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1. Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P., and James F. Keating, eds., Divine Impassibility and the Mystery of Human Suffering (Eerdmans, 2009).
At Amazon.
The question of whether or not God suffers — whether his very deity places him beyond the reach of suffering and evil — has serious implications for how we can correctly perceive human suffering. Though classical doctrine long held that God is impassible — that is, he does not suffer — most twentieth-century theologians have asserted just the opposite, declaring that God does indeed suffer and in so doing shows true solidarity with the suffering of human beings. Some contemporary theologians, however, have begun to argue forcefully once again in favor of divine impassibility.
James F. Keating and Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P., have gathered here a selection of essays that consider how God's suffering or lack thereof can relate to our redemption from and through human suffering. The contributors — Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox — tread carefully but surely over this thorny ground, defending diverse and often opposing perspectives. Divine Impassibility and the Mystery of Human Suffering is an excellent contribution to the latest stage in this difficult and important theological controversy.
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2. Fr. Peter John Cameron, O.P., Why Preach? Encountering Christ in God's Word (Ignatius Press, 2009). At Amazon.
Well known for his teaching, writing, and editing of Magnificat, the widely popular monthly publication containing the Scripture readings and prayers for the Mass used weekly by several hundred thousand Catholics, Fr. Peter John Cameron, O.P., offers here expert spiritual and practical help for priests, pastors and seminarians desiring to preach effectively.
Why Preach draws from the author’s rich understanding of the Word of God as the challenging, encouraging, and healing presence of Christ, as well as from his own experience as both a preacher and a teacher of homiletics. With an eye focused on the works and examples of Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI, Father Cameron illustrates that good preaching derives from and leads to an encounter with Christ, the Word of God made Flesh, who comes to us through the Scriptures.
The objective of the book is to help preachers to think about preaching in a new, dynamic way. Its aim is to provide a fresh and helpful vision of preaching geared to deepening a preacher's appreciation of what preaching is, and the great spiritual impact that good preaching can have on its audience, so as to increase his desire and ability to preach well.
3. Fr. Peter John Cameron, O.P., Jesus, Present Before Me: Meditations for Eucharist Adoration (Servant, 2008). At Amazon.
Through meditations, prayers and probing questions for reflection, Father Peter John Cameron, O.P., invites you to see beyond appearances and enter into the mystery and miracle of Jesus present in the Eucharist. "You were made for this presence," Father Cameron says.
Jesus, Present Before Me includes thirty separate Eucharistic meditations, Eucharistic reflections on the twenty mysteries of the rosary, a Eucharistic colloquy, a litany and a Way of the Eucharist, all designed to help you offer your time of adoration wholeheartedly, without weariness or distraction.
About the author: Fr. Peter John Cameron O.P. is the founding editor-in-chief of the monthly prayer and worship aid Magnificat. He is also a teacher of preaching and director of Blackfriars Repertory Theatre in New York City. He is the author of numerous books and articles.
4. Fr. Romanus Cessario, O.P., The Moral Virtues and Theological Ethics, Second Edition (University of Notre Dame Press, 2008).
Romanus Cessario, O.P., is a Fellow of the Pontifical Academy of Saint Thomas Aquinas and Professor of Systematic Theology at St. John’s Seminary in Brighton, Massachusetts.
Reviews
“Cessario argues for an intrinsic morality that could explain why a life of Gospel faith and right reason leads to virtue and delight. His efforts make the classical arguments of Aquinas available and articulate again at a moment when many will find them of great interest.” — America
“Cessario has written an excellent book that deserves to be studied carefully. It should be required reading both for scholars of Aquinas and for contemporary Christian theologians and ethicists.” — Journal of Religion
“This original, careful, and lucid analysis of a neglected theme in moral theology is very welcome. Its value is heightened by the appeal it will have for personal spiritual development.” — New Blackfriars
“An unusually important, stimulating, and incisive book.” — The Thomist
“ The Moral Virtues and Theological Ethics is an excellent introduction to the importance of the moral virtues for the Christian moral life.” — Modern Theology
5. Fr. Thomas McDermott, OP, Catherine of Siena: Spiritual Development in Her Life and Teaching (Paulist Press, 2008) $ 27.95. ISBN 978-0-8091-4547-8.
The first systematic introduction to Saint Catherine of Siena’s mystical thought in English. See Fr. McDermott's page on St. Catherine of Siena: Drawn by Love.
6. Fr. Steven Boguslawski, OP, and Ralph Martin, The New Evangelization: Overcoming the Obstacles (Paulist Press, 2008). 978-0-8091-4532-4
7. Fr. John Vidmar, O.P., Praying with the Dominicans, To Praise, To Bless, To Preach (Paulist Press, 2008). 78 pages. $9.95. 978-0-8091-4480-8.
A compilation of writings, from the foundation of the Order to the present day, that will assist people in learning how to pray in the Dominican tradition.
8. Fr. Steven C. Boguslawski, OP, with a Foreword by Rev. John E. Lynch, CSP, Thomas Aquinas on the Jews: Insights into his Commentary on Romans 9-11 (Paulist Press, 2008). 978-0-8091-4233-0.
9. Fr. Basil Cole, O.P., The Hidden Enemies of the Priesthood. The Contributions of St. Thomas Aquinas. New York: St. Pauls, 2007. $22.95. ISBN 0-8189-1226-X.
10. The new book, Vatican II: Renewal Within Tradition (Oxford, 2008), includes among its 22 contributors four Dominican theologians: Benoît-Dominique de La Soujeole, O.P. (Fribourg), Romanus Cessario, O.P. (Boston), Anthony Akinwale, O.P. (Ibadan), and Charles Morerod, O.P. (Rome). The volume also includes an article on Divine Revelation by Fr. Francis Martin, professor at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies. The Very Reverend J. Augustine Di Noia, O.P. of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith welcomed the book with these words: "In his 2005 Christmas address to the Roman Curia, Pope Benedict XVI called for a 'hermeneutic of continuity' in the interpretation of the Second Vatican Council. If you want to know what he meant, then read this book. Matthew Lamb and Matthew Levering have marshaled in this splendid volume a distinguished group of contributors who know how to trace the reforming agenda of the Council to its sources in the great tradition of the Catholic Church. The hermeneutics of continuity has at last found its handbook."
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