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Books sorted (theology 1)

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The Survival of Dogma by Avery Dulles Prayer by Karl Barth The Jews, Views, and Counterviews by Jean Danielou and Andre Chouraqui What the Heavens Declare by Lydia Jaeger   An Introduction to Teilhard de Chardin by N. M. Wildiers The New World of Faith by Avery Dulles    Models of the Church by Avery Dulles What Is God Like? by James Schall   Mary the Mother of Jesus by Franz William How to Think About God by Mortimer Adler   Mystery of Creation by Paul Haffner

Books sorted (religions)

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Stranger at Home by Jacob Neusner  American Judaism by Jacob Neusner  The World in Small Boats by Oliver O'Donovan  Jews, God and History by Max Dimont   Catholic Customs and Traditions by Greg Dues

Books sorted (Chaim Potok)

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L:pLB4, L:lLB3, L:fLB2, H:cStb, H:cSt The Gates of November by Chaim Potok I am the Clay by Chaim Potok   The Book of Lights by Chaim Potok   The Gift of Asher Lev by Chaim Potok   The Promise by Chaim Potok  Davita's Harp by Chaim Potok My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok   The Chosen by Chaim Potok  

Here and Now with Francis 1/19/16 (Christianity, surprise, Holy Spirit, renewal, Judaism)

From the homily Christians who say “it’s always been done that way,” and stop there have hearts closed to the surprises of the Holy Spirit. ‘It’s always been done this way’ is a closed heart, and Jesus tells us, ‘I will send you the Holy Spirit and He will lead you into the fullness of truth.’ If you have  a heart closed to the newness of the Spirit, you will never reach the full truth. And your Christian life will be a half-and-half life, a patched life, mended with  new things, but on a structure that is not open to the voice of the Lord—a closed heart, so that you are not able to change others.” [...] “Christians who obstinately maintain ‘it’s always been done this way,' this is the path, this is the street—they sin: the sin of divination. It’s as if they went  about by guessing: ‘What has been said and what doesn’t change is what’s important; what I hear—from myself and my closed heart—more than the Word of the Lord.’ [...] Habits must be renewed in the newness ...

Library booklist (L:fLB4)

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Scripture, the Soul of Theology by Joseph Fitzmyer The Angels by Maria Pia Giudici Key to the Bible I by Wilfrid Harrington Key to the Bible II by Wilfrid Harrington Key to the Bible III by Wilfrid Harrington Converting 9 to 5 by John Haughey Maturing the Spirit by Dominic Hoffman Complete Spiritual Doctrine of St. Therese Lisieux by Francois Jamart An Existential Approach to Theology by G. M. Jansen Spiritual Pilgrimage by John Paul II

Library Booklist (L:bSuf2)

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The Ways of Judgment by Oliver O'Donovan Between Worlds by Tirosh-Rothschild Isaiah in Talmud and Midrash Part A by Jacob Neusner  The World in Small Boats by Oliver O'Donovan  The World We Build Together by Jonathan Sacks  The Suenens Dossier  Arise from Darkness by Benedict Groeschel  

Library Booklist (L:fSub)

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Ludwig Wittgenstein: the Duty of Genius by Ray Monk Stranger at Home by Jacob Neusner  American Judaism by Jacob Neusner  Surprised by Oxford by Carolyn Weber  God's Choice by George Weigel  Inklings of Glory by Ralph Wood  Conversations with Chester Himes  

Library Booklist (H:eS2f)

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The Word Made Love: The Dialogical Theology of Joseph Ratzinger by Christopher S. Collins The Jews, Views, and Counterviews by Jean Danielou and Andre Chouraqui Creation and Scientific Activity: A Study in the Thought of S. L. Jaki by Paul Haffner The Relevance of Physics by Stanley Jaki Brain, Mind, and Computer by Stanley Jaki God and the Sun at Fatima by Stanley Jaki   Patterns or Principles and Other Essays by Stanley Jaki