The engaging and inquiring mind of French philosopher Jacques Maritain reflected on subjects as varied as art and ethics, theology and psychology, and history and metaphysics. Maritain's work on the theoretical groundings of politics arose from his diverse studies. In this book, distinguished theologian and political scientist James V. Schall explores Maritain's political philosophy, demonstrating that Maritain understood society, state, and government in the tradition of Aristotle and Aqu...

In this wide-ranging collection of philosophical essays, the acclaimed Catholic intellectual presents his vision of Catholic thought applied in the world.In The Mind That Is Catholic, political philosopher and Catholic intellectual James V. Schall presents a retrospective collection of his academic and literary essays written in the past fifty years. In these essays, exploring topics from war to friendship, philosophy, politics, and everyday living, Schal...

James V. Schall is a treasure of the Catholic intellectual tradition. A prolific author and essayist, Schall readily connects with his listeners on sundry topics from war to friendship, philosophy, politics, and to ordinary everyday living. In his newest work, The Mind That Is Catholic, he presents a retrospective collection of his academic and literary essays written in the past 50 years. In each essay, he exemplifies the Catholic mind at its best - seeing the whole, leaving noth...

A Vida da Mente, mais que um livro de introdução à erudição e à vida de estudos, é um convite eloquente a uma visão de mundo ordenado, maduro e valoroso do espírito construtor da nossa civilização. Padre James V. Schall (1928-2019), um jesuíta da velha estirpe da sua ordem, foi um ferrenho defensor dos valores perenes da Humanidade, além de um histórico componente dos grupos liberais americanos, professor dos professores. Nesta obra ele encara a dura missão de dar os porquês de uma vida in...

Over a span of six decades, Fr. James Schall has been one of our foremost thinkers and cultural commenters. A distinguished professor, the author of more than thirty books, and writer of countless essays—his favorite literary form—Fr. Schall has made a life of pondering the most important questions of this world and beyond.Now, in Run That by Me Again, Fr. Schall himself has selected more than fifty of his essays on the most intriguing, urgent, and sometimes difficult topics. These...

From Paris to San Bernardino, from Orlando to Manchester the Western world has been rocked by shocking mass murders done in the name of Islam since the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in 2001. This chronology of these and other key events, from 2002 to 2018, offers an opportunity to analyze the ongoing conflict between Islamism and the West.Author Fr. James V. Schall, S.J., a renowned political philosopher, discusses the difficulty that Europeans and Americans hav...

Seit dem Angriff auf das World Trade Center im Jahr 2001 wurde die westliche Welt durch schockierende Terroranschläge erschüttert, die im Namen des Islam verübt wurden. Pater James V. Schall SJ, ein renommierter politischer Philosoph, analysiert den fortdauernden Konflikt zwischen dem Islamismus und dem Westen. Für ihn steht fest, dass der Terrorismus keine Art unabhängiger Bewegung oder Geisteshaltung im Islam ist. Der politische Islam ist untrennbar mit dem religiösen Islam verbunden. De...

Distinctiveness of Christianity is an important read for Catholics in such precarious times. Though he begins by examining how and why there is such hostility towards the Church in our society and culture, Father Schall is careful that his analysis of Christianity in current society does not discourage. He encouragingly illustrates the fundamental doctrines and institutions that distinguish and uphold the Church, and suggests ways we can all move towards a Distinctive Spiritualit...

Fr. Schall writes profoundly and charmingly about people, places and things, giving a Christian perspective to the importance of little things and particular moments. His essays on a variety of interesting topics combine fun, substance and serious reflection.

Christianity and Life examines the issues of Contraception, Abortion, and IVF from the Catholic Churchs perspective, and clearly and thoroughly explains the Churchs reasons for pronouncing them harmful violations of human dignity and freedom. This short and approachable text is helpful for anyone interested in learning and sharing the Churchs teachings on procreation and the dignity of human life.

The Politics of Heaven and Hell makes an invaluable contribution to the understanding of classical, medieval, and modern political philosophy, while explaining the profound problem with modernity.Christianity "freed men from the overwhelming burden of ever thinking that their salvation will ultimately come from the political order", writes Fr. James Schall, S.J. Modernity, on the other hand, is a perversion of Christianity, which tries to achieve man's salvation in this world. It d...

The fact of pleasure is obvious to us, but its relation to reason is less understood. We are beings who laugh and run, sing and dance, but we too seldom reflect on why we do these things. Above all, we are beings who think and who want to know whether our lives make sense.In this thought-provoking study of the relationship between our reason and our experience of pleasure, popular professor and author Fr. James Schall shows how reason, religion and pleasure are not in conflict with...