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  • St. Francis de Sales as a Catholic Apologist During the Reformation Era
    Owen Mitchell
    This book examines Francis de Sales’s role as Catholic apologist within the context of the Protestant-Catholic controversy that dominated early modern Europe. It seeks to understand both the specific historical circumstances that shaped his apologetic work and the enduring principles that made his approach so effective. The study draws upon Francis’s extensive writings, includi...
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    18,06 €

  • St. Francis de Sales and the Devout Humanism
    Owen Mitchell
    This book explores the life, thought, and enduring significance of St. Francis de Sales, examining how his encounter with Geneva-both the actual city and what it represented-shaped his distinctive spiritual vision. It traces his development from aristocratic youth to missionary priest to bishop and spiritual teacher. It analyzes his major works and his methods of spiritual dire...
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    21,48 €

  • Catholic Reform and Prophetic Renewal in Early Modernity
    Owen Mitchell
    This book approaches Catholic reform as a multifaceted phenomenon that cannot be reduced to any single narrative or agenda. It was simultaneously a movement of spiritual deepening, as mystics like Teresa of Ávila and John of the Cross articulated sophisticated theologies of prayer and union with God; a program of institutional restructuring, as the Council of Trent reformed cle...
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    20,07 €

  • The Pastoral Pedagogy of Medieval Sermon and Preaching
    Owen Mitchell
    The medieval sermon was perhaps the most important educational institution for the laity, reaching far more people than universities ever could and shaping the religious imagination of an entire civilization. Yet the pedagogical dimensions of medieval preaching have often been overshadowed by studies focusing on sermon content, social functions, or theological controversies. Th...
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    18,42 €

  • History of Medieval Hagiography
    Owen Mitchell
    For over a thousand years, the lives of saints shaped medieval Christianity more profoundly than any texts except the Bible itself. From martyrs facing Roman executioners to mystics experiencing divine visions, from warrior-kings leading crusades to humble monks working miracles, the saints whose stories filled medieval manuscripts, adorned cathedral walls, and inspired countle...
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    18,92 €

  • Encounters with the Divine in the Everyday
    Owen Mitchell
    A richly practical and theologically grounded guide for Christians who want faith to shape their whole life, this book shows how worship, virtue, and public responsibility form durable habits that renew families, parishes, workplaces, and civic life. Drawing on Scripture, the Fathers, liturgical tradition, and contemporary magisterial teaching, it offers concrete practices-conf...
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    19,52 €

  • The Gospel of Small Things
    Owen Mitchell
    The Gospel is often read in grand moments - conversions, sermons, miracles - while daily life is left to habits of convenience. This book argues that true Christian formation happens in the small, repeated acts that shape hearts over years: brief prayers at the table, bedside vigils, a nightly examen, a habit of listening, the patient kindnesses that make neighborhoods and fami...
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    19,03 €

  • The Relationship Between Pope Pius XII and the Theologians
    Owen Mitchell
    In this groundbreaking study, the complex and often misunderstood relationship between Pope Pius XII and the theologians who shaped modern Catholicism comes vividly to life. Drawing on previously unexplored Vatican archives, private correspondence, and firsthand accounts, the book reveals how Eugenio Pacelli-diplomat, scholar, and pontiff-navigated the unprecedented challenges ...
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    18,58 €

  • The Life and Work of Jacques Maritain (1882-1973)
    Owen Mitchell
    In this definitive intellectual biography, the extraordinary life and thought of Jacques Maritain unfolds against the tumultuous backdrop of the twentieth century. From his early existential crisis as a young student at the Sorbonne to his final days as a Little Brother of Jesus, Maritain’s journey reveals a philosopher whose brilliant mind was matched only by his spiritual dep...
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    18,20 €

  • The Doctors of the Church and the Virgin Mary
    Owen Mitchell
    For nearly two thousand years, the Mother of God has inspired some of the most profound theological reflections in Christian history. In this groundbreaking study, readers are invited on a remarkable journey through the Marian teachings of Catholicism’s greatest theological minds-those rare saints designated as Doctors of the Church.Beginning with Saint Ambrose’s vigorous defen...
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    18,22 €

  • The Life and Times of Louis Veuillot (1813-1883)
    Owen Mitchell
    In this groundbreaking biography, the remarkable life of Louis Veuillot-the barrel-maker’s son who became nineteenth-century France’s most formidable Catholic voice-springs to vivid life against the backdrop of a nation in turmoil. From the barricades of revolution to the corridors of imperial power, from the battlefields of journalistic warfare to the intimate circles of Paris...
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    19,23 €

  • Intellectual Views on Class, Society and the Ideal Catholic Order in Nineteenth-Century Europe
    Owen Mitchell
    In this groundbreaking study, the tumultuous relationship between Catholicism and modernity comes dramatically to life as Europe faced unprecedented social upheaval. When industrialization, liberal democracy, and scientific advances transformed traditional European society, the Catholic Church and its intellectuals faced a profound choice: adapt to the modern world or resist it...
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    19,55 €

  • The Catholic Church and the Rise of Nationalism in Nineteenth-Century Europe
    Owen Mitchell
    In this groundbreaking study, the complex and often turbulent relationship between the Catholic Church and emerging nationalism is brought vividly to life across nineteenth-century Europe. From the ashes of the French Revolution to the dawn of the modern era, the Church faced unprecedented challenges as nations redefined themselves, borders shifted, and new forms of political i...
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    21,25 €

  • Sacred Resurgence
    Owen Mitchell
    The French Revolution sought to remake society according to rational, secular principles. Thousands of churches were closed, clergy executed or exiled, and religious art destroyed in one of history’s most systematic attempts to eradicate traditional faith. By 1795, Catholic worship had virtually disappeared from France, and contemporary observers believed the Church’s influence...
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    21,00 €

  • The Liturgy of Home
    Owen Mitchell
    In an era when traditional values are increasingly challenged and family life is pulled in countless directions, 'The Liturgy of Home' offers a compelling vision of how Catholic families can create meaningful, faith-filled lives amid the complexities of modern culture. This groundbreaking book reimagines the Catholic household not as a fortress against secular society but as a ...
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    22,25 €

  • Bread of Angels
    Owen Mitchell
    In a world filled with noise, distraction, and spiritual hunger, Catholics are rediscovering the profound gift at the heart of their faith: the Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist. Bread of Angels: Eucharistic Devotions for Modern Life offers a timely exploration of this central mystery, presenting traditional Catholic wisdom in fresh, accessible language for contemp...
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    19,22 €

  • Walking with the Saints
    Owen Mitchell
    In our fragmented, fast-paced world, many of us long for meaningful connection and spiritual companionship. Walking with the Saints: Companions for the Ordinary Day offers a fresh, accessible approach to one of Catholicism’s most treasured traditions-the communion of saints-revealing how these holy men and women can become genuine friends and guides for contemporary life.Far fr...
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    20,17 €

  • Finding God in Silence
    Owen Mitchell
    In our frantically paced world of constant noise, endless distractions, and spiritual burnout, Finding God in Silence offers a life-changing invitation to the transformative practice of contemplative prayer.This accessible guide reveals the ancient wisdom of the Catholic contemplative tradition in fresh, practical ways for today’s believers. Drawing from the rich insights of sp...
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    18,20 €

  • The Life and Times of Isidore of Seville
    Owen Mitchell
    At the twilight of the ancient world, as Rome’s libraries burned and classical learning teetered on extinction, one extraordinary mind embarked on history’s greatest rescue mission for human knowledge. Isidore of Seville-bishop, royal counselor, and intellectual visionary-created the world’s first encyclopedia, a revolutionary work that would preserve the sum of ancient wisdom ...
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    20,72 €

  • The Life and Times of Saint Vincent Ferrer
    Owen Mitchell
    In the twilight of the medieval world, as plague ravaged Europe, rival popes divided Christendom, and ancient certainties crumbled, an extraordinary figure emerged whose voice would resonate from crowded city squares to remote mountain villages. Saint Vincent Ferrer (1350-1419), a brilliant Dominican scholar turned charismatic itinerant preacher, abandoned the comforts of the p...
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    21,60 €

  • The Cluniac Reform
    Owen Mitchell
    In the twilight of the Carolingian Empire, as Viking raids devastated Europe and feudal chaos replaced imperial order, a powerful nobleman made an extraordinary decision. Duke William of Aquitaine’s foundation of a small monastery in the wooded hills of Burgundy in 910 would transform Western civilization in ways no one could have imagined. Within two centuries, Cluny had becom...
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    20,66 €

  • History of the Benedictines
    Owen Mitchell
    For fifteen centuries, the spiritual sons and daughters of Benedict of Nursia have shaped Western civilization through prayer, work, and cultural engagement. This definitive history traces the remarkable journey of Benedictine monasticism from its humble beginnings in sixth-century Italy to its global presence today.When young Benedict retreated to a cave near Rome around 500 C...
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    23,91 €

  • Faithful to the Magisterium
    Owen Mitchell
    A compelling exploration of one of the most influential and controversial voices in the Catholic Church todayFrom the underground Church of Soviet Kazakhstan to the global stage, Bishop Athanasius Schneider has emerged as a fearless defender of Catholic tradition in an age of uncertainty. This definitive biography traces his extraordinary journey and examines the theological vi...
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    21,81 €

  • The Two Caminos
    Mitchell Owen Smith
    After a health scare, Mitch starts a series of life changes that ultimately lead to the most unlikely of journeys: walking 800 kilometers across northern Spain along the Camino de Santiago.  Setting out with his wife of thirty years Mary Lou, and a promise to "follow everything and every opportunity that crosses my path",  they are woefully unprepared for the journey ahead; and...
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    17,35 €