Author: Mitch Finley
Publisher: Sheed & Ward
Keywords: faith
Number of Pages: 123
Published: 2001-08-01
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 1580511031
ISBN-13: 9781580511032

This is a "back door book" about faith. In his trademark accessible and thought-provoking style, Mitch Finley offers us a book that explores what faith is not, so that we can understand what faith is. Dispensing with common misconceptions of faith as a way around suffering, a source of secret knowledge, a security blanket, a crutch, a way to escape death, an answer to all questions, a solution to all problems, and an antidote to doubt, Finley helps us make the most of our finite human language in talking about our infinite God. Mixing wisdom from Scripture, tradition, and everyday life with hu

Author: Daniel Berrigan S.J.
Publisher: Sheed & Ward
Keywords: god, face, feminine, wisdom
Number of Pages: 197
Published: 2002-01-04
List price: $25.95
ISBN-10: 1580511007
ISBN-13: 9781580511001

Continuing his highly acclaimed series of spiritual and social commentaries on the books of the Bible, Daniel Berrigan offers an original and timely reading of the Wisdom of Solomon. Navigating through its complex style-which intermixes poetry characteristic of the Old Testament and elaborate sentences found in Greek oratory-Berrigan’s Wisdom: The Feminine Face of God reveals the philosophical, ethical, theological, historical, psychological, and scientific issues raised by the text and wrestles with their contemporary relevance: "Let us venture an analogy . . . Let us suppose something

Author: Christian Koontz
Publisher: Sheed & Ward
Keywords: legacy, handing, bowman, thea
Number of Pages: 116
Published: 1991-06-01
List price: $9.95
ISBN-10: 1556124589
ISBN-13: 9781556124587

"Essays, reflections and personal reminiscences that give insight into the multicultural, multidisciplinary creativity of Thea Bowman."

Author: Philip Hughes
Publisher: Sheed & Ward (UK)
Keywords: church, augustine, aquinas, created, world, volume, history
Number of Pages: 478
Published: 1948-01-01
List price: $70.00
ISBN-10: 0722079826
ISBN-13: 9780722079829

This second volume concentrates on the West from the time of Constantine’s conversion, when the the Church was beginning to make a world of its own, and it pursues the Church’s history in this world of its making to the end of the thirteenth century, when the high point was reached and a new secular order was already appearing.

Author: James Gaffney
Publisher: Sheed & Ward
Keywords: morals, faith, matters
Number of Pages: 242
Published: 1987-10-01
List price: $10.95
ISBN-10: 1556120575
ISBN-13: 9781556120572

Author: Robert J. Miller
Publisher: Sheed & Ward
Keywords: series, cycle, divina, lectio, love, surprised
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2002-10-16
List price: $20.95
ISBN-10: 1580511279
ISBN-13: 9781580511278

Capturing the power and wonder of the Scriptures, Fr. Miller brings new insights and meanings to the Cycle B Lectionary readings. His poetic, storytelling style nourishes the soul, guiding you through the Scriptures with meditations that provide deeper understanding. Surprised by Love is a dynamic and moving book to spark your daily prayer life and relationship with God. Great for personal reading or homily preparation, this book invites you to read, rest, and be surprised by God’s Love.

Author: James E. Drane
Publisher: Sheed & Ward
Keywords: ethical, decision, making, medical, practice, bioethics, theory, clinical
Number of Pages: 232
Published: 1994-03-01
List price: $27.95
ISBN-10: 1556126123
ISBN-13: 9781556126123