{"id":650,"date":"2012-02-08T16:57:48","date_gmt":"2012-02-08T21:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/thecc\/?p=650"},"modified":"2012-02-09T11:17:02","modified_gmt":"2012-02-09T16:17:02","slug":"another-great-resource-for-finding-books-on-catholicism-catholic-books-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/thecc\/2012\/02\/08\/another-great-resource-for-finding-books-on-catholicism-catholic-books-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Another great resource for finding books: Catholic Books Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>As Carol Ann recently mentioned, it can be hard to select which books to read on a topic. \u00a0And sometimes it can be hard to even know what books are out there. \u00a0Here’s a resource to help solve both issues.<\/p>\n

For people wanting to read all things Catholic, Pierre Hegy’s “Catholic Books Review”<\/a> is a great place to start. \u00a0The website has hundreds, and perhaps thousands, of book reviews written over the years by professional academics. Pierre estimates that 80-90% of the reviews are by\u00a0professional theologians, while many of the rest are by professional sociologists.<\/p>\n

To give readers a flavor of the books reviewed, here is a short list of some of the recent titles that caught my eye (which tilts the list a bit more towards sociology):<\/p>\n

True and False Reform in the Church <\/em><\/strong>by Yves Congar, reviewed by Patrick Hayes<\/p>\n

The Christian Consumer: Living Faithfully in a Fragile World\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>by Laura Hartman, reviewed by Marie Conn<\/p>\n

Faith and Money: How Religion Contributes to Wealth and Poverty\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>by Lisa Keister, reviewed by Matthew Loveland<\/p>\n

Lost in Transition: The Dark Side of Emerging Adulthood\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>by Christian Smith with Kari Christofferson, Hilary Davidson, and Patricia Snell Herzog, reviewed by Patricia Wittberg<\/p>\n

Spiritual Writings.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0by Gustavo Gutierrez. Selected and with an introduction by Daniel G. Groody, reviewed by Andrew Prevot<\/p>\n

Faithful Revolution: How Voice of the Faithful is Changing the Church\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>by Tricia Bruce, reviewed by Melissa Cidade<\/p>\n

Check it out! \u00a0http:\/\/catholicbooksreview.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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