You select the book, I mail it to you, you send me the electronic review, and I post it(about 1,500 to 2,000 reviews posted since 1997). Write to Hegy@adelphi.edu/ Here is the list of books available in December:
I PETER. Revised edition. Tyndale NT Commentaries. By Wayne A. Grudem (260 pp – IVP Academic) [First published in 1988. A long introduction about date and authorship, followed by a commentary of the various sections]
REDISCOVERING THE WISDOM OF THE CORINTHIANS. Paul, Stoicism, and Spiritual Hierarchy. By Timothy Brookins (340 pp – Eerdmans) [The “wisdom” of 1 Cor 1-4 refers to the Stoic philosophy that prevailed in Corinth; some members considered themselves as “wiser” philosophically and “superior” intellectually; this led to conflictive divisions. Paul refutes this philosophical interpretation of his teachings]
EUCHARISTIC RESERVATION. Holy Communion and Worship of the Eucharistic Mystery Outside Mass. By Paul Turner (180 pp – Liturgical Press). [Commentary section by section on the new edition of Holy Communion and Worship of the Eucharistic Mystery Outside Mass of 2024]
Together with
SOUNDINGS ON EUCHARIST AND PRIESTHOOD. BY Michael Dellaire (100 pp – Friesen Press). [Reflections from the context the Canadian ministry] These works can be reviewed briefly together or separately.
CATHOLIC DOGMATIC THEOLOGY: A SYNTHESIS. Book 3. On the Church and the Sacraments. by Jean-Hervé Nicolas, OP (750 pp – CUA Press). [Translated from German. First published in 1985]
GLOBAL CATHOLICISM. Between Disruption and Encounter. by Massimo Faggioli and Bryan Froehle (290 pp – Brill). [Global Catholicism as a new field. Up-to-date statistics. Chapters on governance, theology, and methodology]
REMARRIAGE IN EARLY CHRISTIANITY. By Andrew Das (320 pp – Eerdmans)
[Review of the Jewish and Greco-Roman sources and the witness of the early church]
Everyday Annunciations. On Learning to Say Yes
By Susan Swetnam (120 pp – Liturgical Press). [Swetnam recounts how she came to accept her husband’s death when contemplating Fra Angelico’s Annunciation. Using numerous stories of disrupted lives, she describes how to say “Yes” through six paintings of the Annunciation.]
ALL MY SPRINGS ARE IN YOU More Explorations of Great Biblical Texts. By Gerhard Lohfink (1934-2024) (320 pp – Liturgical Press). [The springs in Psalm 87 refer to Jerusalem to which all nations converge for justice and peace. Lohfink illustrates this theme through 50 short biblical reflections.]
WISDOM FROM THE GLOBAL SISTERHOOD. Edited by Srs. Joyce Meyer et al. (290 pp – Liturgical Press). [Ten years of articles from the Global Sisters Report about the work of women religious all over the world]
THE WAY OF THE HEART. The Spiritual Experience of André Louf. By Charles Wright (290 pp – Cistercian Publications). [A. Louf was the abbot of a Dutch Trappist monastery who chose to be a hermit the last 10 years of his life, after a having played a prominent role in his order and the post-Vatican II church]
BE TRANSFORMED. A Biblical Journey toward a More Just World. By Micah Kiel (130 pp – Liturgical Press). [Being transformed by the CSD of justice. Five chapters on transformation]
VIRTUE IN VIRTUAL SPACES. Catholic Social Teaching and Technology. By Louisa Conwill et al. (120 pp – Center for Social Concern). [Four chapters on CST on technology and one chapter on Twitter and Instagram]
THE ROMAN CURIA. History, Theology, and Organization. By Anthony Expo (250 pp – Georgetown University Press). [Overview of the history and development of the Curia up to its recent reorganization – the author is undersecretary in a Dicastery]
