and Gianni Festa, OP

“Gianni Festa and Augustin Laffay have written what will be for a generation at least the standard introduction to St. Dominic and his influence, up to our own times. The volume is securely anchored academically, but it is also written for a broad audience. It will be clear that this is more than a biography of St. Dominic. It is a celebration of his spirit as it has lived on in the order he founded.”

—David D’Avray,

University College London

Catholic-Jewish Engagements on Israel

Holy Land, Political Territory, or Theological Promise?

Edited by Gavin D’Costa, Etienne Vetö, CCN, and Thomas Joseph White, OP

“There is a significant gap in understanding the religious value of land and nation between Judaism and Catholicism. Overcoming the gap is crucial to sustain and expand the contemporary, theologically extraordinary dialogical encounter of Judaism and Catholicism. This book seeks to close the gap from both sides of the divide. Gavin D’Costa’s personal approach offers a creative, balanced articulation of a positive Catholic theology of homeland and nation. This book is a must read for all Catholics and Jews who pursue the grand reconciliation between these two faiths and for all who wish to deepen the loving opening up to each other of Jews and Catholics.”—Rabbi Irving (Yitz) Greenberg, Senior Scholar in Residence, Hadar Institute

Church, State, and Society

An Introduction to Catholic Social Doctrine, 2nd Edition

J. Brian Benestad and Ryan Connors

“Navigating the Church’s role in political and economic life is no easy task. Interested believers—and others—will welcome this book and find in it the solid wisdom of Catholic social doctrine. Professor Benestad and Father Connors offer a clear and convincing account of the Church’s teaching. This book is much needed for our time.”

—Archbishop Richard Henning, Archdiocese of Boston

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The Christian Philosophy of Jacques Maritain

Jason L.A. West

“Jason West’s contribution is a comprehensive and accessible presentation of Jacques Maritain’s thought. It has the potential to bring Maritain a generation of new readers and to enable friends of longstanding to better appreciate Maritain’s thought on particular issues in the context of his wide ranging thought.”—James Jacobs, author of Seat of Wisdom: An Introduction to Philosophy in the Catholic Tradition (CUA Press)

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Plants, Animals, People, Aliens

An Aristotelian-Thomist Perspective on Life in the Universe

Marie I. George

“This collection of essays will definitely find interest among convinced followers of the Aristotelian-Thomistic framework. It will provide them with new arguments and insights. It should be appreciated by the students learning about the same framework. For this reason it may be used in the academic setting, not really as a textbook but rather a set of essays worth visiting.”—Mariusz Tabaczek, OP, Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome (Angelicum)

Adam’s Sin, Our Humanity, and Christ’s Redemption in Cyril of Alexandria

An Eastern Christian Theological Anthropology

Anthony Bibawy

“Convincingly argues that Cyril and some Eastern contemporaries write frequently about Adam’s sin in a way that defies a stereotype found in some modern literature that pits the East against Augustine ... a highly significant contribution to scholarship.”—Andrew Hofer, OP, author of The Power of Patristic Preaching: The Word in Our Flesh (CUA Press).

The Natural Law

A Beginner’s Thomistic Guide

Steven J. Jensen

“This beginner’s guide to St. Thomas’s account of natural law is accessible, addresses common objections, explores its social implications, and engages some current ethical debates. It is ideal for college students. Veteran readers will appreciate its fresh take on some of St. Thomas’s central arguments about natural law and the moral life.”—Dominic Farrell, author of Traditions of Natural Law in Medieval Philosophy (CUA Press)

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Anthony of Padua

Franciscan, Preacher, Teacher, Saint Valentin Strappazzon

Translated by Michael F. Cusato

“Valentin Strappazzon’s biography of Saint Anthony of Padua is now available in an admirable English translation by Michael F. Cusato, OFM, who examines four aspects of the saint’s vocation: his historical life and missionary orientation, his inner spiritual life, his itinerant preaching and its reception and the reasons for the popular devotion which developed immediately after his death in 1231. This perceptive book follows Saint Anthony’s evolving vocation in the 1220s and then lays out the general contours of the themes of his preaching and theological vision through a selective sampling of his literary output.”—Michael J. P. Robson, Cambridge University

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Augustine in the Pelagian Controversy

Defending Church Unity

Andrew C. Chronister

PATRISTIC THEOLOGY

“Andrew Chronister’s attention to the persons engaged and the type of arguments employed in the Pelagian controversy reveals Augustine’s overriding concern with the unity of the church. In addition to offering a detailed history and chronology of the events, this study both opens a new and fruitful perspective on the values being defended, and provides a positive valuation of Augustine’s final decade of work.”—J. Patout Burns, University of Notre Dame

Creation through Evolution

New Perspectives from Thomistic Philosophy and Theology

Edited by Nicanor Pier Giorgio Austracio, OP

“This volume brings together contributions from an impressive group of philosophers, scientists, and theologians. They do not shrink from tackling the toughest questions about creation and evolution, and they strive to be both faithful to the Scriptures and the Catholic intellectual tradition (especially Thomism) and responsible in their approach to the scientific data and current theories. The contributors bring both creativity and logical exactitude to the task. This is a model on how to engage in the dialogue between science and theology.”—Robert C. Koons, University of Texas at Austin

Why Read Pavel Florenksy?

John P. Burgess

Foreword by Andrew Louth

WHY READ?

“John Burgess writes that the best way to understand Florensky is to experience living Orthodoxy. Himself a Protestant theologian, Burgess has immersed himself in Russian Orthodoxy and written an essential guide to Florensky’s complex thought and tragic life. Why Read Florensky? Because, as this fine book makes clear, it will deepen your understanding of Russian Orthodoxy, of Christianity more generally, and of the nature of reality.”—Randall Poole, College of St. Scholastica

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Tolkien, Philosopher of War

Graham McAleer

“In Tolkien, Philosopher of War, Graham McAleer makes the case that this is not just a literary accomplishment, but that Tolkien should be recognized as a serious thinker concerning warfare and its place in the greater narrative of human history. The book offers an unusual and extremely thought-provoking assessment of Tolkien’s work, developing links between his views of aesthetics, theology, history, philosophy, and strategy.”—Religion & Liberty Online

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Proper of Time

Volume 1: Advent, Christmas, Lent, and Easter

Edited by Andrew Wadsworth, CO, Nicholas Richardson, Peter Finn, and Maria Kiely, OSB

CANTATE DOMINO

“In this first of five volumes, the International Commission on English in the Liturgy introduces the cultural and spiritual heritage of the hymns of the Divine Office. Faithful to Vatican II’s mandate to restore them to their authentic form, the translators render fresh versions of the hymns’ Latin originals. They creatively replace previously used translations based on spurious Latin versions of renaissance humanists. These compromised the hymns’ life blood, their metaphoric coherence, which arises from the simplicity and elegance of the Roman rite. Accordingly, these volumes represent their own inspiring cultural and spiritual monument.”—Stephen M. Fields, SJ, Hackett Family Professor in Theology, Georgetown University

The Mortara Case and Thomas Aquinas’s Defense of Jewish Parental Authority

Matthew Tapie

JUDAISM AND CATHOLIC THEOLOGY

Matthew Tapie is associate professor of theology and Director of the Center for Catholic-Jewish Studies at Saint Leo University, FL.

“Matthew Tapie’s monumental study is one of the most important books to read today. The book is a gripping and, ultimately, redemptive history that will, I trust, become must reading for students of Catholic tradition and of the history of Catholic-Jewish relations.”—Peter Ochs, Edgar Bronfman Professor Emeritus of Modern Judaic Studies, University of Virginia

Meditation as Spiritual Therapy

Bernard of Clairvaux’s De Consideratione

Matthew R. McWhorter

“Professor McWhorter successfully introduces the modern reader to a well-synthesized historical review of one of the most important spiritual works in the history of Catholicism. St. Bernard’s direction on meditation and spiritual development is timeless and timely. Without access to future psychological theories, he expertly weaves together a fully integrated understanding of the human person to point a path forward to psychological peace and spiritual growth.”—Gregory Bottaro, Director, CatholicPsych Institute

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The Family as Basic Social Unit

Living Out Catholic Social Teaching

Kevin Schemenauer

Foreword by John S. Grabowski

“Too often Catholics reduce social doctrine to politics and planks in a party platform. But it really begins with the family. If we get the family right, we succeed. If we fail to get the family right, we fail in everything. This book situates the family where it belongs—at the center—and moves us from problem to solution and from theory to practice. It will be useful as a textbook for Catholic social thought and a guide for pastors who want to understand the households that make up their parishes. Serious Catholic families, too, will find in these pages inspiration for a renewed sense of mission.”—Mike Aquilina, author of The Social Doctrine of the Catholic Church

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Religious Freedom After the Sexual Revolution A Catholic Guide

Helen M. Alvaré

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From the Dust of the Earth

Benedict XVI, the Bible, and the Theory of Evolution

Matthew J. Ramage

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What Makes a Carmelite a Carmelite? Exploring Carmel’s Charism

Keith J. Egan • Introduction by Steven Payne, OCD

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Jesuit Colleges and Universities in the United States A History

Michael T. Rizzi

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Preaching to Latinos

Welcoming the Hispanic Moment in the U.S. Church

Michael I. Kueber • Foreword by Hosffman Ospino

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Catholic Modernism and the Irish “Avant-Garde”

The Achievement of Brian Coffey, Denis Devlin, and Thomas MacGreevy

James Matthew Wilson

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On the Dignity of Society

Catholic Social Teaching and Natural Law

F. Russell Hittinger • Edited by Scott Roniger Foreword by Mary Ann Glendon

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A Catechism for Health Care

Insights from Catholic Teaching on Human Life, Medical Ethics, and Love of Neighbor

Edited by Stephen Napier and John M. Travaline

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A Contemporary Introduction to Thomistic Metaphysics

Michael Gorman

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Piers Plowman

The A Version, revised edition

William Langland • Translated by Michael Calabrese

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Seat of Wisdom

An Introduction to Philosophy in the Catholic Tradition

James M. Jacobs

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The Power of Patristic Preaching

The Word in Our Flesh

Andrew Hofer, OP • Foreword by Paul M. Blowers

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The Development of Dogma A Systematic Account

Guy Mansini, OSB

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A Light for the Nations

The Scriptures on the Universal Mission of Israel and the Church

Luis Sánchez-Navarro • Foreword by Frank J. Matera Translated by Kristin Towle

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Rethinking Cooperation with Evil A Virtue-Based Approach

Ryan Connors

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The Apostle Paul and His Letters

An Introduction

James B. Prothro • Foreword by Thomas D. Stegman

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Hockey Priest

Father David Bauer and the Spirit of the Canadian Game

Matt Hoven

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Unity in Christ Bishops, Synodality, and Communion

Anthony Fisher, OP • Foreword by Cardinal Mario Grech

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Renewing Our Hope Essays for the New Evangelization

Robert Barron • Foreword by Christophe Pierre

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Shakespeare and the Idea of Western Civilization

R.V. Young

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The Virtues

John H. Garvey

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The Political Economy of Distributism Property, Liberty, and the Common Good

Alexander W. Salter

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The Fantasy of J.R.R. Tolkien Mythopoeia and the Recovery of Creation

Robert J. Dobie • Foreword by Bradley J. Birzer

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A Brief Life of Thomas Aquinas

The Theologian in His Context

Jean-Pierre Torrell, OP • Translated by Benedict M. Guevin, OSB

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