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This fourth volume of the Church in the 21st Century series discusses the relation between Catholic faith and the secular culture.

An action plan for revitalizing your spiritual life by applying the insights of great saints like Francis de Sales to life’s everyday challenges. Faithful, prudent, practical, this guide condenses centuries of wisdom and tradition into a few clear, readable pages.

Conceived during the religious renewal of medieval monasticism, the sensual and vibrant theology of Bernard of Clairvaux still speaks to our times. Tamburello’s narrative explores the themes of the saint’s work to achieve a vivid and inspiring portrait of the radical mystic.

Founder of the Centering Prayer movement and bestselling author Thomas Keating offers an introduction to Centering Prayer and explores the roots and development of the practice as well as addressing the unfolding process of integrating contemplation into a daily routine.

This Catholic Press Award-winner tells the personal stories of sexual abuse perpetrators and survivors in the Catholic church. The authors offer an informative context for these complex and devastating stories and point the way toward the possibility of healing.

This readable and inviting introduction presupposes no specialized knowledge and opens the door to a friendly and personal relationship with scripture. Witherup's overview and history of the Bible is informative and enlightening—an excellent companion when striking up a relationship with the Good Book.

A rare and comprehensive treatment of the Church’s understanding of the Spirit and the working of the Spirit in the life of the Church, by one of the great Roman Catholic theologians of the 20th century.

Author Deal Hudson, a key conservative activist and literary scholar, recounts his personal story of spiritual search, sin and repentance, and conversion to Catholicism. This intimate, often funny narrative will resonate with anyone seeking to reconcile faith, reason, and beauty.

Pope John Paul II praised Fr. Peyton as a “man of faith,” and endorsed his movement for daily family prayer and meditation on the Holy Family, our model of living. This is the story of his one man crusade.

Revelation, one of the most important concepts in Western religious thought, has, in modern times, been critiqued or abandoned entirely. Grant Kaplan’s perceptive study shows how Catholic views of revelation can help us retrieve the spiritual insights from the Enlightenment.