Rethinking Christendom
Europe's Struggle for Christianity
Jonathan Luxmoore and Jolanta Babiuch
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New Testament Theology: An Introduction
Newman's Approach to Knowledge
Laurence Richardson
Probably the most extensive and in-depth analysis of Newman's philosophy to be published in the last forty years. Shows beyond doubt the importance of Newman's contribution to contemporary philosophy and will certainly go to furthering his cause for recognition as one of the more significant philosophers of the nineteenth century.
0 85244 094 4 224 pages £9.99
One Corner of London
The Parting of Friends
The Wilberforces and Henry Manning
The Path of Life
The Path to Rome
Pedro Arrupe SJ
George Bishop
This revised edition of George Bishop's biography marks the centenary of the birth of Pedro Arrupe. In the tempestuous history of the Society of Jesus, it fell to this 57 year old Spanish Basque to guide the organisation through one of the most difficult and crucial periods of religious life: the years after Vatican II. His Generalship was characterised by the struggle for Justice and Faith: religious faith today must be outspoken in its opposition to the social evils of poverty, hunger, the unjust distribution of wealth and resources, racial and social discrimination. He was a 'little big man', so unshakeably certain of his faith as not to be fussed by accidents and passing anxieties, even a nuclear bomb.
978 085244 446 7 366 pages £16.99hb
Blessed Pius IX
Robert de Mattei
Translated by John Laughland
A much welcomed English translation of this important biographical study of a great Pope. Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti became Pope in 1846, and this book specifically deals with the 32 years of his Pontificate - the longest in history after St.Peter. Not only long, but filled with major events, upheaval and political ferment, his Pontificate encapsulates the clash between the Catholic Church and the modern world born of the French Revolution. The solemn beatification of Pius IX in September 2000 celebrated his heroic virtues and makes this well-researched analysis of the historical significance of his Pontificate all the more important.
0 85244 605 5 240 pages £14.99
Pius XII and the Second World War
The Pope Benedict Code
Joanna Bogle
Introduction by Neville Kyrke-Smith, National Director, Aid to the Church in Need
Pope Benedict XVI does not speak in sound bites. He is a scholar, an academic, and has devoted his life to the exploration and communication of Christian doctrine. This book, however, selects the key messages of the opening period of his pontificate. Looking at the important sermons and addresses, the author presents his teaching in a form that will both inspire and enable Catholics and others to understand his message and to relate it to their own lives.
0 85244 658 6 80 pages £6.99
Pope John
Blessed John XXIII
Pope Pius XII: Architect for Peace
Margherita Marchione
'...[A] valuable contribution to the study of Pope Pius XII and his times. The author has shown here how distorted and untrue are the allegations that Pope Pius XII could have done more to avert the consequences of the Nazi design...' Edward Idris Cardinal Cassidy
368 pages 9780852443651 £14.99
Practical Church Management
Prayer in Newman
Giovanni Velocci, C.SS.R
Translated, with an introduction by Rev Nicholas L Gregoris
Thanks to the skill of Father Nicholas Gregoris, the publication in English translation of Giovanni Velocci's important work Prayer in Newman will bring before a wider audience a significant study. In a few pages are drawn together from Newman's sermons and meditations, both Anglican and Catholic, his reflections on the life of prayer. Moreover, this little work reveals Newman himself to be a masterful teacher of the art of prayer and- most important - to be essentially a man of prayer. In Father Velocci's memorable phrase, "prayer became the preferred occupation of Newman"
As the Cause for Cardinal Newman's canonization continues to advance, this timely translation will serve to highlight the central fact that we find in Newman's inner life that profound longing for union with God in prayer which is surely the hallmark of the saints.
The Very Rev Paul Chavasse
Postulator of the Cause for the Canonization of Cardinal Newman
0 85244 033 2 98 pages £5.99
Prayer in the Workaday World
Arthur Middleton
Real prayer consists of three essential constituents - oral or bodily prayer, prayer of the mind and prayer of the heart or 'of the mind in the heart', and if one or the other constituent is absent it is not prayer at all. This book is not just about theory it is also about the practicalities of prayer. The author's concern is to help people discover their role of prayer in a way of living where contemplation and action harmonize so that they can 'pray without ceasing' in a busy world.
0 85244 677 2 216 pages £9.99
The Priests and People of Harvington
David Higham
This book tells the fascinating and often heroic story of the mission and the people of Harvington from 1580 to the present day. Chronicling one of England's most important Catholic sites, it contains a wealth of detail for local and family historians, as well as for anyone with an interest in Recusant History or in how the Church has been formed in England.
0 85244 019 7 208 pages £15.99 hb
Refractory Men, Fanatical Women
Edwin Bannon
Amidst many stories of the French Revolution that have appeared in English none, until now, have addressed the
question of what happened to the priests and religious who opposed the terms of the Civil Constitution of 1791. The author tells sthe story of the persecutions based upon first hand narratives.
978 085244 2265 230 pages £9.99
Rethinking Christendom
Europe's Struggle for Christianity
Jonathan Luxmoore and Jolanta Babiuch
This new book calls for Europe to rediscover the spirit of Christendom and pleads for an informed understanding of Christianity's historical contribution, free from today's political and ideological disputes. If European history is a verdant plain, then Christianity is the river which flows through it. It is a river with various sources: Judaic tradition, oriental faiths, Greek philosophy, Roman law. And it has been broadened by incoming streams over two millennia from Celtic and Germanic culture to humanism and Romanticism – embracing and re-directing them, but also being enriched and deepened by them.
The failure of the European Union's Constitutional Treaty has raised serious questions about the Continent's future. Christian Churches are active in this debate, as social and cultural forces with influence and outreach. Rethinking Christendom explores the background to today's discussions, drawing on views and perspectives from East and West. This book is a plea for a realistic and informed understanding of Christianity's past, present and future role – in a region where all faiths, worldviews and philosophies can and should coexist in a mutual creative harmony.
0 85244 647 0 254 pages £9.99
A Revelation of Love
Julian of Norwich
John Skinner
0 85244 643 8 £7.99
Robert Hooke and the English Renaissance
Edited by Paul Kent and Allan Chapman
As featured on the 2009 BBC4 documentary
978 085244 587 7 206 pages £15.99 @ special offer £9.99 hardback
The Roman Miscellany
Nicholas Schofield (Editor)
978 085244 575 4 218 pages £9.99
The Rosary in Space and Time
The Royal Road to Joy:
The Eucharist and The Beatitudes
David Bird OSB
0 85244 573 3 £12.99
The Rule of Saint Benedict
The Rule of St.Benedict and the Ascetic Traditions from Asia to the West