Book Reviews by Father John McCloskey
American Abundance
Lawrence Kudlow is one of the leading political economists. His first book is a collection of his writings on economic policy and politics over the last five years of prosperity.
The Appalling Strangeness of the Mercy of God
The story of Ruth Pakaluk, Convert, Mother, Pro-life Activist.
The Barbarian Conversion: from Paganism to Christianity
Richard Fletcher takes the reader on a conjectural sociological survey of primitive Christianity from Pentecost to the Edict of Milan and comes up with some startling and controversial conclusions underlining personal example.
Breakfast With the Pope
Susan Vigilante's fascinating story of the Pope at ease among friends at breakfast.
Cardinal Newman at 2000
A review of Fr. McCloskey's TV series, by Catharine M. Ryan.
Christians in the Movies
Dr. Peter Dans does his part to inspire a counter-revolution.
The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order
Samuel Huntington's work provides a key to understanding where we are in a geopolitical sense as we approach the millennium, after the momentous collapse of the Communist system throughout the world.
The Closing of the Muslim Mind
Robert Reilly reveals the key to defeating militant Islam.
The Compleat Gentlemen
Brad Miner examines what makes a gentleman by considering various aspects of this term and its history.
The Courage To Be Catholic
George Weigel critiques the Cathlic Church in the US with respect to the sexual crisis among the clergy, the lack of fidelity to the Church's teachings, and the shortage of vocations.
The Cube and the Cathedral
Christophobia and culture. George Weigel looks at Europe.
Dante Alighieri, Divine Comedy and Divine Spirituality
Robert Royal's work, the author's most important, clearly reflects the labor of years of reading Dante and also of commitment to the interior life. Royal gives an account of the spiritual guidance throughout Dante's Divine Comedy.
The Difference God Makes
Francis Cardinal George of the Archdiocese of Chicago has written an astonishingly perceptive book that is the best history of the Catholic Church in the Unites States from a theological point of view.
An Education for Our Time
Josiah Bunting III has written a bold, provocative book. It's subject is education, which after religion, and along with the family, ranks at the top of any society's priorities. If these are not healthy, the society is in serious peril of dissolution.
The Essential Belloc
Robert R. Reilly reviews Fathers book.
The Faithful Departed
Phil Lawler analyzes the collapse of Boston's Catholic culture.
The Future Church: How Ten Trends are Revolutionizing the Catholic Church
John Allen examines the worldwide dimension of the Church.
God and Man at Georgetown Prep
Mark G. Judge reveals how he became a Catholic "despite 20 years of Catholic schooling."
God in Action: How Faith in God Can Address the Challenges of the World
Francis Cardinal George believes that the authentic age of the laity is here.
Good News, Bad News
A review of Fr. McCloskey's book by Emily Bissonnette.
Good News, Bad News
A review of Fr. McCloskey's book by Stephen Vincent.
Good News, Bad News
A review of Fr. McCloskey's book by Joanna Bogle.
Good News, Bad News
A review of Fr. McCloskey's book by Ryan Anderson.
The Hand of God:
A Journey from Death to Life by the Abortion Doctor Who Changed His Mind
Dr. Bernard Nathanson's intellectual and moral honesty has enabled many other abortion providers or accomplices, including some legislators, to acknowledge their mistakes and join the fight for human life.
Homosexuality and the American Public Life
This is the first of two volumes based on papers delivered at a conference on homosexuality sponsored by the American Public Philosophy Institute at the Georgetown University Conference Center in June 1997.
How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization
Thomas E. Woods Jr. has written a challenging and indeed almost defiant book.
How the Irish Saved Civilization
Thomas Cahill recounts the charming tale well known to students of the West and Church History of the evangelization of St. Patrick and his spiritual sons and daughters–from Brigid to Boniface.
How to Get to I Do
Amy Bonaccorso offers a dating guide for Catholic women.
The Israel Test
George Gilder explains why if we fail the Israel Test, a new Dark Age may be upon us.
The Judge: William P. Clark, Ronald Reagan's Top Hand
Paul Kengor and Patricia Clark Doerner remember Reagan's Chief-of Staff, National Security Advisor, and Secretary of the Interior.
Living the Call: An Introduction to the Lay Vocation
Fr. John examines this guide to lay holiness.
Meltdown
Thomas Woods considers how our country can recover from the bad economy.
Newman's Challenge
Fr. Stanley Jaki has collected a dozen or so essays written over the last decade on the writings of Cardinal Newman. He looks at topics as varied as original sin, miracles, Anglo-Catholicism, conversion, and the papacy.
The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Civil War
H. W. Crocker III describes "why the South was right."
Politics for the Greatest Good
Clarke D. Forsythe, senior counsel for Americans for Life, has written an essential book for lawmakers and all participants in the ongoing culture wars, most particularly those engaging in public policy issues concerning the origins of life, the end of life, and marriage.
Redeeming Economics
John Mueller's magnum opus is comparable to Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations.
The Rise of Christianity
Rodney Stark has written a thought-provoking book that will challenge many of the assumptions of both orthodox Christians and hardened skeptics as to the growth of Christianity during the three centuries after the birth of Christ.
Sarge: The Life and Times of Sargent Shriver
The similarities between Sargent Shriver and Thomas More.
Speaking to the Heart: A Father's Guide to Growth in Virtue
Stephen Gabriel invites the Christian father to make an extended examination of conscience by looking at twenty character traits that he thinks are important to the lives of a father and his children in light of the classical seven virtues.
Surrender: The Life-Changing Power of Doing God's Will
A look at the latest book from one of our speakers.
Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child
More and more clearly we are facing, as C.S Lewis named it, "The Abolition of Man."
A Tremor of Bliss
Sex, Catholicism and Rock 'n' Roll.
The Triumph of Rita Rizzo
A review of Raymond Arroyo's Mother Angelica – The Remarkable Story of a Nun, Her Nerve, and a Network of Miracles.
Triumph: The Power and the Glory of the Catholic Church, a 2000-Year History
H.W. Crocker makes the history of the Church come alive in this new book. Crocker writes with an attitude: he presumes that the Catholic Church is a divine institution founded by Christ and destined to last until the Second Coming.
What Happened at Notre Dame
Charles E. Rice has written a concise lawyer's brief to convict Notre Dame and its administration of committing treason against its history.
What's So Great About Christianity
Dinesh D'Souza has written a masterpiece of modern apologetical writing.
Why Converts Choose Catholicism
Father reviews Dave Shiflett's book, Exodus.
Who Are We?
Catholics might disagree with this view on the present and future of America.
