SEARCH
  About Ignatius Insight
  Who We Are
Article Archives
  Jan 2006-Present
  July-Dec 2005
  Apr-Jun 2005
  Jan-Mar 2005
  Nov-Dec 2004
  June-Oct 2004
Interviews
  Insight Scoop Weblog
  Author Pages
  Pope John Paul II/ Karol Wojtyla
  Pope Benedict XVI/Cardinal Ratzinger
  Rev. Louis Bouyer
  G.K. Chesterton
  Fr. Thomas Dubay
  Mother Mary Francis
  Fr. Benedict Groeschel
  Thomas Howard
  Karl Keating
  Msgr Ronald Knox
  Peter Kreeft
  Fr. Henri de Lubac, SJ
  Michael O'Brien
  Joseph Pearce
  Josef Pieper
  Richard Purtill
  Steve Ray
  Christoph Cardinal Schönborn, OP
  Fr. James V. Schall, SJ
  Frank Sheed
  Fr. Hans Urs von Balthasar
  Adrienne von Speyr
  Books
  Press Info
  Music
  Videos
  CD-ROMs
  Sacred Art
  Catechetical
Resources
  Loome/Ignatius
Project
  Magazines
  Catholic World Report
  H&P Review
  Request Catalog
  Web Specials
   
  Ignatius Press
  History
  Staff
  Specials
  Contact
   
  Noteworthy News
  Catholic World News
  EWTN News
  Vatican News
  Catholic News Agency
  ZENIT
  Catholic News
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 

 



Joseph Ratzinger: "Devotion to Mary is primarily incarnational"
Our Brave New World will be designed by techies and celebs
Getting medieval about "same sex marriage"
I don't think this is what Revelation 21:2 was referring to
Joseph Ratzinger, Economic Prophet?
"Advent is a time for being deeply shaken..."
For the story behind the Fr. Newman flap...
"I think I'm probably a 'Cafeteria Catholic.'"
Catholicism is not a democracy...
The debate is on
Benedict XVI on St. Paul and Justification
Some of the lies of feminism...
"Obama and the bishops are talking the same platform..."
Cardinal Stafford: President-elect Obama is "aggressive, disruptive..."
Traveling...again
And Much More!











Heretical Aussie priests lauds "avatars," Arians, and the "Cosmic Christ" | Carl E. Olson | Fr. Peter Dresser doesn't understand why people are upset at him. That's not the only thing he doesn't understand.

Palin and the New Feminism | Fr. Matthew Gamber | An interview with Serrin Foster, who has led Feminists for Life of America (FFL) since 1994 and is the creator of the Women Deserve Better campaign.

• Why We Must Not Give Up The Fight | Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger | An excerpt from Christianity and the Crisis of Cultures.

• The World We Think In and the Drama of Existence | Fr. James V. Schall, S.J. | A review of The Modern Philosophical Revolution, a brilliant new book by David Walsh.

• To Trace All Souls Day | Fr. Brian Van Hove, S.J. | An explanation of some of the theological and historical roots of All Souls Day.

• Music and Spirituality: To the Tune of St. Thomas Aquinas | Fr. Basil Cole, O.P. | St. Thomas Aquinas's analysis of beauty helps us appreciate the value of music and the musician.

• The Misunderstood Monster | Joseph Pearce | "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is one of the most influential novels of the nineteenth century; it is also one of the most misunderstood and abused."

• "I despise Birth-Control" | G. K. Chesterton | "Babies and Distributism", a chapter from The Well and the Shallows.

• "Words create history": On Benedict XVI and the Synod | Fr. James V. Schall, S.J. | A reflection on Pope Benedict XVI's opening address to the Synod of Bishops in Rome.

• Balthasar, his Christology, and the Mystery of Easter | Aidan Nichols, O.P. | The introduction to Fr. Hans Urs von Balthasar's Mysterium Paschale, written by a highly regarded English Dominican theologian.

• Missionary to Alaska | Interview with Fr. Louis L. Renner, S.J. | The author of A Kindly Providence: An Alaskan Missionary's Story discusses his forty years as a priest in Alaska.

• On Being Amazed In The Cosmos: Christoph Cardinal Schönborn and "The Purpose of the Path" | Fr. James V. Schall, S.J. | Is there common ground between modern scientific theories and religion?

• Biblical Aspects of the Theme of Faith and Politics | Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger | An excerpt from Church, Ecumenism, & Politics: New Endeavors in Ecclesiology.

• "Pro-choice" vs. "Pro-abortion"? Or, "Pro-choice" = "Pro-abortion"? | Carl E. Olson | What does it mean when someone says, "I am pro-choice"?

• Evangelization and Truth | Fr. James V. Schall, S.J. | The Christian spirit is animated by a passion to lead all humanity to Christ in the Church.

• China's Catholics of Guizhou: Three Days with Three Bishops | Anthony E. Clark, Ph.D. | Conversations with three Chinese bishops, including one "underground" Catholic bishop.

Humanae Vitae at Forty | Msgr. Robert J. Batule | Humanae Vitae not only contains the truth about the right ordering of the marital act, it also has much to teach us about the right ordering of society.

• Christianity and the History of Culture | Christopher Dawson | An excerpt from Chapter 2 of The Formation of Christendom.

• Message On a Bottle | Carl E. Olson | Can wine be used to proclaim the Gospel? Tim Busch of Trinitas Cellars thinks so.

• Selections from Lumina | New Lumina | Adrienne von Speyr | Excerpts from a beautiful little book of brief meditations on the love of God by the Swiss spiritual writer, mystic and medical doctor von Speyr.

• Benedict in Paris: "Logos is among us." | Fr. James V. Schall, S.J. | Why did Benedict give his address, "On the Roots of European Culture," in a revamped College that owes its origin to St. Bernard of Clairvaux?

• The Meaning of Dogma | Fr. James V. Schall, S.J. | Catholicism has always taken dogmatic statements seriously because it realizes that the failure to state the truth properly often leads to error.

• China's Struggling Catholics: A Second Report on the Church in Beijing | Anthony E. Clark | A report on three of the major Catholic churches in the capital of China and the formidable challenges faced by Catholics there.

• Beauty and the Sacred | Joan L. Roccasalvo, C.S.J. | "A person deprived of beauty is like a person deprived of love. A person cannot attain happiness without beauty--sensible, intellectual or religious."

• Fessio and Pearce Talk About Shakespeare | Fr. Joseph Fessio, S.J. and Joseph Pearce | A video of the founder and editor of Ignatius Press interviewing the author of The Quest for Shakespeare.

• The Meaning and Purpose of Marriage | Alice von Hildebrand | The beauty of the marital embrace is meant to benefit not only the spouses themselves but all those related to them.

• Father Jenkins' "Creative Contextualization" | Thomas S. Hibbs | A look at the fallout from Notre Dame president Father John Jenkins' decision to keep The Vagina Monologues on the Notre Dame campus.


• The Introduction to Prodigal Daughters: Catholic Women Come Home to the Church | Donna Steichen
• The Beginnings | Vernon Johnson
• The Catechism: Proclamation and Pedagogy | Petroc Willey, Ph.D., S.T.L., Pierre de Cointet, and Barbara Morgan
• Liberal Democracy as a Culture of Death: Why John Paul II Was Right | Dr. Raymond Dennehy
• Who Is "The Universe" And Why Does It Care What I Think? | Mary Beth Bonacci
• Introduction to The Gift of Infallibility | Rev. James T. O'Connor
• Discerning What Is Christian | Margaret M. Turek
• Priests of the Domestic Church | Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers
• Pope Benedict XVI, Theologian of Joy | Monsignor Joseph Murphy
• Introduction to Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger's God's Word: Scripture, Tradition, Office | Peter Hünermann and Thomas Södin


• Chesterton and Orthodoxy: An Insight Podcast | Dale Ahlquist
• Chesterton and the "Paradoxy" of Orthodoxy | Carl E. Olson
• The Emancipation of Domesticity | G.K. Chesterton
• Experience, Reason, and Authority in the Apologetics of Ronald Knox | Fr. Milton Walsh
• St. Thomas and St. Francis | G.K. Chesterton
• Seeing With the Eyes of G.K. Chesterton | An Interview with Dale Ahlquist
• Recovering The Lost Art of Common Sense | Dale Ahlquist
• The Life and Theme of G.K. Chesterton | Fr. Randall Paine


• From "The Appeal to Antiquity" | Adrian Fortescue
• The Inquisitions of History: The Mythology and the Reality | Rev. Brian Van Hove, S.J.
• Chapter 1 of Priestblock 25487: A Memoir of Dachau | Fr. Jean Bernard
• Chapter 1 of The Living Wood: Saint Helena and the Emperor Constantine (A Novel) | Louis de Wohl
• Traveling With the Apostolic Fathers | An Interview with Steve Ray
• Rediscovering Christopher Dawson | Brad Birzer
• On Writing A History of Christianity in China | Fr. Jean-Pierre Charbonnier
• St. Ignatius of Antioch and the Early Church | Kenneth Whitehead


• Denys the Areopagite and the Divine Light | Carl E. Olson and Dr. William Riordan
• Walking In the Footsteps of Saint Paul | Carl E. Olson and Steve Ray
• The Monsignor and the Don | An Interview with Fr. Milton Walsh
• From Catholicism to Radical Feminism and Back | An interview with Lorraine V. Murray
• Hell on Earth and the Hope of Heaven | An interview with Michael O'Brien
• William P. Clark: The Quiet Catholic Who Changed the World | An interview with Paul Kengor
• "Jews Demand Signs" | An Interview with Roy Schoeman
• Why Are There So Many Ugly Churches? | An interview with Moyra Doorly
• Going Deeper Into the Old Testament | Interview with Aidan Nichols, O.P.
• Reform or Return? An Interview with Rev. Thomas M. Kocik
• The Theological Genius of Joseph Ratzinger | An Interview with Fr. D. Vincent Twomey, S.V.D.


• The Truth About Families
• The Beijing Invitation
• Against What Do We Fight? On Cardinal Dias at Lambeth
• Ultimate Battles
• Will To Truth: On the Death of Alexander Solzhenitsyn
• On The Risk of Listening
• "The Agent of Truth on the Margin of the World"


• What's a "Pretend Ex-Boyfriend"? | Mary Beth Bonacci
• Will the Real Shakespeare Please Stand Up? | Joseph Pearce
• Finding Shakespeare and Reclaiming the Classics | An interview with Joseph Pearce
• ID vs. "Big Science"--On The Big Screen | Carl E. Olson
• Pornography, Electronic Media and Priestly Formation | Sister Marysia Weber, R.S.M., D.O.
• Dawkins' Delusions | An interview with Fr. Thomas Crean, O.P.
• Opening pages of Island of the World | Michael O'Brien


• China's Thriving Catholics: A Report From Beijing's South Cathedral | Anthony E. Clark, Ph.D.
• The Underpopulation Problem | Michael J. Miller
• Elections and the Parish | Fr. Frank Pavone
• What I Learned From Henry Morgentaler | Carl E. Olson
• The Movement that Won't Die | Elenor K. Schoen
• Flawed History, Flawed Decision | Fr. Ralph Wright, O.S.B.
• Warning: This Is a Dangerous Book | Lorraine V. Murray
• A Genuine Conversion or Act of Perjury? | Joanna Bogle



   

















Joseph Pearce is the prolific author of several acclaimed biographies of major Catholic literary figures, including G. K. Chesterton, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Hilaire Belloc, as well as several other works. He is a Writer in Residence and Professor of Literature at Ave Maria University in Florida, Editor-in-Chief of Ave Maria University Communications and Sapientia Press, as well as Co-Editor of the The Saint Austin Review (or StAR), an international review of Christian culture, literature, and ideas published in England (St. Austin Press) and the United States (Sapientia Press). Pearce's most recent book is The Quest for Shakespeare. He is also editor of the Ignatius Critical Editions, a tradition-oriented alternative to popular textbook series such as the Norton Critical Editions or Oxford World Classics, designed to concentrate on traditional readings of the Classics of world literature. Visit his Ignatius Insight author page for further information.




A Kindly Providence: An Alaskan Missionary's Story
by Louis Renner, S.J.


This comprehensive and illustrated volume is both a rich history of the Catholic Church in Alaska, and the autobiography of Fr. Louis Renner, S.J., who was a dedicated missionary in Alaska for 40 years. He tells here a compelling story of a full and fascinating life in service of the people and the Church of Alaska amid the incredible natural beauties, challenging elements and vast regions of the Great Land. Beautifully interweaving the history of the people and Church in Alaska, Fr. Renner tells his story of a dedicated missionary priest who loved the people he served. A scholar, a teacher, and always a Jesuit priest, he taught German and Latin at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, edited the Catholic newsletter The Alaskan Shepherd, and ran missions at two different Indian villages on the Yukon River. This pastoral priest became a friend to people in all sectors of Alaskan society. Tony Knows, the governor of Alaska, even presented him with the "Governor's Award for Friend of the Humanities". Read an Ignatius Insight interview with Fr. Renner about his book, his life as a priest, and his time in Alaska.








 
IgnatiusInsight.com

Place your order toll-free at 1-800-651-1531

Ignatius Press | P.O. Box 1339 | Ft. Collins, CO 80522
Web design under direction of Ignatius Press.
Send your comments or web problems to:

Copyright © 2008 by Ignatius Press

IgnatiusInsight.com catholic blog books insight scoop weblog ignatius