Catholic Theological Resources

Dr. Hahn recommends the following materials, listed alphabetically by author.

 

Catholic Theological Resources

• Adam, Karl. The Spirit of Catholicism. New Cork: Macmillan, 1933.
• Acklin, Fr. Thomas. The Unchanging Heart of the Priesthood: A Faith Perspective on the Reality and Mystery of the Priesthood in the Church. Steubenville, OH: Emmaus Road Publishing, 2006.
• Aquilina, Mike. The Mass of the Early Christians. 2nd Ed. Huntington, IN: Our Sunday Visitor, 2007.
• _____. The Fathers of the Church: An Introduction to the First Christian Teachers. Huntington, IN: Our Sunday Visitor, 2006.
• Augustine, St. Confessions. New York: Penguin. 1961.
• Barker, Margaret. The Great High Priest: The Temple Roots of Christian Liturgy. London: T & T.
• Bouyer, Louis. The Word, Church & Sacraments in Protestantism and Catholicism. San Francisco, Ignatius Press, 2004.
• _____.  The Christian Mystery: From Pagan Myth to Christian Mysticism.Edinburgh: T & T. Clark, 1990.
• _____. The Church of God. Chicago: Franciscan Herald Press, 1982.
• Bunson, Matthew. Encyclopedia of Catholic History. Huntington, IN: Our Sunday Visitor, 2004
• Congar, Yves M-J. Tradition and Traditions: The Biblical, Historical and Theological Evidence for Catholic Teaching on Tradition. Granville, OH: Basilica Press, 1998.
• _____. The Meaning of Tradition. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2004.
• Corbon, Jean. Wellspring of Worship. Translated by Matthew J. O’Connell. San Francisco, CA: Ignatius Press, 2005.
• Danielou, Jean, S.J. The Angels and Their Mission: According to the Fathers of the Church. Notre Dame, IN: Notre Dame University Press, 1956.
• _____. The Lord of History. New York: Meridian, 1968.
• _____. The Presence of God. Baltimore: Helicon Press, 1959.
• Driscoll, Jeremy. What Happens at Mass. Chicago, IL: Liturgy Training Publications, 2005.
• Driscoll, Fr. Jeremy, O.S.B. Theology at the Eucharistic Table. England: Gracewing Publishing, 2005.
• Dubay, Thomas, S.M. Faith and Certitude: Can We Be Sure of the Things that Matter Most to Us?
• Dulles, Avery Cardinal. The Assurance of Things Hoped For: A Theology of Christian Faith. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994.
• Durwell, F.X. The Eucharist: Presence of Christ. Denville, NJ: Dimension Books, 1974.
• _____. Mary: Icon of the Spirit and of the Church. London: St. Paul Publications, 1991.
• _____. Holy Spirit of God. Translated by Sister Benedict Davies, O.S.U. Cincinatti, OH: St. Anthony Messenger Press, 2006.
• Escriva, St. Josemaria. In Love with the Church. New York: Scepter, 1989.
• Faberberg, David, W. Theologia Prima: What is Liturgical Theology? Chicago: Hillenbrand Books, 2004.
• Garrigou-LaGrange, Reginald, O.P. God, His Existence and His Nature V2: A Thomistic Solution to Certain Agnostic Antinomies. Whitefish, MT: Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2008.
• _____. Life Everlasting and the Immensity of the Soul: A Theological Treatise on the Four Last Things: Death, Judgment, Heaven, Hell. Rockford, IL: Tan Books & Publishers, 1992.
• _____. Predestination. Rockford, IL: Tan Books & Publishers, 1999.
• _____. The Mother of the Savior: And Our Interior Life. Rockford, IL: Tan Books & Publishers, 2004.
• _____. The One God: A Commentary on the First Part of St. Thomas’ Theological Summa. St. Louis: B. Herder Book Co., 1943.
• _____. The Savior and His Love for Us. Rockford, IL: Tan Books & Publishers, 1999.
• _____. The Three Conversions in the Spiritual Life. Rockford, IL: Tan Books & Publishers, 2002.
• Garrigou-Lagrange, Reginald, O.P., and M. Timothea Doyle. The Three Ages in the Interior Life. (2 volume set). Rockford, IL: Tan Books & Publishers, 1999.
• _____. Christian Perfection and Contemplation According to St. Thomas Aquinas and St. John of the Cross. Whitefish, MT: Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2008.
• Garrigou-Lagrange, Reginald, O.P., and Dom Bede Rose. Providence. Rockford, IL: Tan Books & Publishers, 1999.
• Hahn, Scott. A Father Who Keeps His Promises: God's Covenant Love in Scripture. Ann Arbor, MI: Servant Books, 1998.
• _____. The Lamb’s Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth. New York: Doubleday, 1999.
• _____. Lord Have Mercy: The Healing Power of Confession. New York: Doubleday, 2003.
• _____. Hail Holy Queen: The Mother of God in the Word of God. New York: Doubleday, 2001.
• _____. First Comes Love: Finding Your Family in the Church and the Trinity. New York: Doubleday, 2002.
• _____. Swear to God: The Promise and Power of the Sacraments. New York: Doubleday, 2004.
• _____. Letter and Spirit: From Written Text to Living Word in the Liturgy. New York: Doubleday, 2005.
• _____. Kinship by Covenant: A Biblical-Theological Study of Covenant Types and Texts in the Old and New Testaments. Ph.D. dissertation, Marquette University, 1995.
• Hahn, Scott and Benjamin Wiker. Answering the New Atheism: Dismantling Dawkins Case Against God. Steubenville, OH: Emmaus Road Publishing, 2008.
• Jungmann, Josef, S.J. Handing on the Faith. New York: Herder and Herder, 1962.
• _____. The Mass of the Roman Rite: Its History and Development. 2 vols. Allen, TX: Christian Classics, 1986.
• Keefe, Donald, J. Covenantal Theology: The Eucharistic Order of History. 2 vols. New York: University Press of America, 1991.
• Manteau-Bonamy, O.P. Immaculate Conception and the Holy Spirit: The Marian Teachings of St.Maximilian Kolbe. Libertyville, IL: Marytown Press, 2001.
• McDonough, William K. The Divine Family: The Trinity and Our Life with God. Cincinnati, OH: St. Anthony Messenger Press, 2005.
• Mork, Dom Wulstan, O.S.B. Transformed by Grace: Scripture, Sacraments & the Sonship of Christ. Cincinnati, OH: St. Anthony Messenger Press, 2004.
• Newman, John Henry Cardinal. An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine. New York: Doubleday, 1960.
• Olsen, Glenn. Beginning at Jerusalem: Five Reflections on the History of the Church. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2004.
• _____. Christian Marriage: A Historical Study. Chestnut Ridge, NY: Crossroad Publishing Company, 2001.
• Pelikan, Jaroslav. The Mystery of Continuity: Time, History, Memory and Eternity in the thought of St. Augustine. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, 1986.
• Peterson, Erik. The Angels in the Liturgy. New York: Herder and Herder, 1964.
• Pieper, Josef. The Four Cardinal Virtues. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 1966.
• Pope John Paul II, Fides et Ratio. (September 14, 1998). Boston: Daughters of St. Paul.
• _____. Puebla: A Pilgrimage of Faith. Boston: Daughters of St. Paul, 1979.
• Pope Benedict XVI. The Apostles. Huntington, IN: Our Sunday Visitor, 2007.
• _____. Jesus of Nazareth. New York: Doubleday, 2007.
• _____. Deus Caritas Est. Encyclical Letter on Christian Love (December 25, 2005). San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2006.
• Ratzinger, Joseph Cardinal. Introduction to Christianity. Ignatius Press: San Francisco. 1990.
• _____. Principles of Catholic Theology: Building Stones for a Fundamental Theology. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1987.
• _____. Many Religions One Covenant: Israel, the Church and the World. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1999.
• _____. A New Song for the Lord. New York: Crossroad, 1997.
• _____. Behold the Pierced One: An Approach to a Spiritual Christology. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1986.
• _____. Daughter Zion. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1983.
• _____. Eschatology. Washington, D.C: Catholic University of America Press, 1988.
• _____. Feast of Faith. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1986.
• _____. The Meaning of Christian Brotherhood. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1995.
• _____. On the Way to Jesus Christ. Trans. by Michael Miller. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2005.
• _____. The Nature and Mission of Theology: Approaches to Understanding Its Role in the Light of Present Controversy. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1995.
• _____. God is Near Us: The Eucharist, the Heart of Life. S.O. Edited by Horn and v. Pfnur. Trans. by Henry Taylor. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2003.
• Saward, John. The Beauty of Holiness and the Holiness of Beauty. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1997.
• Scheeben, Joseph Matthias. The Mysteries of Christianity. Crossroad Publishing Company, 2008.
• _____. The Glories of Divine Grace: A Fervent Exhortation to All to Persevere and to Grow in Sanctifying Grace. Rockford, IL: Tan Books & Publishers, 2001.
• Schoenborn, Christoph Cardinal. Loving the Church: Spiritual Exercises Preached in the Presence of John Paul II. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1998.
• _____. From Death to Life. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1995.
• Thurian, Max. Mary, Mother of All Chrisitians. New York: Herder and Herder, 1964.
• Von Balthasar, Hans Urs, and Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger. Mary: The Church at Her Source. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2005.

Catholic For a Reason Series

• Hahn, Scott and Leon J. Suprenant, Jr. Eds. Catholic for a Reason: Scripture and the Mystery of the Family of God. Steubenville, OH: Emmaus Road Publishing, 1998.
• _____. Catholic for a Reason II: Scripture and the Mystery of the Mother of God. Steubenville, OH: Emmaus Road Publishing, 2000.
• Hahn, Scott and Regis J. Flaherty. Catholic for a Reason III: Scripture and the Mystery of the Mass. Steubenville, OH: Emmaus Road Publishing, 2004.
• _____. Catholic for a Reason IV: Scripture and the Mystery of Marriage.Steubenville, OH: Emmaus Road Publishing, 2007.