Journey to Wholeness: Healing body, mind and soul,
Brother Thomas D. Maddix, CSC, '74M.A., and Ian C. Soles
(Novalis). Using stories of people who have sought healing for
physical and spiritual pain, the authors discuss their holistic
approach to health and hope.
A Reader's Companion to Augustine's Confessions,
edited by Kim Paffenroth'95Ph.D. and Robert P. Kennedy '92M.A.
'97Ph.D. (Westminster John Knox Press). Individual essays
explore the 13 books of the Confessions. Contributors
include Notre Dame professors John Cavadini and Frederick J. Crosson
'56Ph.D.
The Habit: A History of the Clothing of Catholic Nuns,
Elizabeth Kuhns (Doubleday). More than a look at the
symbolism of fluted caps or winged cornettes, Kuhn presents brief
histories of religious orders and offers an overview of the changing
roles nuns have filled through the years.
Christianity, The Other, and the Holocaust,
Michael R. Steele '67 (Greenwood Press). The author critiques
Christianity's history of violence and links it to the attempted
destruction of the Jewish community by the Nazis.
World Food Security: A Catholic View of Food Policy in
the New Millennium, Martin M. Laughlin '41M.A., '48Ph.D.
(Center of Concern). Chronic hunger can be eliminated, the author
argues, and he proposes an ethics of food distribution that focuses
on the common good.
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January 2004
