Theology and Ethics Books

The Catholic Virtues-Seven Pillars of a Good Life by Mitch Finley

Just as all organisms are governed by biological laws, human beings also have an ingrained moral compass-laws that direct their behavior in a certain way. According to Catholic Tradition, the virtues operate as central principles behind our notion of moral goodness.

Here is a unique and insightful book that examines the virtues and offers them as a blueprint that demonstrates how to embrace the seven key virtues of faith, hope and love and the cardinal virtues of prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance. He shows you how these traits are no mere abstractions; they reflect an understanding of human nature with its capacity for both good and evil.

Bolstered by contemporary applications and real-life examples, The Catholic Virtues shows how the seven virtues are interconnected and are, quite simply, the keys to becoming more Christ-like.
124 pages. Paperback
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Mystery of the Incarnation by Cardinal Basil Hume

At the heart of the Christian faith is the mystery of the Incarnation. God manifesting his love for us by becoming man. In this book, which he had been working on in the months before his death, Cardinal Basil Hume reflects on the Incarnation & its meaning for our lives & for society. He helps us to see that it is this event that should be at the center of our new millennium, and he encourages us to fix our eyes on Christ, the light of the world.

Divided into 3 parts the book covers subjects such as: the contemporary search for meaning, rediscovering the transcendent, prayer, saints for our time, peace, human love, and relationships, the future of society, and preparation for death.

A book of deep simplicity and prayerfulness, it will speak to those within the Church as well as those on the margins of faith. 166 pages. Trade Paperback.
Item #27769

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Refutation of Moral Relativism by Peter Kreeft

Interviews with an Absolutist

No issue is more fateful for civilization than moral relativism. History knows not one example of a successful society which repudiated moral absolutes. Yet most attacks on relativism have been either pragmatic (looking at its social consequences) or exhorting (preaching rather than proving), and philosophers' arguments against it have been specialized, technical, and scholarly.

In his typical unique writing style, Peter Kreeft lets an attractive, honest, and funny relativist interview a "Muslim fundamentalist" absolutist so as not to stack the dice personally for absolutism. more...
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Suffering of Love by Regis Martin

Making sense of human suffering is a challenge in every age, and many a person confronted with man's inhumanity to his fellow man has lost his faith in a good God. The Holocaust, in particular, because of the scope of its ruthlessness, has raised the question for modern man:
Item #50102

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An Introduction to Moral Theology 2nd Ed. by William E. May, forward by Cardinal James A. Hickey

Here - carefully documented, footnoted, and indexed - is not only what the Church teaches but also why it is obligated to do so. And, why its members are obligated to examine and to apply that teaching.

This updated and expanded edition of a text long trusted and widely used in colleges, universities, and seminaries (as well as in high schools and parish religious-education programs), offers the latest Catholic teaching on moral theology, including:
Moral theology: its nature, purpose, and biblical foundation
Human dignity, free human action, virtue, and conscience
Natural law, moral absolutes, and sin
Christian faith and our moral life

Read why - and how - living what the Church teaches can transform hearts, minds, and souls.
320 pages. Trade Paperback
Item #40092

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Catholic Bioethics & the Gift of Human Life by William E. May

Never has the gift of human life been more threatened. Euthanasia, in vitro fertilization, genetic counseling, assisted suicide, "living wills," persistent vegetative state, organ transplants...modern science has brought complex bioethical decisions about life into every Catholic household.

Now Professor William E. May fearlessly tackles these hot-topic issues, examining them in light of papal encyclicals, statements from the U.S. Bishops, and probing analyses from leading orthodox theologians. 272 pages. Trade Paperback.
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Leisure, The Basis of Culture by Josef Pieper

Includes: The Philosophical Act

One of the most important philosophy titles published in the twentieth century, Josef Pieper's Leisure, The Basis of Culture is more significant, even more crucial, today than it was when it first appeared more than fifty years ago. This edition also includes his work The Philosophical Act.
Leisure is an attitude of the mind and a condition of the soul that fosters a capacity to perceive the reality of the world. Pieper shows that the Greeks and medieval Europeans, understood the great value and importance of leisure. He also points out that religion can be born only in leisure - a leisure that allows time for the contemplation of the nature of God. Leisure has been, and always will be, the first foundation of any culture. more...
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Many Religions, One Covenant by His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI (written as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger), foreword by Scott Hahn

Israel, the Church and the World

In Many Religions, One Covenant, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger spans the deep divides in modern Catholic scholarship to present a compelling biblical theology, modern in its concerns yet classical in its breadth. It is his classical mastery, his resourcement, that enables the Cardinal to build a bridge.

Cardinal Ratzinger seeks to deepen our understanding of the Bible's most fundamental principle. The covenant defines religion for Christians and Jews. We cannot discern God's design or his will if we do not meditate upon his covenant.

The covenant, then, is the principle that unites the New Testament with the Old, the Scriptures with Tradition, and each of the various branches of theology with all the others. more...
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