Morning Homilies
Every morning Pope Francis says Mass for fellow residents and guests in the chapel of St Martha's, the modest guesthouse where he lives. This book…… Read More »
Book Reviews
St Francis of Assisi
G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936) was a popular Christian writer with a prodigious output, including this well-written study and reflection on the life of St Francis. He…… Read More »
Dialogues with the Stars
With each passing decade, Henryk extends his vision and that of human potential to match our stellar origins with a corresponding philosophy of light. He…… Read More »
The Wisdom of the Liminal
Author: Celia Deane-Drummond
Reviewer: David Lorimer
This book has emerged from the author's twin interests in Christology and theological anthropology, discussing the relationship between humans and other animals. At one end…… Read More »
The Best Things in Life
Subtitled 'a guide to what really matters', this highly readable philosophical book takes the reader on an intellectual journey to explore various forms of the…… Read More »
Emil Brunner – A Reappraisal
My friend Norman Cockburn gave me a couple of books by the Protestant theologian Emil Brunner from his extensive library the 1970s. He also offered…… Read More »
Effortless Healing
If you only buy one book on healthy living this year, this should be it. Dr Joseph Mercola created Mercola.com in 1997, and it is…… Read More »
Are Dolphins Really Smart?
Five years ago, I reviewed a book that argued that dolphins qualified as persons and should therefore be protected as such under international law. The…… Read More »
Quirks of the Quantum Mind
Robert Jahn and Brenda Dunne are well known for their collaboration at the Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research Laboratory for their work on the mind-machine interface…… Read More »
The Sceptical Optimist
Subtitled 'why technology isn't the answer to everything', this eloquent and well-informed book enables readers to get to grips with the relationship between technological progress…… Read More »