I get a lot of books to review, and I must confess that very few make it off my “review” shelf to my reference shelf. Light, Happiness and Peace is one of the rare ones, though, that I know I’ll be going back to in the future.
Fr. Pasquini’s goal in writing this book is [...]

Father Joseph Girzone is a Catholic priest who is also the best-selling author of the Joshua series of books. The book sent to me by his publisher, however, was not one of his fiction works, but rather a piece of non-fiction: his spiritual memoirs, entitled My Struggle with Faith.
There is always a difficulty in [...]

Have you ever wondered why some children seem to have been born neat, while others leave a tornado in their wake? Why are some people always upbeat and optimistic, their glass “half full,” while others seem to be enveloped in a black cloud, their glass always “half empty”? For some, no passing thought goes unexpressed, [...]

Your average faithful Christian typically has an interest in seeing the Jewish perspective on religious issues, and for obvious reasons: the Christian religion springs from Judaism. Speaking for myself, I have found that the discovery of a Jewish point of view is almost always stimulating for my own faith. It was with [...]

WARNING: THIS REVIEW WILL BE SCATHING.
And now that that is out of the way…
There is only one issue central to the experience of reading The Physics of Christianity that I consider worthwhile covering as part of this review. Let me put it in the form of a science quiz question: “If a person [...]

I have reviewed books by John Allen before on this blog, and I have come away with a deep appreciation for his work. It isn’t just his style, which is very accessible and down to earth: his research and analysis is consistently thorough and balanced, and he does not draw conclusions without thinking things [...]

I’ve heard it said that theological orthodoxy is fundamentally creative, while heterodoxy (i.e. heresy) simply says the same old things over and over. The difference is in their appreciation of mystery. Heresy gets tired quickly of the great Truth, and seeks to replace it with something else. Orthodoxy, on the other hand, [...]

There is simply no avoiding the truth of the matter: if you are going to be a public figure with strong opinions and a quick tongue, you are going to be controversial. So no one should be surprised that Mother Angelica, the foundress of the Eternal Word Television Network, is controversial: the is a [...]

I must admit, I groaned when I saw the title to this book. I really dislike books of spirituality that try and be too “homey”, especially when they seem to be appealing to elements of our culture that I personally feel need to be evangelized, not embraced. The title of this book, to [...]

There has been a lot of discussion in the media (and elsewhere) recently on the question of the “New Atheism”. Simply put, a lot of new books have been recently published that make the case that we should *not* believe in God. I find these books depressing, mainly because of the general lack [...]