The Future Church
How Ten Trends are Revolutionizing the Catholic Church
Written by John L. Allen, Jr.

Format: Hardcover, 480 pages
Publisher: Doubleday Religion
On Sale: November 10, 2009
Price: $28.00
ISBN: 978-0-385-52038-6 (0-385-52038-7)

One of the world’s foremost religion journalists offers an unexpected and provocative look at where the Catholic Church is headed—and what the changes will mean for all of us.

What will the Catholic Church be like in 100 years? Will there be a woman pope? Will dioceses throughout the United States and... Read more >

The Case for God

Written by Karen Armstrong

Format: Hardcover, 432 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $27.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-26918-8 (0-307-26918-3)

Moving from the Paleolithic age to the present, Karen Armstrong details the great lengths to which humankind has gone in order to experience a sacred reality that it called by many names, such as God, Brahman, Nirvana, Allah, or Dao. Focusing especially on Christianity but including Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and... Read more >

Reading Jesus
A Writer's Encounter with the Gospels
Written by Mary Gordon

Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
Publisher: Pantheon
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 978-0-375-42457-1 (0-375-42457-1)

In the introduction to this remarkable book, Mary Gordon is riding in a taxi as the driver listens to a religious broadcast, and she reflects that, though a lifelong Christian, she is at odds with many others who identify themselves as Christians. In an effort to understand whether or not she... Read more >

Signs of Life
40 Catholic Customs and Their Biblical Roots
Written by Scott Hahn

Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
Publisher: Doubleday Religion
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $23.00
ISBN: 978-0-385-51949-6 (0-385-51949-4)

Forthcoming November 2009. Do not order exam copies until 11/1/2009.

Scott Hahn, the bestselling author of The Lamb’s Supper and Reasons to Believe, celebrates the touchstones of the Catholic life, guiding readers to a deeper faith through the Church’s rites, customs, and traditional prayers.

Signs of Life is beloved author Scott Hahn’s... Read more >

Prophet of Purpose
The Life of Rick Warren
Written by Jeffery L. Sheler

Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
Publisher: Doubleday Religion
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $22.99
ISBN: 978-0-385-52395-0 (0-385-52395-5)

Rick Warren is arguably the most influential man in American religion today. Megachurch pastor, friend of world leaders, and trend-setting spiritual entrepreneur, he is widely recognized as the new public face of evangelical Christianity in America. No other modern churchman has matched his success as a leader and motivator of Christians... Read more >

The Sisters of Sinai
How Two Lady Adventurers Discovered the Hidden Gospels
Written by Janet Soskice

Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: August 18, 2009
Price: $27.95
ISBN: 978-1-4000-4133-6 (1-4000-4133-3)

In 1892, two sisters, identical twins from Scotland, made one of one of most important scriptural discoveries of modern times. Combing the library of St. Catherine’s Monastery at Mount Sinai, they found a neglected palimpsest: beneath an unpreposessing life of female saints, they detected what remains to this day among the... Read more >