LiteraturePublished recommendation
Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold
A retelling of the myth of Cupid and Psyche explores possessive love, self-knowledge and the difficult search for truth.
Fr. James V. Schall
Fr. James V. Schall was a Jesuit priest, author and longtime professor of political philosophy at Georgetown University.
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His Catholic home-library selections connect faith with the larger questions of education, reason and human flourishing.
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Saints & BiographyPublished recommendation
Confessions
A searching autobiography addressed to God: Augustine follows desire, ambition and grace from his youth through conversion. Later books turn to memory, time and creation.
PhilosophyPublished recommendation
The Intellectual Life: Its Spirit, Conditions, Methods (Not In A Series)
Sertillanges considers the habits and conditions that sustain serious study, treating intellectual work as a disciplined way of life.
ApologeticsPublished recommendation
Orthodoxy
Chesterton retraces his discovery of Christian belief through wonder, paradox and common sense. Read it as an intellectual adventure rather than a systematic catechism.
Theology & DoctrinePublished recommendation
Catechism of the Catholic Church
The Church’s systematic exposition of faith, sacraments, moral life and prayer. A reference to return to alongside other reading.
PhilosophyPublished recommendation
A Guide for the Perplexed
Schumacher questions reductive accounts of human knowledge, inviting readers to consider levels of reality and the purposes of understanding.
PhilosophyPublished recommendation
The Christian Universe
Mascall explores a Christian understanding of reality, bringing theological conviction into conversation with philosophical questions about the world.
PhilosophyPublished recommendation
Josef Pieper: An Anthology
An anthology offers several entry points into Pieper’s philosophical writing, allowing readers to explore his voice and recurring concerns.
PhilosophyPublished recommendation
Philosophy: An Introduction
Bocheński introduces philosophy as a discipline of questioning and reasoning, offering orientation for readers beginning philosophical study.
PhilosophyPublished recommendation
The Four Men
A journey through Sussex becomes a conversation about memory, place, and belonging, told through Belloc’s four distinctive companions.
PhilosophyPublished recommendation
The Whimsical Christian
Sayers’ essays bring wit and intellectual energy to Christian questions, offering another side of the writer known for detective fiction.