{"product_id":"the-mind-that-is-catholic-philosophical-political-essays-9780813215419","title":"The Mind That Is Catholic: Philosophical \u0026 Political Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003eJames V. Schall is a treasure of the Catholic intellectual tradition. A prolific author and essayist, Schall readily connects with his readers on sundry topics from war to friendship, philosophy, politics, and to ordinary everyday living. In his newest work, \u003ci\u003eThe Mind That Is Catholic, \u003c\/i\u003e he presents a retrospective collection of his academic and literary essays written in the past fifty years. In each essay, he exemplifies the Catholic mind at its best--seeing the whole, leaving nothing out. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \"Catholic mind\" seeks to recognize a consistent and coherent relation between the solid things of reason and the definite facts of revelation. Its thought aims to understand how they belong together in a fruitful manner, each profiting from the other; each being what it is. The Catholic mind is not a confusion of disparate sources. It respects and makes distinctions. It sees where things separate. It is in fact delighted by what is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis delightful book is not polemical, but contemplative in mood. Schall shares with readers a mind that is constantly struck by how things fit together when seen in full light. He brings to his work a lifetime of study in political philosophy, a wide-ranging discipline that, in many ways, is the most immediate context in which reason and revelation meet. \u003ci\u003eThe Mind That Is Catholic\u003c\/i\u003e respects what can be known by faith alone. But it also considers what is known by faith to be itself intelligible to a mind actively thinking on political and philosophical things. The whole, at the risk of its own contradiction, does not exclude the intelligibility of what is revealed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Father James V. Schall is one of the few renaissance men still among us. His knowledge of various areas of reality and human endeavor is encyclopedic. Dealing with important abstract ideas, he is able to put flesh on them so that the ordinary reader can grasp easily what he is getting at. Schall is the apostle of truth and reality, since he is always reminding the reader to consult that which is.\"--Kenneth Baker, S.J., Editor, \u003ci\u003eHomiletic \u0026amp; Pastoral Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames V. Schall is professor of political philosophy at Georgetown University. He is the author of hundreds of essays on political, theological, literary, and philosophical issues and numerous books including \u003ci\u003eSchall on Chesterton: Timely Essays on Timeless Paradoxes, At the Limits of Political Philosophy: From \"Brilliant Errors\" to Things of Uncommon Importance, On the Unseriousness of Human Affairs, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAnother Sort of Learning. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePRAISE FOR THE BOOK: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In each essay, he exemplifies the Catholic mind at its best--seeing the whole, leaving nothing out. . . . He brings to his work a lifetime of study in political philosophy, a wide-ranging discipline that, in many ways, is the most immediate context in which reason and revelation meet.\" -- \u003ci\u003eNational Jesuit News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"While sudoku might keep your mind limber and fit, Fr. James V. Schall's \u003ci\u003eThe Mind That Is Catholic: Philosophical and Political Essays\u003c\/i\u003e will challenge you to a higher level. . . . Fr. Schall covers a myriad of timely topics. . . . In a world of instant messaging and immediate gratification \u003ci\u003eThe Mind That Is Catholic\u003c\/i\u003e calls us to a greater understanding of what matters most.\" -- Elizabeth Yank, \u003ci\u003eLay Witness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Mind That Is Catholic\u003c\/i\u003e, is a learned, insightful and stimulating collection. . . .  Schall] does a fine job of showing how faith and reason, when working together, deepen and illuminate our understanding of reality, not least political reality. . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Mind That Is Catholic\u003c\/i\u003e will be of interest to scholars, graduate and undergraduate students, and to the intellectually adventurous general reader.\" -- William Gould, \u003ci\u003eAmerica\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"For decades Fr. Schall has enlightened and entertained readers as one of America's most prolific Catholic authors. Now an octogenarian,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James V. Schall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Catholic University of America Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/18\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 337\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.90w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813215419","brand":"Catholic University of America Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40524097650803,"sku":"9.78081E+12","price":52.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_53b91aea-c4ed-4cad-a0b1-2b471221bbed.jpg?v=1666186125","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-mind-that-is-catholic-philosophical-political-essays-9780813215419","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}