Five Books for Catholics

The books discussed in this episode are:

1. On Fairy-stories by J.R.R. Tolkien
2. Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C.S. Lewis (also available for Kindle) by Michael Ward
3. An Experiment in Criticism (also available for Kindle) by C.S. Lewis
4. An Unexpected Journal A Quarterly Journal
5. The Beauty of Holiness and the Holiness of Beauty: Art, Sanctity, and the Truth of Catholicism by Fr. John Saward

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The books discussed in this episode are:

1. The Cleansing of the Heart: The Sacraments as Instrumental Causes in the Thomistic Tradition by Reginald Lynch O.P.
2. Touched by Christ: The Sacramental Economy (also available for Kindle) by Lawrence Feingold
3. The Spirit of the Liturgy by Card. Joseph Ratzinger
4. On Baptism, Against the Donatists (also available for Kindle) by St. Augustine
5. The Mysteries by St. Ambrose

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The books discussed in this episode are:

1. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
2. Emma by Jane Austen
3. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
4. Jane Austen: The Critical Heritage by B.C. Southam
5. Jane Austen: A Life by Claire Tomalin

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The books recommended in this episode are:

1. Four Witnesses: The Early Church in Her Own Words(also available for Kindle) by Rod Bennett
2. The Early Church (33–313): St. Peter, the Apostles, and Martyrs(also available for Kindle) by James L. Papandrea
3. The Christians as the Romans Saw Them by Robert L. Wilken
4. The Rise of Christianity by Rodney Stark
5. We Look for a Kingdom: The Everyday Lives of the Early Christians(also available for Kindle) by Carl J. Sommer
6. Early Christian Writing: The Apostolic Fathers (also availble for Kindle) by Andrew Louth

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The books recommended in this episode are:

1. Pentateuch as Narrative by John Sailhamer
2. The Old Testament of the Old Testament by R.W. Moberly
3. Murmuring Against Moses by Jeff Morrow and John Bergsma
4. A Father Who Keeps His Promises by Scott Hahn
5. The Book of the Torah by Thomas W. Mann

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