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ENTRIES FOR JUNE 2008:
 Quest for the Living God: Mapping Frontiers in the Theology of God by Elizabeth A. Johnson (N.Y.: Continuum, 2007; 234pp, hardcover, $24.95 USD)

1) Ever ancient, ever new. A review by John E. Thiel. (repeat); 2) A hunger for mature theology. By Thomas C. Fox. (new).

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 The Duty of Delight: The Diaries of Dorothy Day (Marquette U. Press, 2008) hardcover, 700 pp., $44.42 CAD, $42 USD

Made public now, 25 years after her death. Edited by Robert Ellserg.

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 Whose Church? A Concise Guide to Progressive Catholicism (New York: New Press, Whose Religion? Series, 2008) hardcover, 192 pp. $29.95 CAD, $23.95 USD
Noted social ethicist Dan Maguire explains what Catholicism actually says about good sex, women's equality, social justice, and the environment.
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ENTRIES BEFORE JUNE 2008:

 A Challenging Reform: Realizing the Vision of the Liturgical Renewal, 1963-1975 by Archbishop Piero Marini (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2007) paperback, $15.95 USD
Archbishop Marini on liturgical renewal since Vatican II. A review by Richard McBrien.
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 A Church In Search of Itself:
Benedict XVI and the Battle for the Future by Robert Blair Kaiser. Reviewed by Ted Schmidt.
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 A Church 'Scandal' That Isn't
A more sober look at the private letters of Mother Teresa. By Andrew Greeley.
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 A Church That Can and Cannot Change by John T. Noonan, Jr.
Could the Church have gotten it wrong? Let's look at the facts. Reviewed by Cathleen Kaveny.
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 A Secular Age by Charles Taylor (Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press/Harvard U. Press, 2007) 874pp., $39.95 USD
The Godless Delusion. A review by John Patrick Diggins.
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 A Slow, Sure Spiritual Journey
A selection of Lenten books that are long on wisdom and depth. By Emilie Griffin.
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 All the Pope's Men
All the Pope's Men: The Inside Story of How the Vatican Really Thinks by John L. Allen, Jr. Reviewed by Andrew Greeley.
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 Amazing Church by Gregory Baum
A review by Jack Shea of Baum's remarkable new book which underlines the steady progress made over the years in the development of progressive policies in the Catholic Church.
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 American Catholics Today by Dean Hoge (Roman & Littlefield, 224 pp, paperback. $24.95 USD)
'The Church's Changing Face'. A review essay by Andrew M. Greeley.
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 Another Review of TV Movie "Our Fathers"
"Our Fathers" takes viewer inside sex abuse scandal. By Shia Kapos.
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 Beyond Our Vision
Beyond Our Vision by Michael O'Kane. Reviewed by Jim Noonan. 
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 Burning Issues
Burning Issues for concerned Catholics in a changing Church. Inexpensive challenging pamphlets about ministry, authority, power, priesthood, contraception, papacy, ecumenism, spirituality, house groups, collaborative ministry, etc., building on the insights of the Second Vatican Council.
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 Cardinal Mahony: A Novel by Robert Blair Kaiser (Phoenix, AZ: Bumble-bee Press, 2008; 257pp, paperback, $19.95 USD)

A timely tonic for despairing Catholics.  A review by Simon Bryden-Brook.

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 Clericalism: The Death of Priesthood by George B. Wilson, SJ (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2008) paperback, 158 pp, $19.95 USD
Reconnect the pulpit and the pew. A review by Tony Philpot.
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 Confronting Sex and Power in the Catholic Church: Reclaiming the Spirit of Jesus by Bishop Geoffrey Robinson (Australia: John Garrett Publishers, 2007)
A voice within the Catholic hierarchy finally speaks out. A review essay by Bishop John Shelby Spong.
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