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About IgnatiusInsight.com
and the Insight Scoop web log
IgnatiusInsight.com and the Insight Scoop weblog are online resources
of Ignatius Press and are meant to assist readers who wish to learn more
about the Catholic Church and her teachings, beliefs, practices, and history.
Each week IgnatiusInsight.com features articles and essays by Ignatius
Press authors, as well as interviews with noted authors such as Fr. Benedict
Groeschel, Joseph Pearce, Peter Kreeft, Roy Schoeman, Glenn Olsen, Donald
De Marco, Benjamin Wiker, and others. Readers will also be able to read
excerpts from new and upcoming releases as well as from Ignatius Press
classics.
The Insight
Scoop web blog features daily commentary from Ignatius Press authors
and staff about theological issues, current events in the Catholic Church,
and a host of related topics.
 Carl
E. Olson is the web editor of IgnatiusInsight.com and the moderator
of the Insight Scoop weblog. Carl is the author of the best-selling Will
Catholics Be "Left Behind"? (2003), selected by the
Associated Press as one of the best religious titles of 2003. He is also
the co-author, with Sandra Miesel, of The
Da Vinci Hoax: Exposing the Errors in The Da Vinci Code, described
by Francis Cardinal George as "the definitive debunking" of
The Da Vinci Code. Carl is the former editor of Envoy magazine
and has written dozens of reviews and articles for periodicals including
Catholic Parent, Crisis, Envoy, First Things, National Catholic Register,
Our Sunday Visitor, Saint Austin Review, and The Catholic Answer.
You can send your questions and comments to Carl at carl@ignatius.com.
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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.
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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.
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