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Hardcover. Flourishing from the inland cities of Syria down through the Tigris and Euphrates valley, Syriac speakers in late antiquity created a new and often brilliant expression of Christian culture. To Train His Soul in Books explores numerous aspects of this rich religious culture, extending previous lines of scholarly investigation. Editor(s): Young, Robin Darling; Blanchard, Monica J. Series: Early Christian Studies. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HRCC8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 536.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813217321
- ISBN
- 9780813217321
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Condition: New
€ 66.06
€ 66.06
Paperback. Originally published nearly two decades ago and long out of print, this first English translation of Aquinas's Commentary on the Gospel of John by Fabian Larcher and James Weisheipl is once again available to scholars and students. Published in three volu Translator(s): Larcher, Fabian; Weisheipl, James A. Num Pages: 313 pages. BIC Classification: HRCG1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 450.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813217239
- ISBN
- 9780813217239
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Condition: New
€ 38.06
€ 38.06
Paperback. Building on the renewal of Thomistic ethics encouraged by key moral encyclicals including "Humanae Vitae", "Veritatis Splendor", and "Evangelium Vitae", this book examines some of the most difficult questions regarding the ethics of procreation and human life. It offers an argument on the contested question of contraception and related matters. Editor(s): Murphy, William F., Jr. Num Pages: 309 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813217222
- ISBN
- 9780813217222
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Condition: New
€ 51.07
€ 51.07
Hardcover. A collection of articles and presentations from French journals and learned societies appearing from 1931 to 1936, translated into English with considerable supporting apparatus Editor(s): Sadler, Gregory B. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 680.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813217215
- ISBN
- 9780813217215
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Condition: New
€ 88.73
€ 88.73
Hardcover. Tells the story of the Modernist turn to the mystical. This book focuses on four diverse modernist-era figures and explores their understanding of mysticism and their relationship to mystics. It also locates these theologians in the larger debates within Catholicism and within the secular academy. Editor(s): Talar, C.J.T. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRLK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813217093
- ISBN
- 9780813217093
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.70
€ 62.70
Paperback. The appetite for knowledge - wanting to know things - is very strong in humans. This book treats some of its complications, deformations, beauties, and intensities. It offers an account of knowledge in terms of intimacy: to know something is to become intimate with it according to its kind. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 345.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813216867
- ISBN
- 9780813216867
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Condition: New
€ 31.88
€ 31.88
Paperback. Around 1147 the bishop of Chartres directed Geoffrey Grossus, a monk of Tiron Abbey, to write the life of its founder Bernard of Abbeville (ca 1050-1116) in an effort to further his canonization. This work presents an erudite, action-filled, and sympathetic portrait of the ascetic founder of an increasingly prominent and wealthy congregation. Translator(s): Cline, Ruth Harwood. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; BGX; HBLC1; HRAX; HRCX8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 139 x 215 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813216812
- ISBN
- 9780813216812
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Condition: New
€ 31.60
€ 31.60
On the Body and Blood of the Lord
On the Truth of the Body a...
Canterbury, Lanfranc Of, Aversa, Guitmund Of
Hardcover. The eucharistic crisis of the eleventh century posed the greatest challenge to the Church's understanding of the Real Presence of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament until the Reformation. This work helps the reader learn both the history of the crisis and the doctrinal issues in question. Translator(s): Vaillancourt, Mark G. Series: Fathers of the Church Mediaeval Continuation. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 3H; HBLC1; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813216782
- ISBN
- 9780813216782
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.88
€ 51.88
Paperback. Presents the biography of Prosper of Aquitaine (388-455). This book argues that Prosper's theological development is marked by his understanding of the Church - and his desire to serve and defend it - rather than his relationship to Augustine's doctrines. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: BGX; HRCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813216706
- ISBN
- 9780813216706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.89
€ 44.89
Hardcover. Dealing with the claim that the human mind is not 'bounded' on the outside but actually remains 'open' to the world and to God, this book argues that Thomas Aquinas, as properly interpreted, provides philosophical resources for rehabilitating the mind's relationship to God and thus safeguarding our knowledge of transcendent being and truth. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: HRLB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 680.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813215778
- ISBN
- 9780813215778
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.53
€ 85.53
Hardcover. Thomas Aquinas and Jean-Paul Sartre are usually identified with completely different philosophical traditions: intellectualism and voluntarism. This study shows that there are some profound similarities in their understanding of freedom and human identity. It is of interest to Aquinas and Sartre scholars. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813215761
- ISBN
- 9780813215761
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.77
€ 92.77
Paperback. Liutbirga, the adopted daughter of a noble Saxon widow, asked to be walled into a cell in a church at one of the family's cloisters for religious women. Hathumoda, the daughter of a noble Saxon couple whose progeny would establish the first German empire, became abbess of a similar community of women when she was twelve years old. Translator(s): Paxton, Frederick S. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC; HBLC1; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813215693
- ISBN
- 9780813215693
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.10
€ 37.10
Paperback. Studies liturgical blessing and its role in the religious life of Christians during the central and later Middle Ages, focusing on the blessings of the Franco-Roman liturgical tradition from the tenth to late thirteenth centuries. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 3H; HRCC2; HRCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 568.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Edition
- 1 New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813215457
- ISBN
- 9780813215457
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.18
€ 50.18
Paperback. Expresses a desire for Europe to rediscover and renew its foundational Christian sources in order to recover a deeper sense of integrity. Series: Works of Christopher Dawson. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HRC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 344.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Edition
- 1 New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813215440
- ISBN
- 9780813215440
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Condition: New
€ 32.02
€ 32.02
Hardcover. Discusses contemporary arguments over social Catholicism and the believer's role in society by illuminating a similar dispute between French Catholics among the Modernist Crisis (1909-1914). Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 31. Weight in Grams: 636.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813215426
- ISBN
- 9780813215426
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.06
€ 92.06
Paperback. Offers an account of what Thomas Aquinas says about divine immutability. This book reviews the various ways Aquinas applies the notion of immutability to creatures, showing that he is well aware of both the positive and negative implications of the concept. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 399.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813215396
- ISBN
- 9780813215396
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Condition: New
€ 44.45
€ 44.45
Hardcover. Considers the significance of the period from Constance to Trent (1414-1563), when several councils met to heal the Great Schism (1378) and reform the church. This book reflects on the predicaments of modern community-building when communities are experimenting with broader participation in the decision-making process. Editor(s): Christianson, Professor Gerald; Izbicki, Dr. Thomas M.; Bellitto, Christopher M. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HRCC1; HRCC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 699.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813215273
- ISBN
- 9780813215273
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.64
€ 92.64
Paperback. Offers a translation from the Commentary. This book is useful for students of Thomas' moral philosophy, moral theology, and philosophical theology. It includes texts from Aquinas' first (Parisian) Commentary as well as from his second (Roman) attempt at a commentary. Translator(s): Kwasniewski, Peter A.; Bolin, Thomas; Bolin, Joseph. Series: Thomas Aquinas in Translation. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: HP; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813215259
- ISBN
- 9780813215259
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.86
€ 48.86
Paperback. Assesses the history of Roman Catholicism since 1950 in the United States, the Republic of Ireland, and the Canadian province of Quebec. This book includes two essays each on Quebec, the United States, and the Republic of Ireland and two concluding essays that take a comparative look at developments in all three locales. Editor(s): Tentler, Leslie Woodcock. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: HRCC2; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813214948
- ISBN
- 9780813214948
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.53
€ 43.53
Paperback. The Catholic Church has cared for the sick and dying of the world as an extension of the healing ministry of Jesus. This book is collection of contemporary essays that represent the efforts of Catholic scholarship in the field of health care and medical ethics. It addresses topics such as artificial reproduction, contraception, abortion, and more. Editor(s): Morris, John F. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HRCC7; HRCM; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 644.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813214832
- ISBN
- 9780813214832
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.71
€ 49.71