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BOOKS for Catholic COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES —————— FEATURING —————— New books by and about POPE FRANCIS JOHN L. ALLEN, JR. on playing politics with the war on Christians JOSEPH BOTTUM on the influence of history on modern society JOAN CHITTISTER’s insights on finding direction for life A Message from the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology on SCOTT HAHN’s Reasons to Believe Image Classic Books, now with study guides www.imagecatholicbooks.com Dear Educator: For more than 60 years Image Books has published the finest writings on Catholicism and the Catholic Church. From our very first publication in 1954, William T. Walsh’s classic work, Our Lady of Fatima, to celebrated books like Thomas Merton’s Contemplative Prayer, Fulton Sheen’s Life of Christ, Henri Nouwen’s The Return of the Prodigal Son, Mother Teresa’s Come Be My Light, Scott Hahn’s The Lamb’s Supper, and the official Catechism of the Catholic Church, Image has always been dedicated to publishing leading Catholic voices. 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CONTACT US: Academic Marketing • Random House LLC • A Penguin Random House Company 1745 Broadway • New York, NY 10019 ) [email protected] • ) [email protected] CONTENTS Lumen Fidei The Way of a Pilgrim by Pope Francis .................................. 2 by Helen Bacovcin ...........................20 On Heaven and Earth Orthodoxy by Jorge Mario Bergoglio ................ 4 by G.K. Chesterton ..........................21 Pray for Me Saint Francis of Assisi by Robert Moynihan ......................... 6 by G.K. Chesterton ..........................21 The Global War on Christians Saint Thomas Aquinas by John L. Allen .................................. 8 by G.K. Chesterton ..........................22 An Anxious Age Models of the Church by Joseph Bottum ...........................10 by Avery Dulles ................................22 Render Unto Caesar The Autobiography of by Charles J. Chaput .......................12 Saint Thérèse of Lisieux by John Beevers ...............................23 Following the Path by Joan Chittister ............................14 Life and Holiness by Thomas Merton ..........................23 Reasons to Believe by Scott Hahn ...................................16 Catechism of the Catholic Church ...............................24 Vatican II by Norman Tanner ...........................18 The Confessions of Saint Augustine by Saint Augustine ..........................24 Interior Castle by Teresa of Ávila .............................20 Order Form .............. Inside Back Cover LEGEND HC = Hardcover TR = Trade Paperback MM = Mass Market NCR = No Canadian Rights = e-Book EXAMINATION COPIES Examination copies are available to instructors seeking titles to review for adoption consideration. 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SIGN UP FOR OUR FREE RELIGION E-NEWSLETTERS FEATURING NEW BOOK INFORMATION: To learn more, please visit: www.randomhouse.com/acmart/enewsletters (INCLUDES BOOKS ON ALL RELIGIONS) www.imagecatholicbooks.com/newsletters Cover Illustration by Darren Booth Lumen Fidei The Light of Faith By Pope Francis Foreword by Scott Hahn “The encyclical letterLumen Fidei is the great monument of the Year of Faith declared by Pope Benedict XVI and brought to completion by Pope Francis. It is a capstone of the year, but at the same time a milestone of a long road, a road we have only begun to travel: the road of the New Evangelization.” —from the Foreword by Scott Hahn On June 29, 2013 Pope Francis issued his first papal letter reflecting on the nature of belief and the need to renew our faith for a bright future of charity and love for all. “The light of Faith: this is how the Church’s tradition speaks of the great gift brought by Jesus,” Pope Francis writes. “In John’s Gospel, Christ says of himself: ‘I have come as light Image | TR | 978-0-8041-8585-1 | 96pp. into the world, that whoever believes in me $9.99/$11.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00 may not remain in darkness.’” Here is an illuminating work inviting all to lead a more spiritual and faith-based life, a reminder that ADOPTION NOTES with faith comes service, and with service to others and to God comes heaven on earth. Themes: Canon & Ecclesiastical Law; Theology Alternative Formats: About the Author: Pope Francis POPE FRANCIS is the first Latin American to be elected to the chair of Peter. A native of Buenos Aires, Argentina, he was ordained as a priest in 1969. He served as head of the Society of Jesus in Argentina from 1973 to 1979. In 1998 he became the Archbishop of Buenos Aires, and in 2001 a cardinal. Following the resignation of his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, February 28, 2013, the conclave elected Bergoglio, who chose the papal name Francis in honor of Saint Francis of Assisi. 2 To order examination copies online, go to www.randomhouse.com/academic/examcopy Excerpt from Lumen Fidei 1. The light of Faith: this is how the Church’s tradition speaks of the great gift brought by Jesus. In John’s Gospel, Christ says of himself: “I have come as light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness” (Jn 12:46). Saint Paul uses the same image: “God who said ‘Let light shine out of darkness,’ has shone in our hearts” (2 Cor 4:6). The pagan world, which hungered for light, had seen the growth of the cult of the sun god, Sol Invictus, invoked each day at sunrise. Yet though the sun was born anew each morning, it was clearly incapable of casting its light on all of human existence. The sun does not illumine all reality; its rays cannot penetrate to the shadow of death, the place where men’s eyes are closed to its light. “No one —Saint Justin Martyr writes—has ever been ready to die for his faith in the sun.”1 Conscious of the immense horizon which their faith opened before them, Christians invoked Jesus as the true sun “whose rays bestow life.”2 To Martha, weeping for the death of her brother Lazarus, Jesus said: “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?” (Jn 11:40). Those who believe, see; they see with a light that illumines their entire journey, for it comes from the risen Christ, the morning star which never sets. 1 Dialogus cum Tryphone Iudaeo, 121, 2: PG 6, 758. 2 Clementof Alexandria, Protrepticus, IX: PG 8, 195. Excerpted from Lumen Fidei: The Light of Faith by Pope Francis. Copyright © 2013 by Pope Francis. Excerpted by permission of Image, a division of Random House LLC. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher. To order examination copies online, go to www.randomhouse.com/academic/examcopy For additional books, visit www.randomhouse.com/academic 3 On Heaven and Earth Pope Francis on Faith, Family, and the Church in the Twenty-First Century By Jorge Mario Bergoglio and Abraham Skorka For years Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Archbishop of Argentina, and Rabbi Abraham Skorka were tenacious promoters of interreligious dialogues on faith and reason. They both sought to build bridges among Catholicism, Judaism, and the world at large. On Heaven and Earth, originally published in Argentina in 2010, brings together a series of these conversations where both men talked about various theological and worldly issues, including God, fundamentalism, atheism, abortion, homosexuality, euthanasia, same-sex marriage, and globalization. “Whether or not they agree with everything that is said, readers of all religious back- grounds will be impressed by the substance and frankness of these conversations between Image | HC | 978-0-7704-3506-6 | 256pp. Cardinal Bergoglio and Rabbi Skorka. They $22.00/$25.00 Can.