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THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM: READING GENESIS
LEON KASS
FREE PRESS 700 PGS XXXTHE EPIC OF GILGAMESH
BENJAMIN R. FOSTER, TRANS/ED
W.W. NORTON XXX $10.95
MOTHER ANGELICA: THE REMARKABLE STORY OF A NUN, HER NERVE, AND A NETWORK OF MIRACLES
RAYMOND ARROYO
DOUBLEDAY 384 PGS $23.95
JONATHAN EDWARDS: AMERICA'S EVANGELICAL (FOR MUCH, MUCH MORE ON JONATHAN EDWARDS,
GO TO > FMOWEB 270.001 JEWISH CHRISTIAN RESOURCES >FMOWEB 273.001 PROTESTANT OUTREACH)
PHILIP F. GURA
FARRAR, STRAUS & GIROUX 284 PGS $24.00
THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM: READING GENESIS
LEON R. KASS
FREE PRESS 720 PGS $35.00
THE DISCOVERY OF GOD: ABRAHAM AND THE BIRTH OF MONOTHEISM
DAVID KLINGHOFFER
DOUBLEDAY 304 PGS $26.00
THE PROPHETS: WHO THEY WERE, WHAT THEY ARE
NORMAN PODHORETZ
FREE PRESS 390 PGS $30.00
ACROSS THE SABBATH RIVER: IN SEARCH OF A LOST TRIBE OF ISRAEL
HILLEL HALKIN
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN 394 PGS $28.00
THE TORAH: A MODERN COMMENTARY
W. GUNTHER PLAUT, ED
UNION OF AMER HEBREW CONG 1787 PGS $45.00
COMMENTARY ON THE TORAH
RICHARD ELLIOT FRIEDMAN
HARPER-SAN FRAN 681 PGS $50.00
THE BIBLE
DOUAY-RHEIMS, OR DOUAY BIBLE CATHOLIC, 16TH CENTURY, LATEST RE-PRINT 1914
KING JAMES VERSION (KJV) 1611 MODERN WESTERN PROTESTANT FOUNDATION
(KJV) REVISED STANDARD VERSION (RSV) 1952 MOST ACCURATE TRANS TO ENGLISH
REVISED STANDARD VERSION (RSV) CATHOLIC EDITION. CATHOLIC STANDARD 1966
CURRENTLY PREFERRED BY TRADITIONAL CATHOLICS
NEW REVISED STANDARD VERSION (NRSV) 1989 POLITICALLY CORRECT- UNACCEPTABLE
NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION (NIV) EVANGELICAL PREFERENCE
NEW AMERICAN BIBLE, LATEST 1970 CATHOLIC VATICAN II NOVUS ORDO
GOOD NEWS BIBLE: CATHOLIC STUDY EDITION 1979
ENGLISH STANDARD VERSION (ESV) 2001
GOD’S SECRETARIES: THE MAKING OF THE KING JAMES BIBLE
ADAM NICHOLSON
HARPERCOLLINS 280 PGS $24.95
THE NEW CAMBRIDGE PARAGRAPH BIBLE WITH THE APOCRYPHA, KING JAMES VERSION
DAVID NORTON
CAMBRIDGE UNIV 1868 PGS $109.99
A TEXTUAL HISTORY OF THE KING JAMES BIBLE
DAVID NORTON
CAMBRIDGE UNIV 387 PGS $95.00
THE PHYSICS OF IMMORTALITY: MODERN COSMOLOGY. GOD AND THE RESURRECTION OF
THE DEAD
FRANK J. TIPLER MO 01 05
DOUBLEDAY 528 PGS $24.95
AMERICA'S REAL WAR
RABBI DANIEL LAPIN MO 01 06
MULTNOMAH PUBLISHERS 362 PGS $19.99
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN THE WORLD
PAUL MARSHALL, NINA SHEA
FREEDOM HOUSE XXX XXX
JESUS AND JUDAISM
E.P. SANDERS
XXX XXX XXX
AN INTRODUCTION TO ISLAM FOR JEWS (AND CHRISTIANS) VOL 1 CHILDREN OF
ABRAHAM
KHALID DURAN w/ABDELWAHAB HECHICHE MO 01 08
AMER JEWISH COMM & KTAV 326 PGS $19.95
AN INTRODUCTION TO JUDAISM FOR MUSLIMS VOL 2 CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM
REUVEN FIRESTONE MO 01 08
AMER JEWISH COMM & KTAV 320 PGS $19.95
THE DESIGN INFERENCE (ON INTELLIGENT DESIGN)
WILLIAM A. DEMBSKI 1998
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS XXX XXX
WHY AMERICA NEEDS RELIGION: SECULAR MODERNITY AND ITS DISCONTENTS
GUENTER LEWY
WILLIAM B. EERDMANS 160 PGS XXX
SUMMULAE LOGICALES (1230) (166 EDITIONS INTO THE 17TH CENTURY)
PETER OF SPAIN / POPE JOHN XXI
XXX XXX XXX
SUMMA THEOLOGICA (1265)
THOMAS AQUINAS
XXX XXX XXX
THE CITY OF GOD
St. AUGUSTINE
XXX XXX XXX
THE CHURCH IN THE DARK AGES
HENRI DANIEL-ROPS
XXX XXX XXX
THE BUILDING OF CHRISTENDOM
WARREN CARROLL
XXX XXX XXX
THE GATEWAY TO THE MIDDLE AGES: ITALY
ELEANOR SHIPLEY DUCKETT
XXXX XXX XXX
THE GATEWAY TO THE MIDDLE AGES: MONASTICISM
ELEANOR SHIPLEY DUCKETT
XXXX XXX XXX
HISTORY OF THE CHURCH OF THE ENGLISH PEOPLE
ST. BEDE
XXX XXX XXX
A CANTICLE FOR LEIBOWITZ (1959)
WALTER M. MILLER, JR.
XXX XX XXX
THE MEDIAEVAL MIND, VOL I
HENRY OSBORNE TAYLOR
XXX XXX XXX
ANGLO-SAXON SAINTS AND SCHOLARS
ELEANOR SHIPLEY DUCKETT
XXX XXX XXX
THE LOVE OF LEARNING AND THE DESIRE FOR GOD
JEAN LECLERCQ, O.S.B.
XXX XXX XXX
ALIENS IN AMERICA: THE STRANGE TRUTH ABOUT OUR SOULS
PETER AUGUSTINE LAWLER
ISI BOOKS 298 PGS $24.95
SHE SAID YES: THE UNLIKELY MARTYRDOM OF CASSIE BERNALL
MISTY BERNALL
PLOUGH XXX XXX
SEEKING PEACE: NOTES AND CONVERSATIONS ALONG THE WAY
JOHANN CHRISTOPH ARNOLD
PLOUGH XXX XXX
CHRIST: A CRISIS IN THE LIFE OF GOD
JACK MILES MO 02 01
KNOPF 322 PGS $26.00
CHRISTIANITY ON TRIAL: ARGUMENTS AGAINST ANTI-RELIGIOUS BIGOTRY
VINCENT CARROLL & DAVID SHIFLETT
ENCOUNTER 244 PGS $15.95
WHAT WERE THE CRUSADES?
JONATHAN RILEY-SMITH
IGNATIUS PRESS 128 PGS $11.95
NEWMAN: OUTSTANDING CHRISTIAN THINKERS SERIES
AVERY DULLES, S.J.
CONTINUUM 168 PGS $22.95
THE NEW FAITHFUL: WHY YOUNG ADULTS ARE EMBRACING CHRISTIAN ORTHODOXY
COLLEEN CARROLL
LOYOLA 320 PGS $19.95
MODERN PHYSICS AND ANCIENT FAITH
STEPHEN M. BARR MO 05-06
NOTRE DAME 312 PGS $30.00
FOR THE GLORY OF GOD: HOW MONOTHEISM LED TO REFORMATIONS, SCIENCE,
WITCH-HUNTS, AND THE END OF SLAVERY
RODNEY STARK
PRINCETON 496 PGS $35.00
CHRISTIANITY INCORPORATED: HOW BIG BUSINESS IS BUYING THE CHURCH
MICHAEL L. BUDDE & ROBERT W. BRIMLOW
BRAZOS PRESS 187 PGS $22.99
ONE SHEPPARD, ONE FLOCK
OLIVAR BARRES
CATHOLIC ANSWERS 888-291-8000 197 PGS $12.95
C.S. LEWIS AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
JOSEPH PEARCE
IGNATIUS PRESS 175 PGS XXX
THE EVERLASTING MAN
G.K. CHESTERTON
XXX XXX XXX
TRIUMPH: THE POWER AND THE GLORY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH: A 2000 YEAR HISTORY
H.W. CROCKER III
THREE RIVERS PRESS 512 PGS $17.95
INDEX OF LEADING CATHOLIC INDICATORS: THE CHURCH SINCE VATICAN II
KENNETH C. JONES
ORIENS PUBLISHING 113 PGS XXX
MORAL DARWINISM
BENJAMIN WIKER
INTERVARSITY PRESS XXX XXX
PRIEST: PORTRAITS OF TEN GOOD MEN SERVING THE CHURCH TODAY
MICHAEL ROSE
SOPHIA INSTITUTE 185 PGS $14.95
POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY AND THE GOD OF ABRAHAM
THOMAS L. PANGLE
JOHNS HOPKINS 285 PGS $39.95
THE RUSSIAN CHURCH AND THE PAPACY
VLADIMIR SOLOVIEV
XXXX XXXX XXX
JESUS IN BEIJING: HOW CHRISTIANITY IS TRANSFORMING CHINA AND CHANGING THE GLOBAL
BALANCE OF POWER
DAVID AIKMAN MO 05-06
REGNERY 344 PGS $27.95
THE FIRST GRACE: REDISCOVERING THE NATURAL LAW IN A POST-CHRISTIAN WORLD
RUSSELL HITTINGER
ISI 334 PGS XXX
THE GREAT FAÇADE: VATICAN II AND THE REGIME OF NOVELTY IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
THOMAS E. WOODS, JR. & CHRISTOPHER A. FERRARA
XXXX XXXX XXX
SALVATION IS FROM THE JEWS: THE ROLE OF JUDAISM IN SALVATION HISTORY FROM ABRAHAM
TO THE SECOND COMING
ROY H. SCHOEMAN
IGNATIUS PRESS 395 PGS $16.95
MARY: A CATHOLIC-EVANGELICAL DEBATE
DWIGHT LONGENECKER & DAVID GUSTAFSON
BRAZOS PRESS 240 PGS $14.99
EARTHEN VESSELS: THE PRACTICE OF PERSONAL PRAYER ACCORDING TO THE PATRISTIC TRADITION
GABRIEL BUNGE, OSB
IGNATIUS PRESS 222 PGS $14.95
THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN AMERICA
DAVID CARLIN
SOPHIA INSTITUTE PRESS 407 PGS $24.95
THE REFORMATION: A HISTORY
DIARMAID MACCULLOCH
VIKING 792 PGS $34.95
AMERICAN JUDAISM: A HISTORY
JONATHAN D. SARNA
YALE UNIV. 490 PGS $35.00
GENETIC ENGINEERING: CHRISTIAN VALUES AND CATHOLIC TEACHING
PAUL FLAMAN
PAULIST PRESS 138 PGS $12.95
THE CHURCH OF APOSTLES AND MARTYRS
HENRI DANIEL-ROPS
J.M. DENT (LONDON) 1960 XXXX XXXX
THE FOUNDING OF CHRISTENDOM
WARREN H CARROLL
CHRISTENDOM PRESS XXXX XXXX
DAILY LIFE IN ANCIENT ROME
JEROME CARCOPINO
YALE UNIV XXX XXXX
POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY AND THE GOD OF ABRAHAM
THOMAS L. PANGLE
JOHNS HOPKINS 285 PGS $39.95
THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AS VIEWED BY NEWMAN
FR. STANLEY L. JAKI
REAL VIEW BOOKS 364 PGS XXX
CONSUMER'S GUIDE TO A BRAVE NEW WORLD (CLONING & STEM CELL ISSUES)
WESLEY J. SMITH
ENCOUNTER 219 PGS $25.95
AN ESSAY ON THE RESTORATION OF PROPERTY
HILAIRE BELLOC
IHS PRESS 102 PGS $8.95
THE PIUS WAR: RESPONSES TO THE CRITICS OF PIUS XII
JOSEPH BOTTUM & RABBI DAVID G. DALIN
LEXINGTON 282 PGS $29.95
MEMORY AND IDENTITY: CONVERSATIONS AT THE DAWN OF A MILLENNIUM
POPE JOHN PAUL II MO 05 03
RIZZOLI 192 PGS $19.95
WHY THE JEWS REJECTED JESUS: THE TURNING POINT IN WESTERN HISTORY
DAVID KLINGHOFFER
DOUBLEDAY 247 PGS $24.95
MOSES AS POLITICAL LEADER (RE-ISSUED, ORIG 1984)
AARON WILDAVSKY
SHALEM PRESS 304 PGS $16.95
ON THE FIELD OF LIFE, ON THE BATTLEFIELD OF TRUTH
FREDERICK TURNER
PIVOT 37 PGS $10.00
REAL ETHICS: RECONSIDERING THE FOUNDATIONS OF MORALITY
JOHN M. RIST MO 05 06
CAMBRIDGE UNIV 304 PGS XXXX
EXODUS: WHY AMERICANS ARE FLEEING LIBERAL CHURCHES FOR CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIANITY
DAVE SHIFLETT
SENTINEL 224 PGS $23.95
THE DESIGN REVOLUTION: ANSWERING THE TOUGHEST QUESTIONS ABOUT INTELLIGENT DESIGN
WILLIAM DEMBSKI
INTER VARSITY PRESS 334 PGS $22.00
BY DESIGN: SCIENCE AND THE SEARCH FOR GOD
LARRY WITHAM
ENCOUNTER 236 PGS $24.95
DOUBTS ABOUT DARWIN: A HISTORY OF INTELLIGENT DESIGN
THOMAS WOODWARD
BAKER BOOKS 320 PGS $19.99
VARIETIES OF RELIGION TODAY: WILLIAM JAMES REVISITED
CHARLES TAYLOR
HARVARD UNIV 142 PGS $12.00 PB
LETTERS TO A YOUNG CATHOLIC
GEORGE WEIGEL
BASIC BOOKS 208 PGS $22.50
THE BIBLE IN ENGLISH: ITS HISTORY AND INFLUENCE
DAVID DANIELL
YALE UNIV 920 PGS $40.00
NEW POLITICAL RELIGIONS, OR AN ANALYSIS OF MODERN TERRORISM
BARRY COOPER
UNIV. OF MISSOURI 264 PGS $44.95
THE VANGUARD OF THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION (1994)
SEYYED REZA VALI NASR
XXX XXX XXX
JIHAD: THE ORIGIN OF HOLY WAR IN ISLAM (1999)
REUVEN FIRESTONE
XXX XXX XXX
TERROR IN THE MIND OF GOD (2000)
MARK JUERGENSMEYER
XXX XXX XXX
ROMAN CATHOLIC POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
JAMES V. SCHALL
LEXINGTON BOOKS 230 PGS $65.00
THE FIVE BOOKS OF MOSES: A TRANSLATION WITH COMMENTARY
ROBERT ALTER
W.W. NORTON & CO. 1064 pgs $39.95
INTRODUCTION TO CHRISTIANITY (1968)
JOSEPH CARDINAL RATZINGER
IGNATIUS ? 380 PGS $16.95
THE RATZINGER REPORT: AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW ON THE STATE OF THE CHURCH (1985)
JOSEPH CARDINAL RATZINGER INTERVIEWED
IGNATIUS ? 197 PGS $10.95
BENEDICT XVI: THE MAN WHO WAS RATZINGER
MICHAEL S. ROSE
SPENCE 192 PGS $22.95
PRINCIPLES OF CATHOLIC THEOLOGY: BUILDING STONES FOR A FUNDAMENTAL THEOLOGY (1987)
JOSEPH CARDINAL RATZINGER
IGNATIUS 398 PGS $31.95
THE SPIRIT OF THE LITURGY (2000)
JOSEPH CARDINAL RATZINGER
IGNATIUS 232 PGS $17.95
GOD AND THE WORLD: A CONVERSATION WITH PETER SEEWALD (2002)
JOSEPH CARDINAL RATZINGER INTERVIEWED
IGNATIUS 460 PGS $18.95
TRUTH AND TOLERANCE: CHRISTIAN BELIEF AND WORLD RELIGIONS (2004)
JOSEPH CARDINAL RATZINGER
IGNATIUS 284 PGS $15.95
GOD'S CHOICE: POPE BENEDICT XVI AND THE FUTURE OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
GEORGE WEIGEL MO 05 08
HARPERCOLLINS 296 PGS $26.95
HOW THE CATHOLIC CHURCH BUILT WESTERN CIVILIZATION
THOMAS WOODS
XXX XXX XXX
EXODUS: WHY AMERICANS ARE FLEEING LIBERAL CHURCHES FOR CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIANITY
DAVE SHIFLETT
SENTINEL HC 224 PGS $23.95
THE VICTORY OF REASON: HOW CHRISTIANITY LED TO FREEDOM, CAPITALISM, AND WESTERN
SUCCESS
RODNEY STARK
XXX XXX XXX
NICHOLAS: THE EPIC JOURNEY FROM SAINT TO SANTA CLAUS
JEREMY SEAL
BLOOMSBURY 368 PGS $24.95
THE CHURCH AND THE MARKET: A CATHOLIC DEFENSE OF THE FREE ECONOMY
THOMAS E. WOODS JR. MO 06 04
LEXINGTON 280 PGS $19.95
WONDERFUL LIFE (1989)
STEPHEN JAY GOULD
XXX XXX XXX
THE CHALLENGE OF CREATION: JUDAISM'S ENCOUNTER WITH SCIENCE, COSMOLOGY, AND EVOLUTION
RABBI NATAN SLIFKIN
XXX XXX XXX
NOTE: Scientists who were also Believers:
BOYLE
DESCARTES
KEPLER
LEIBNIZ
PASCAL
SIR ISAAC NEWTON
BABBAGE
DALTON
FARADAY
HERSCHEL
JOULE
LYELL
MAXWELL
LORD KELVIN THOMPSON
A MAN OF FAITH: THE SPIRITUAL JOURNEY OF GEORGE W. BUSH
DAVID AIKMAN
XXX XXX XXX
EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT GOD (BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK)
ERIC METAXAS
WATERBROOK 240 PGS $14.99
NOTE: LOOK PAST THE FLIP TITLE. THE PERFECT INTRODUCTION FOR THE CURIOUS SKEPTIC.
EVANGELISM AND THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD (1961)
J.I. PACKER
XXX XXX XXX
"FUNDAMENTALISM" AND THE WORD OF GOD (1958)
J.I. PACKER
XXX XXX XXX
THE LANGUAGE OF GOD: A SCIENTIST PRESENTS EVIDENCE FOR BELIEF
FRANCIS S. COLLINS
FREE PRESS 304 PGS $26.00
PARADISE MISLAID: HOW WE LOST HEAVEN AND HOW WE CAN REGAIN IT
JEFFREY BURTON RUSSELL
OXFORD UNIV. 224 PGS $28.00
EXPLORING REALITY: THE INTERTWINING OF SCIENCE AND RELIGION
JOHN POLKINGHORNE MO 07 01
YALE UNIV 208 PGS $24.00
IBN KHALDUN'S PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY: A STUDY IN THE PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATION OF
THE SCIENCE OF CULTURE (1957)
MUHSIN MAHDI
xxxx xxx PGS $xx.xx
THE POLITICAL ASPECTS OF ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY (1992)
MUHSIN MAHDI, CHARLES BUTTERWORTH, ED
xxxx xxx PGS $xx.xx
THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS (1984)
MUHSIN MAHDI, ED, HUSAIN HADDAWY, TRNS
xxxx xxx PGS $xx.xx
ALFARABI AND THE FOUNDATIONS OF ISLAMIC POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY (2001)
MUHSIN MAHDI
xxxx xxx PGS $xx.xx
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A TRILOGY OF ATHEISM: THEIR BEST SHOT (2007):
LETTER TO A CHRISTIAN NATION
SAM HARRIS
KNOPH 112 PGS $16.95
BREAKING THE SPELL: RELIGION AS A NATURAL PHENOMENON
DANIEL C. DENNETT
PENGUIN 464 PGS $16.00
THE GOD DELUSION
RICHARD DAWKINS
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN 416 PGS $27.00
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THE REGENSBURG LECTURE
JAMES V. SCHALL MO 07 03
ST. AUGUSTINE'S PRESS 180 PGS $20.00
MOTHER TERESA: COME BE MY LIGHT
FR. BRIAN KOLODIEJCHUK, ED
DOUBLEDAY 416 PGS $22.95
S
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UNIV xxx PGS $xx.xx
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