The West, Relativism, Christianity, Islam
By Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI) and Marcello Pera
Can a civilization exist without any sense of the sacred? That is the question at the heart of Without Roots, which was born of a dialogue between Joseph Ratzinger—now Pope Benedict XVI—and Marcello Pera, president of the Italian Senate.
On May 13, 2004, […]

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Assembled by John Mulloy with Dawson’s cooperation, this book collects Dawson’s essential essays, providing the reader with an illuminating introduction to the sweep of his thought and insistence on the importance of religion in shaping and sustaining civilization. Religion, Dawson believed, is the great creative force in any culture, and the loss of a […]

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200 Years of Political Impact 
From the earliest days in the New World through the presidential election of 2000, the influence of Catholics on American politics has followed a peculiar arc. In Colonial America, Catholics were often denied participation in the process; but in the 19th and 20th centuries, the Catholic bloc was recognized as […]

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Feminist Language and the Worship of God
Edited by Helen Hull Hitchcock
Feminism and related ideologies have exerted unparalleled influence on organized religion–and on nearly every other aspect of Western culture–for about three decades. Nowhere is evidence of this dominant influence more obvious than in worship of the liberal mainline denominations. The transformation of the language […]

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By Fr. Rodger Charles, S.J.This work distills Fr. Rodger Charles’ extensive knowledge of the social teaching of the Catholic Church into an introductory outline of its principles. It has been written especially for use as preliminary reading material for those studying the Church’s teaching in this area, but will also serve equally well as […]

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