Five Books for Catholics

The books and resources recommended in this episode are:

1. Listening to Bach: The Mass in B Minor and the Christmas Oratorio by Daniel R. Melamed
2. Bach by David Schulenberg
3. Texts and Historically-Informed Translations for the Music of Johann Sebastian Bach by Michael Marissen and Daniel R. Melamed
4. Bloomington Bach Cantata Project directed by Daniel R. Melamed

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The books recommended in this episode are:

1. Maximus the Confessor by Andrew Louth
2. The Cappadocians by Anthony Meredith
3. Seventh-Century Popes and Martyrs: The Political Hagiography of Anastasius Bibliothecarius by Bronwen Neil
4. Maximus the Confessor: Jesus Christ and the Transfiguration of the World by Paul Blowers
5. Crisis of Empire: Doctrine and Dissent at the End of Late Antiquity by Phil Booth

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The books recommended in this episode are:

1. A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift
2. Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
3. The Battle of the Books by Jonathan Swift
4. A Tale of a Tub by Jonathan Swift
5. The Drapier's Letters by Jonathan Swift ...and for some additional recommendations...
6. Jonathan Swift: Irish Blow-In and Jonathan Swift: Our Dean by Eugene Hammond
7. Jonathan Swift: His Life and World by Leo Damrosch

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The books recommended in this episode are:

1. Gregory of Nazianzus by Brian E. Daley SJ
2. On God and Christ: The Five Theological Orations and Two Letters to Cledonius by St. Gregory Nazianzus
3. Festal Orations by St. Gregory Nazianzus
4. On God and Man: The Theological Poetry of St Gregory of Nazianzus by St. Gregory Nazianzus
5. Christ in the Life and Teaching of Gregory of Nazianzus by Andrew Hofer OP

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The books discussed in this episode are:

1. Annum sacrum (print edition) by Leo XIII
2. Quas Primas (print edition) by Pius XI
3. Miserentissimus Redemptor by Pius XI
4. Haurietis aquas (print edition) by Pius XII
5. Dives in misericordia (print edition) by John Paul II

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In this episode, Dr. Shaun Blanchard discusses the Jansenist controversy, its impact, and some of the best books on the subject:

1. The Provincial Letters by Blaise Pascal
2. Adoration and Annihilation: The Convent Philosophy of Port-Royal by John J. Conley S.J.
3. The Wanton Jesuit and the Wayward Saint: A Tale of Sex, Religion, and Politics in Eighteenth-Century France by Mita Choudhurye
4. The Religious Origins of the French Revolution: From Calvin to the Civil Constitution, 1560-1791 by Dale K. Van Kley
5. Jansenism: An International Anthology by Shaun Blanchard and Richard T. Yoder

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The books recommended in this episode are:

1. On God and Christ: The Five Theological Orations and Two Letters to Cledonius by St. Gregory Nazianzus
2. The Wellspring of Worship by Fr. Jean Corbon
3. Three Treatises on the Divine Images by St. John of Damascus
4. Called to Communion: Understanding the Church Today by Joseph Ratzinger
5. The Trinity: An Introduction to Catholic Doctrine on the Triune God by Gilles Emery OP

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The books recommended in this episode are:

1. I Believe in the Holy Spirit by Yves Congar OP
2. The Sanctifier by Archbishop Luis Martínez
3. Summa theologiae (IaIIae, qq. 68-70) by St. Thomas Aquinas
4. Catecheses on the Gifts of the Holy Spirit by Pope Francis
5. In the School of the Holy Spirit by Fr. Jacques Philippe

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The books recommended in this episode are:

1. A Father Who Keeps His Promises: God's Covenant Love in Scripture by Scott Hahn
2. The Idea of Israel in Second Temple Judaism: A New Theory of People, Exile, and Israelite Identity by Jason A. Staples
3. Jesus and the Last Supper by Brant Pitre
4. Acts and the Isaianic New Exodus by David W. Pao
5. God with Us: Encountering Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew by Edward Sri ...and some extra recommendations...
6. Sin: A History by Gary Anderson
7. Wages of Cross-Bearing and Debt of Sin by Nathan Eubank
8. Sacramental Charity, Creditor Christology, and the Economy of Salvation in Luke's Gospel by Anthony Giambrone
9. Paul and the Gift by John M.G. Barclay

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The books recommended in this episode are:

1. Our Lady of Fatima by William T. Walsh
2. The Secret of the Rosary by St. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort
3. True Devotion to Mary by St. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort
4. The Glories of Mary by St. Alphonsus Ligouri
5. Calls from the Message of Fatima by Sister Lucia of Fatima

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