BOOKS: ART & CULTURE
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THE BEAUTY OF HOLINESS: ART, SANCTITY & THE TRUTH OF CATHOLICISMBeauty will save the world," said Dostoyevski. This book is a unique and unprecedented study of two powerful ways in which true beauty shines upon the world - in the lives of the saints and in the works of Christian art: "the beauty of holiness and the holiness of beauty". Professor John Saward has provided his readers a great service by his careful treatment of the connection between sacred art, the heroic virtue of saintly people and the fullness of truth taught by Christ and His Church. The numerous citations of Catholic artists, poets and musicians demonstrate how the Catholic Faith elevates civilization. It centers on several works of art (reproduced in this book) of a saint - Blessed John Fiesole, known to the world as Fra Angelico. Drawing on Angelico's own theological sources, Saward has written a book not on art history but on the splendor of Catholic truth. Beauty is the splendor of truth, the attractive radiance of truth. This new book is intended to help Christians grow in wonder at the glory of Divine Revelation, to which both the Church's saints and the Church's art bear witness. Illustrated with Angelico's color art. Perhaps through efforts such as Professor Saward's, we will see the prevailing culture of death pale in the light of a civilization of life and love radiating out from the beauty of holiness and the holiness of beauty that truth inspires. Price: $18.00 Learn More | Purchase |
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LEISURE: THE BASIS OF CULTUREOne of the most important philosophy titles published in the twentieth century, Josef Pieper’s Leisure, the Basis of Culture is more significant, even more crucial, today than it was when it first appeared more than fifty years ago. This edition also includes his work The Philosophical Act and an introduction by T.S. Elliot. Leisure is an attitude of the mind and a condition of the soul that fosters a capacity to perceive the reality of the world. Pieper shows that the Greeks and medieval Europeans, understood the great value and importance of leisure. He also points out that religion can be born only in leisure — a leisure that allows time for the contemplation of the nature of God. Leisure has been, and always will be, the first foundation of any culture. Pieper maintains that our bourgeois world of total labor has vanquished leisure, and issues a startling warning: Unless we regain the art of silence and insight, the ability for non-activity, unless we substitute true leisure for our hectic amusements, we will destroy our culture — and ourselves. Price: $12.00 Learn More | Purchase |
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LETTER TO ARTISTS (POPE JOHN PAUL II)This is Pope John Paul II's Easter 1999 letter to Church artists, musicians, and architects. Here he invites all artists to use their creativity to serve both the Church and the world. In these pages you will find a discussion of the vocation of artist, an exploration of how art and the word intersect, a brief history of the use of art in worship, and more. For study, for inspiration and for reflection, this book belongs in the library of all building or renovation committee members, parish environment and art committee members, liturgy committee members, musicians, performing arts groups and anyone who seeks a deeper understanding of the profound relationship between art and worship. Paperback, 7 x 10, 22 pages. Price: $5.00 Learn More | Purchase |
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THE ABBESS OF ANDALUSIA: A SPIRITUAL BIOGRAPHY OF FLANNERY O'CONNORFlannery O'Connor has been studied and lauded under many labels: the Southern author whose pen captured the soul of a proud region struggling to emerge out of racism and poverty, the female writer whose independent spirit and tragically short life inspired a generation of women, the Catholic artist whose fiction evokes themes of sin and damnation, mercy and redemption. Now, and for the first time, The Abbess of Andalusia affords us an in-depth look at Flannery O'Connor the believer. In these pages you will come to know Flannery O'Connor not only as a writer and an icon, but as a theologian and apologist; as a spiritual director and a student of prayer; as a suffering soul who learned obedience and merited grace through infirmity; and truly, as the Abbess of her own small, but significant, spiritual house. For decades Flannery O'Connor the author has touched her readers with the brilliance of her books. Now be edified and inspired by the example of her life. By: Lorraine V. Murray | Forward: Joseph Pearce Price: $17.00 Learn More | Purchase |