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Life of Christ by Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen

And its first edition I bought for only $2.50!
 
I’m now reading “THE PATHFINDER” by James Fenimore Cooper. Aa little slow, but engrossing.
 
The Case for the Real Jesus by Lee Strobel. It has Protestant content, but is giving me good arguments against the “He was just a wise man” crowd.

Ruthie
 
I am America (and so can You)! by Stephen Colbert.

which is hilarious. I am almost finished.

Next up is probably Appointment in Samarra by John O’Hare
 
‘Theology of the Body for Beginners: A Basic Introduction to Pope John Paul II’s Sexual Revolution,’ by Christopher West. Won it at last Tuesday’s Theology on Tap. 👍
 
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‘Theology of the Body for Beginners: A Basic Introduction to Pope John Paul II’s Sexual Revolution,’ by Christopher West. Won it at last Tuesday’s Theology on Tap. 👍
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Haha that is exactly what I’m reading right now 👍
 
I just read *Three Rival Versions of Moral Inquiry *by Alasdair MacIntyre. Every Catholic apologist ought to read this book. (MacIntyre is a former Marxist and a convert to Catholicism, and one of the most famous moral philosophers of our time.) It lays out three basic approaches to moral inquiry: the “encyclopedia” approach characteristic of the Enlightenment (all human beings can know objective truth by the proper exercise of their faculties, and tradition and authority are shackles from which we must be freed); the “genealogy” approach originating with Nietzsche (all claims to objective truth are “masks” disguising the will to power); and the “tradition” approach which MacIntyre identifies with Aquinas, and beyond him with Aristotle and Augustine (there is an eternal truth outside our own minds, but we only have access to it by initiation into a tradition of inquiry that shapes us into the kind of people who are capable of perceiving the truth).

Edwin
 
I just finished “The Sands of Tamanrasset” by Marion Mill Preminger. It’s about Blessed Father Charles Foucauld. I will be starting “The City of God” next.
 
Just picked up an autobiography entitled “Surviving with Wolves” - it’s the story of a 7 year old Jewish girl who trekked across Nazi occupied Europe to find her parents - unsuccessfully so far, but she was adopted by a wolf pack along the way. I bought it yesterday on my way to mass and am already 1/3 through it - just can’t put it down! (no I did not read through mass :P) It’s been a long time since I last got this excited about a war story. Would definitely recommend.
 
For my Tudor/Stuart England class I’m reading England anf the Spanish Armada: The Necessary Quarrell However, for enjoyment I am reading Utopia by St. Thomas More, and Homeland by R. A. Salvatore
 
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