Contemporary Issues Books

— Anerew V. Abela, PhD Dean, Busch School For too many of us, life is harder than it needs to be. We have forgotten the ancient system of “super habits” — a specific set of habits for making decisions, ...

— Peggy Stanton, DM “Storytelling is deeply embedded in my DNA,' says Peggy Stanton, who served ABC-TV as its first female news correspondent in Washington, DC, in the 1960s. Opening up the journals Stanton ...

Clarifying the Facts and the Causes -- Bill Donohue This work unpacks the history and root causes of the clergy sex abuse scandals in the United States. Building on decades of data and research, author Bill ...

— Edward Feser and Joseph M. Bessette Drawing upon a wealth of philosphical and social scientific arguments, authors Edward Feser and Joseph Bessette explain the perennial teaching of the Church that capital ...

— Bill Donohue In this incisive work, Bill Donohue pulls no punches as he contends that our moral crisis is a reflection of two competing visions of morality — one religious and the other secular. The ...

–Fr. James Mallon The world is hungering for the fruit of a dynamic Church that has embraced her missionary identity, but what does it really mean to be a missionary Church? Grounded in Scripture and Sacred ...

COMMUNISM'S LONG MARCH OF DEATH, DECEPTION, AND INFILTRATION –Paul Kengo r Two decades after the publication of The Black Book of Communism, nearly everyone is, or at least should be, aware of the immense evil ...

— Gary Zimak “We know that in everything God works for good with those who love him, who are called according to his purpose.” (Romans 8:28) It’s easy to see the work of God’s hands when things are going ...

— Carrie Gress In the late '60s, a small group of elite American women convinced a majority of the country that destroying the most fundamental of relationships — that of mother and child — was ...

Living Authentic Manhood Today What it means to be a man or a woman is questioned today like never before. While traditional gender roles have been eroding for decades, now the very categories of male and ...

A Biography of Michael D. O'Brien - By Clemens Cavallin This book tells the story of Michael O'Brien, one of the most popular Catholic novelists and painters of our times. It covers his life from his childhood in ...

— Gary Zimak Worry begins with fear. And events in our time — pandemic, war, political division, hate — are making us both worried and fearful. Gary Zimak, wants to help you find hope in God no ...

A Saint Goes Marching On He seemed to have it all – a beautiful family, a big house, and the celebrity that comes with being a star player in the NFL. In the late '60s and early '70s, Danny Abramowicz was the ...

— Cristofer Pereyra and Erin Monnin — Foreword by Archbishop José H. Gomez With their new book, Catholic Leadership for Civil Society, authors Cristofer Pereyra and Erin Monnin provide a guide to ...

— Michael Horne, PsyD Have you had “the tech talk” with your children? Does the mere mention of it cause you to shudder? We think it’s important, but for many parents it’s almost as uncomfortable as the ...

201 ANSWERS ON APPARITIONS, VISIONS AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH For the past several decades, there has been a notable rise in claims of apparitions, visions and messages from heaven. This growth has often led to ...

— Bishop Peter J. Elliott The sexual revolution is part of wider and deeper developments happening in our world. It asserts the total freedom of the individual to behave as if the traditions of religion, the ...

— Francis X. Maier — With an introduction by Emeritus Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap. Over the past decade Rome has been marked with sharp, and often unwarranted, criticism of the Church in ...

–Dana Gioia Over the past decade Dana Gioia has emerged as a compelling advocate of Christianity’s continuing importance in contemporary culture. His incisive and arresting essays have examined the spiritual ...

WHY THE CHURCH MUST SPREAD HOPE, NOT FEAR, IN A PANDEMIC -Philip Lawler Even by the most unrestrained estimates, the Covid pandemic never approached the lethality of the Spanish flu of 1918. Yet the effect that ...