An Essay in Aid of a Grammar of Assent
The Religious Assent is an essay that addresses the reasonableness of the Christian faith and the certainty that believers can have regarding the fundamental truths of Christianity. Newman explores how...
Apologetics
Apologia pro vita sua
Apologia arose from a newspaper review that Newman felt compelled to respond to while living in seclusion at the Birmingham Oratory, devoted to his educational ideals and promoting the Catholic laity. The...
How to Defend the Faith Without Raising Your Voice
This book originates from the international project Catholic Voices, created to train Catholics capable of speaking publicly about their faith without confrontation or fear. Austen Ivereigh, a British...
Screwtape Proposes a Toast and Other Pieces
C. S. Lewis brings together in this volume a series of short essays where he displays his intellectual sharpness and his ability to shed light on moral, spiritual, and cultural issues from a Christian...
The diary of Happiness
The Diary of Happiness is a work difficult to classify, blending theological essay, autobiography, political analysis, notebook, and social literature. Its author, the Romanian Steinhardt, recounts his...
Space Trilogy 2: Perelandra
This is the second of the author's science fiction trilogy with a strong Christian didactic message. Two scientists make the journey to Venus, one a force for good (Dr Ransom) and to the evil. Dr Ransom...
Letters to Malcolm
In the form of letters, he reflects on prayer and its meaning. It is a deep and honest book, but not easy to read. It is not a text that helps one to pray, but rather a very personal book in which he speaks...
Godforsaken
The book addresses the age-old dilemma of the problem of evil, exploring how the existence of a benevolent God can be reconciled with the presence of suffering and evil in the world. Throughout the work, D'...
How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization
It is often said that the Church has a reactionary attitude concerning the progress of science and the novelty of ideas. The author starts from the premise that in general one has a caricatural vision of...
Fifteen Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford (1826-1843)
Newman himself called the Oxford University Sermons, first published in 1843, the best, not the most perfect, book I have done. He added, I mean there is more to develop in it. Indeed, the...