New Books in Our Mailbox
Dating God
From the publisher: How can we deepen our most important relationship? The experience of dating provides us with a helpful image to explore Christian spirituality with a fresh lens. Replete with emotional … [Read more...]
Discover Christ
From the publisher: Developing a Personal Relationship with Jesus What is the meaning of life? Why do I need a savior? Why is the Resurrection important? What does it mean to believe and belong? Why … [Read more...]
The Catholic Girl’s Survival Guide for the Single Years
From the publisher: Three parts sexual license, two parts corporate ladder, with a dash of Monolo Blahnik. If a woman's single years were a cocktail, that would be the culture's preferred … [Read more...]
More new releases
- Lent and Easter Wisdom from St. Alphonsus Liguori
- The Sacred Heart for Lent: Daily Meditations
- Welcome Risen Jesus: Lenten and Easter Reflections for Families
- Lent with Pope Benedict XVI: Meditations for Every Day
- Rediscover Lent
- Bring Lent to Life: Activities & Reflections for Your Family
- Mother Teresa of Calcutta: A Personal Portrait
- The Work of Mercy
Book Reviews
Collections on saints, thinkers celebrate, teach Catholic tradition
Reviewed by Brian Welter, CNS "Great Christian Thinkers," a collection of Pope Benedict XVI's weekly audiences on central theological thinkers up to the Reformation, offers a concise, … [Read more...]
Politics, human failings behind world famines, author contends
Reviewed by David Gibson, CNS Drought is not the true cause of either the starvation or death linked with the famines so frequently witnessed in our world, according to Thomas Keneally's … [Read more...]
Books draw on creation as abundant source of theology
Reviewed by Mary T. Kantor, CNS "A New Harmony," John Philip Newell's recent work, continues and broadens the trajectory laid by his "Christ of the Celts: The Healing of Creation," … [Read more...]
More book reviews
- Author explores how church history intertwines with religious orders
- Book details how religion can be manipulated to abuse children
- Invaluable information on young adults comes in a ponderous package
- Authors offer fresh perspectives on an ancient church
- Prayer and laughs: Books offer clues to what makes priests happy
- Debut novel explores important questions of life, death and faith
- Book recalls crucial role of intellectuals in life of Catholic faith
Film Reviews
Big Miracle (2012)
"Free Willy," the 1993 whale rescue film, looks like child's play when compared to "Big Miracle" (Universal), in which not one but three giant mammals are trapped in Arctic ice, and it takes a whole lot more than a sleepy Alaskan town to save them. Directed by Ken Kwapis -- and based on the real-life events recounted in Thomas Rose's 1989 book "Freeing the Whales" -- the film is an animal rights activist's dream. Families, neighbors, … [Read more...]
The Woman In Black (2012)
Reputed to be one of the most frightening ghost stories ever written, Susan Hill's 1983 novel "The Woman in Black" must certainly count as one of the sturdiest: It has been adapted both for British radio and U.K. television, while the 22-year-long -- and still ongoing -- run of its London stage version makes that property one of the longest-lived nonmusicals in West End history. As penned for the big screen by Jane Goldman, directed by James … [Read more...]
Chronicle (2012)
"Quis ut Deus?" This Latin motto, traditionally associated with St. Michael the Archangel (whose Hebrew name itself has a similar meaning), translates as "Who is like God?" That question could serve as the tagline for the reasonably original, curiously dark "Chronicle" (Fox), an exploration of the troubling results that ensue when mere mortals obtain godlike powers. Stumbling on a mysterious object, a trio of teens -- social outcast Andrew … [Read more...]
