Catholicism: A Journey to the Heart of the Faith

Robert Barron

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Robert Barron is one of the Catholic Church's premier theologians and author of the influential The Priority of Christ. In this volume, Barron sets forth a thoroughgoing vision for an evangelical catholic theology that is steeped in the tradition and engaged with the contemporary world. Striking a balance between academic rigor and accessibility, the book covers issues of perennial interest in the twenty-first-century church: who God is, how to rightly worship him, and how his followers engage contemporary culture. Topics include the doctrine of God, Catholic theology, philosophy, liturgy, and evangelizing the culture. This work will be of special interest to readers concerned about the so-called "new atheism."

Exploring Catholic Theology: Essays on God, Liturgy, and Evangelization

Religion & Spirituality

Baker Academic

A companion guide for either the Eucharist DVD or CD, which will enhance your understanding of and interaction with Father Barron's presentation on the most Holy Sacrament. The Study Guide is divided into five sections, which correspond to the sections of Father's presentation: Introduction - A Deeper Look at the Eucharist, Eucharist as Sacred Meal, Eucharist as Sacrifice, Real Presence - Part I, Real Presence - Part II. Each section provides four or five 'Questions for Understanding,' which incorporate references from Scripture and from the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Each section also includes several 'Questions for Reflection,' which help you reflect on how Father Barron's message is relevant to your own life and experiences.

Eucharist Study Guide

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Word On Fire

[Read by Adam Verner]The highly anticipated follow-up to Bishop Robert Barron's hugely successful Catholicism: A Journey to the FaithAs secularism gains influence and increasing numbers see religion as dull and backward, Robert Barron wants to illuminate how beautiful, intelligent, and relevant the Catholic faith is.In this compelling new book -- drawn from conversations with and narrated by award-winning Vatican journalist John L. Allen Jr. -- Barron, founder of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries, proclaims in vivid language the goodness and truth of the Catholic tradition. Through Barron's smart, practical, artistic, and theological observations -- as well as through personal anecdotes about everything from engaging atheists on YouTube to his days as a young die-hard baseball fan from Chicago -- To Light a Fire on the Earth covers prodigious ground. Touching on a wide range of subjects, including Jesus, prayer, science, movies, atheism, the spiritual life, the fate of the Church in modern times, beauty, art, and social media, Barron reveals why the Church matters today and how Catholics can intelligently engage a skeptical world.

To Light a Fire on the Earth: Proclaiming the Gospel in a Secular Age

JOHN L. ALLEN

Blackstone Audio,Inc.

For a long time, Christians have tried to bridge the divide between Christianity and secular liberalism with philosophizing and theologizing. In The Priority of Christ, Bishop Robert Barron shows that the answer to this debate--and the way to move forward--lies in Jesus. Barron transcends the usual liberal/conservative or Protestant/Catholic divides with a postliberal Catholicism that brings the focus back on Jesus as revealed in the New Testament narratives.\nBarron's classical Catholic post-liberalism will be of interest to a broad audience including not only the academic community but also preachers and general readers interested in entering the dialogue between Catholicism and postliberalism.\nFrom the Inside Flap\n"It is crucial for Christians to apprehend the implications of Robert Barron's trenchant thesis: 'Modernity and decadent Christianity are enemies in one sense, but in another sense, they are deeply connected to one another and mirror one another.' Moving beyond the 'decadent Christianity' that mistakenly sought its very starting points in the epistemological and metaphysical dead ends characteristic of 'modernity,' Barron expertly weaves together a robust short summa. Readers seeking spiritual and intellectual renewal will be revitalized by this much-needed book, which overflows with love of God and his path of salvation." 
--Matthew Levering, Mundelein Seminary\n"Catholic theology stands at a foundational moment, and in this extended meditation on the figure of Christ, Robert Barron boldly argues for a Catholicism that rethinks the controversy between modern and postmodern thought through classic theological formulations. Broad in reference and informed by the homilist's touch, The Priority of Christ will be an important contribution to a conversation the Church must have." 
--Richard A. Rosengarten, University of Chicago\n"An extremely well-written, informative, and insightful text that would be a delight to use in an undergraduate or seminary classroom." 
--Stephen H. Webb, Reviews in Religion &amp; Theology\n"Barron's project is impressively traditional and thus postmodern, aggressively independent and thus postliberal, and philosophically undistracted and thus properly theological. This book brings together many of the motifs of a re-emergent, unembarrassed, and confident Catholic theology." 
--Daniel P. Sheridan, CatholicBooksReview.org\n"The Priority of Christ is unusually stimulating for an exercise in 'postliberal' theology. The book is strikingly readable and saturated with what one might call 'first-order' doctrinal claims instead of primarily methodological navel-gazing.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;. Its title, 'The Priority of Christ,' indicates the epistemic primacy of believing, doctrinally traditioned engagement with the Jesus Christ of biblical narrative. This scriptural primacy is a great strength and delight of the book.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;. [It] will challenge readers to formulate their own understanding of what constitutes authentically theological interpretation of Scripture." 
--Daniel J. Treier, Modern Theology\nFrom the Back Cover\n"By displaying how an imaginative human spirit can be illuminated by the manifold sense of Scripture, and by activating tradition to dissolve lingering philosophical distractions, this stunning summa for a 'postliberal Catholicism' will at once subvert any tendency among the faithful to demand a facile 'fix,' as well as offer lucid direction for anyone daring to undertake a pilgrimage of understanding--in and with the Christ." 
--David B. Burrell, University of Notre Dame / Tantur Ecumenical Institute (Jerusalem)\n"Drawing deftly on Aquinas, Newman, Lonergan, Balthasar, and many others, Barron convincingly explains what a postliberal Catholic theology might be. But the great merit of this book is that he not only talks about what theology should be, he actually does it--above all in his lucid mystagogy on a series of Gospel stories and in striking medita

The Priority of Christ: Toward a Postliberal Catholicism

Christian Books & Bibles

Catholicism

For a long time, Christians have tried to bridge the divide between Christianity and secular liberalism with philosophizing and theologizing. In The Priority of Christ, Bishop Robert Barron shows that the answer to this debate--and the way to move forward--lies in Jesus. Barron transcends the usual liberal/conservative or Protestant/Catholic divides with a postliberal Catholicism that brings the focus back on Jesus as revealed in the New Testament narratives. Barron's classical Catholic post-liberalism will be of interest to a broad audience including not only the academic community but also preachers and general readers interested in entering the dialogue between Catholicism and postliberalism.

History

Brazos Press

The Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible encourages readers to explore how the vital roots of the ancient Christian tradition should inform and shape faithfulness today. In this addition to the series, highly acclaimed author, speaker, and theologian Robert Barron offers a theological exegesis of 2 Samuel. He highlights three major themes: God's non-competitive transcendence, the play between divine and non-divine causality, and the role of Old Testament kingship. As with other volumes in the series, this book is ideal for those called to ministry, serving as a rich resource for preachers, teachers, students, and study groups.

2 Samuel: (A Theological Bible Commentary from Leading Contemporary Theologians - BTC) (Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible)

The past several years have been a time of tremendous challenge. From the COVID-19 pandemic that afflicted the world, to the political polarization that unsettled the nation, to the division, disaffiliation, and scandal that rocked the Church, Catholics everywhere have been filled with fear, burdened by pain, and longing for hope. In Redeeming the Time, Bishop Robert Barron follows the wisdom of St. Paul in Ephesians 5 and boldly shines the light of the Gospel into our dark hour. Sorting through our moral, intellectual, social, political, and ecclesial turmoil, this collection of essays is a timely reminder that our hope—especially when things seem hopeless—is always found in Christ and his Church.

Redeeming the Time

Word on Fire Institute

How should we read the Old Testament? For many nonbelievers, it is pure nonsense, a work of bronze-age mythology that encourages tribalistic bloodshed. For many Christians, it is a literal account of the world, a work of divine dictation recalling what transpired long ago. And for many theologians, it is a historical puzzle, a collection of works best understood through the intentions of its human authors. In this groundbreaking book―the first of two volumes―Bishop Robert Barron offers a new way of understanding the Old Testament rooted in the writings of the Church Fathers. Journeying steadily through the Pentateuch, the historical writings, and the biblical novellas, The Great Story of Israel offers an invigorating theological and spiritual interpretation of these ancient texts, one that draws together the particular concerns of their human authors and the unique purpose of the Holy Spirit. The parts and the whole, the Old and the New, and doctrine and exegesis all come together in this dramatic story of election, freedom, and holiness―a story read in the light of Christ, the glory of his people Israel.

The Great Story of Israel: Election, Freedom, Holiness

The Mystical Body of Christ

First published in 1935, The Mystical Body of Christ is a groundbreaking contribution to ecclesiology―the study of the Church―from one of the most beloved evangelists of the modern world.\nIn a culture where an increasing number of people identify as “spiritual but not religious,” The Mystical Body remains as timely as ever. With the typical wit and insight that made him a household name, Fulton J. Sheen draws believers into a deeper understanding of their own role in the great communion of saints.\nAddressing topics such as the Eucharist, the Incarnation, social justice, and priestly scandals, Sheen artfully guides readers through the Scriptures and the rich Catholic theological tradition to demonstrate the inseparability of Christ and his Church. The Church is not a roadblock to encountering Christ, Sheen argues, but rather the living Body of Christ himself.

Brandon Vogt

Fulton Sheen

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Catholicism: A Journey to the Heart of the Faith

Exploring Catholic Theology: Essays on God, Liturgy, and Evangelization

Eucharist Study Guide

To Light a Fire on the Earth: Proclaiming the Gospel in a Secular Age

The Priority of Christ: Toward a Postliberal Catholicism

The Priority of Christ: Toward a Postliberal Catholicism

2 Samuel: (A Theological Bible Commentary from Leading Contemporary Theologians - BTC) (Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible)

Redeeming the Time

The Great Story of Israel: Election, Freedom, Holiness

The Mystical Body of Christ