NEW YORK — Baseball and comic books, two colorful American originals, come together in “The Comic Book Story of Baseball: The Heroes, Hustlers, and History-Making Swings (and … Read More
Book Reviews
Book provides detailed look at Confederate leader’s religious life
More than 153 years after the end of the Civil War, Confederate military leaders are in the news. More precisely, monuments of them are in the news. … Read More
Priest’s letters tell sad tale of oppressed Dominican sugar workers
Father Christopher Hartley Sartorius is a Spanish priest (English father, Spanish mother) from a well-off family. He decided to become a priest at age 15 and was … Read More
Discussion of words’ origins best taken in small bites
If you’re the type of person to ever wonder why the word “disgruntled” is commonplace, but calling someone “gruntled” decidedly less so, “Angels, Barbarians and Nincompoops” offers … Read More
Serious history of catechesis deserves a wide readership
In Luke 24:13-35, we find two of Jesus’ disciples walking along the road, downcast following Jesus’ death. They are soon joined by a stranger who proceeds to … Read More
Fun and fresh book appeals to hipster Catholics with spiritual swagger
Are you a Catholic hipster? Are you a bespectacled foodie, black skinny jeans and Chucks-wearing Catholic “sneaking a peek at your breviary app during your work meeting,” … Read More
Prophetic Bishop Barron offers tools to help Catholics evangelize
“To Light a Fire on the Earth” is written by John Allen Jr. who poses various questions to Bishop Robert E. Barron on a wide range of … Read More
Trio of books looks at Protestant Reformation through different lenses
Five hundred years later, the effects of the divorce initiated by Martin Luther are still being worked out. As Catholics, we can acknowledge the excesses and irregularities … Read More
Despite flaws, book offers fair assessment of Francis’ papacy so far
New York Times columnist Ross Douthat has become one of the leading Catholic commentators on the Francis papacy, and this book, being released around the papacy’s fifth … Read More
Book presents fascinating look at 20th-century feminist, contemplative
Edith Stein, who eventually became Carmelite Sister Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, is not well known as saints go but is becoming better known, thanks to books … Read More
