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God, Hierarchy, and Power
In the current age where democratic and egalitarian ideals have preeminence, Eastern Orthodox Christianity, among other hierarchically organized religious traditions, faces the …
How to Think About War and Peace
Mortimer Adler writes in his introduction: "In thinking about war and peace, as in thinking about other basic practical problems, the man who brings general ideas and principles to …
From Then into Now
From Then into Now is an original and illuminating study of William Kennedy's cycle of "Albany, N.Y." novels which focuses on the historical and archetypical contexts of the works. …
No Higher Court
This work traces the roots of the contemporary abortion debate in the tradition of existential philosophy of the Sartrian type. It studies the geneology of contemporary feminist …
Freedom and Its Misuses
Treating Kierkegaard as both a great thinker and a corrective to our time, this work provides accounts of his key concepts of anxiety and despair. It explains the radical …
Crossing Back
From the award-winning author of Crossing Ocean Parkway, a personal memoir about adjusting to loss through books, meditation, and the process of memory itself Marianna De Marco …
The Evolution of Religion
This work attempts to unify material on religion from various fields into one coherent framework, showing that it has evolved just like any other cultural entity. Religion is …
Practical Knowledge
Yves R. Simon (1903-1961) was one of this century's greatest students of the virtue of practical wisdom. Simon's interest in this virtue ranged from ultimate theoretical and …
Creative Tension
Friedrich von Hugel (1852-1925) was an important figure in the Roman Catholic Modernism movement and a pioneer in Catholic ecumenical dialogue. In this book, the author indicates …
Humanitarian Response in Urban Settings
Love of Learning, Desire for Justice
The "option for the poor" discussed here arose among Catholics out of the Vatican Council II in the 1960s. The book examines the interplay between the life of the mind and the life …