San Antonio College Library

"In his Tradition and Authenticity in the Search for Ecumenic Wisdom, Thomas Langan argued that the close interaction of traditions in today's society calls for methodical critical appropriation of the beliefs fostered by the principal traditions. He also promised to demonstrate by example how such appropriation could be accomplished. In The Catholic Tradition, Langan successfully fulfills that vow by showing how a tradition - the Catholic - has shaped...

A selection of Merton's writings, the burden of which is the necessity of learning to live and to love, emphasizes the unending process of learning, modern man's fear of solitude, and humanity's place in nature.

In The Rite, journalist Matt Baglio uses the astonishing story of one American priest's training as an exorcist to reveal that the phenomena of possession, demons, the Devil, and exorcism are not merely a remnant of the archaic past, but remain a fearsome power in many people's lives even today.--Publisher description.

"In A History of Sin, John Portmann argues that especially since September 11, the reality of sin has made a strong comeback and that even liberal Christians, who have downplayed the notion of sin, have to take the fact of personal evildoing seriously. Starting in the present, Portmann loops back into the past to outline the key moments in the history of sin from the ancient Greeks and Israelites through Jesus and Paul to Augustine and Dante and up...

"Selections ... from Basic writings of St. Thomas Aquinas ... published in 1945." Bibliography: p. 682-690.