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Holy Envy Finding God in the Faith of Others

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Themes: Catholic • Theology • Christianity

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The Mysticism of Saint Augustine Rereading The Confessions

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Themes: Catholic • Theology • Christianity

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John Henry Newman A Portrait in Letters

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Themes: Catholic • Theology • Christianity

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Themes: Catholic • Theology • Christianity

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Aelred of Rievaulx Spiritual Friendship, a New Translation

Themes: Catholic • Theology • Christianity

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The Phenomenon of Man

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Themes: Catholic • Theology • Christianity

Heretics — G. K. Chesterton

G. K. Chesterton

Themes: Catholic • Theology • Christianity

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Action (1893) Essay on a Critique of Life and a Science of Practice

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Themes: Catholic • Theology • Christianity

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Themes: Catholic • Theology • Christianity

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Dialectic and Narrative in Aquinas An Interpretation of the ‘Summa Contra Gentiles&#8217

Thomas S. Hibbs

Themes: Catholic • Theology • Christianity

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The Spirit of Catholicism

Themes: Catholic • Theology • Christianity

No Religion Without Idolatry Mendelssohn’s Jewish Enlightenment — Gideon Freudenthal

No Religion Without Idolatry Mendelssohn’s Jewish Enlightenment

Gideon Freudenthal

Themes: Catholic • Theology • Christianity

On Liturgical Asceticism — David W. Fagerberg

On Liturgical Asceticism

David W. Fagerberg

Themes: Catholic • Theology • Christianity

A Tour of the Summa — Paul J. Glenn

A Tour of the Summa

Themes: Catholic • Theology • Christianity

John Henry Newman A Biography — Ian Turnbull Ker

John Henry Newman A Biography

Ian Turnbull Ker

Themes: Catholic • Theology • Christianity

Life of Heber C. Kimball An Apostle: the Father and Founder of the British Mission — Orson F. (Orson Ferguson) 1 Whitney

Life of Heber C. Kimball An Apostle: the Father and Founder of the British Mission

Orson F. (Orson Ferguson) 1 Whitney

Themes: Catholic • Theology • Christianity

City of God Popular Abridgment of the Divine History and Life of the Virgin Mother of God — Mary of Agreda

City of God Popular Abridgment of the Divine History and Life of the Virgin Mother of God

Themes: Catholic • Theology • Christianity

The Hidden Encyclical of Pius Xi — Georges Passelecq

The Hidden Encyclical of Pius Xi

Georges Passelecq

Themes: Catholic • Christianity • Religious

Confessions of a Gay Priest A Memoir of Sex, Love, Abuse, and Scandal in the Catholic Seminary — Tom Rastrelli

Confessions of a Gay Priest A Memoir of Sex, Love, Abuse, and Scandal in the Catholic Seminary

Themes: Catholic • Christianity • Religious

John Baptist de la Salle The Spirituality of Christian Education — Saint Jean Baptiste de La Salle

John Baptist de la Salle The Spirituality of Christian Education

Saint Jean Baptiste de La Salle

Themes: Catholic • Christianity • Religious

Life of St. Teresa of Jesus — Saint Teresa (of Avila)

Life of St. Teresa of Jesus

Saint Teresa (of Avila)

Themes: Catholic • Christianity • Religious

St. Theresa, the Little Flower — Sister Jesualda of the Holy Spirit

St. Theresa, the Little Flower

Sister Jesualda of the Holy Spirit

Themes: Catholic • Christianity • Religious

The Autobiography of Saint Therese The Story of a Soul — Saint Therese of Lisieux

The Autobiography of Saint Therese The Story of a Soul

Saint Therese of Lisieux

Themes: Catholic • Christianity • Religious

Ceremonial of Bishops Revised by Decree of the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council and Published by Authority of Pope John Paul II — Catholic Church

Ceremonial of Bishops Revised by Decree of the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council and Published by Authority of Pope John Paul II

Catholic Church

Themes: Catholic • Christianity • Religious

This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with John XXIII by Peter Hebblethwaite. Connected by Catholic, Theology, Christianity. Authors featured include Barbara Brown Taylor, John Peter Kenney, Roderick Strange, Jordan Hillebert, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.

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