Catholic Review of: The Mind That Is Catholic

While sudoku might keep your mind limber and fit, Fr. JamesV. Schall’s The Mind That Is Catholic: Philosophical and Political Essays will challenge you to a higher level. is a selection of Fr. Schall’s previously published essays centering on faith and reason. As he says, "It is possible to think with a knowledge of and belief in revelation without thereby harming reason or its legitimate powers. . . . In fact, we think better, more consistently, when both are taken into account."

The Mind That Is Catholic

Fr. Schall covers a myriad of timely topics. For example, he comments that the purpose of government "is not itself to care for everyone but to provide an order in which everyone can care for himself." And in his essay on "The Real Alternatives to Just War," he states, "But there are things worse than war. Not to know what they are is tantamount to losing any real contact with or understanding of human experience or history."

The book’s seven parts also include essays on Catholic thinking, friendship, and even sports and philosophy (many men will be happy to know that football games "are still well worth watching").

In a world of instant messaging and immediate gratification, The Mind That Is Catholic calls us to a greater understanding of what matters most.

-Elizabeth Yank (from Lay Witness magazine. www.cuf.org)

You can purchase this title here.