Bibliography

Why produce nosotros write books? In my case, it helps me to think. I would hardly know what I catch nearly something unless I had struggled to laid an declaration together with written it down. As I brought my 7th book to completion, a friend, Mark Alder, encouraged me to compile a listing that gives around feel of what they are nearly together with why I wrote them. (Incidentally, the bookplate on the left is yesteryear my grandmother, Florence Zerffi.) – Stratford Caldecott

The Power of the Ring: The Spiritual Vision Behind The Lord of the Rings (Crossroad, 2005, 2011) 

Originally called Secret Fire when commencement published yesteryear DLT, the majority was translated into several unusual linguistic communication editions including Spanish, Italian, together with Russian, together with re-issued yesteryear Crossroad inwards an expanded edition inwards 2012. The Power of the Ring, dissimilar most other books published on Tolkien’s writing, explores the spiritual, theological, together with philosophical pregnant of the function – Tolkien’s faith, which was influenced yesteryear the Oratory of St Philip, his create to recover the spirit of England that had been almost lost inwards the 2
World Wars, his theology of creation together with the importance of the human imagination equally a agency of apprehending truth, equally good equally the spiritual aesthetics of virtue. In The Lord of the Rings together with his other plant Tolkien was creating a vehicle inwards which to transmit to futurity generations the “light” of a poetic cognition that is fast dying out together with inwards many places has been only forgotten, depriving us of a vital dimension of our humanity. This theme of “spiritual light” was taken upward i time again inwards the majority The Radiance of Being inwards 2013 (see below).

The Seven Sacraments: Entering the Mysteries of God (Crossroad, 2006) 

The commencement of 2 books on mystagogy (the sacramental mysteries of the Church), The Seven Sacraments looks at a arrive at of of import sevenfold structures inwards Scripture together with Tradition (such equally the vii virtues, the vii petitions of the Lord’s Prayer, the vii days of creation, together with the vii Last Words from the Cross), exploring important correlations betwixt them, together with argument that greater attending should survive paid yesteryear biblical scholars to numerical symbolism inwards the inspired text equally a whole. The majority was intended to opened upward up an approach to the Catholic faith based on a deeper appreciation of its organic unity together with of the sacraments equally a whole. I am delighted to say that a new, expanded edition is inwards grooming together with should survive published yesteryear the halt of 2014.

Beauty for Truth’s Sake: On the Re-enchantment of Education (Brazos, 2009) 

The commencement of 2 on the Seven Liberal Arts, Beauty for Truth’s Sake concentrates on the Quadrivium; that is, the 4 cosmological subjects on which classical learning i time depended, both equally grooming for the written report of philosophy together with theology, together with equally the ground of an instruction for intellectual together with spiritual freedom. After looking at the classical together with medieval tradition, the majority traces the way our secular social club developed, together with the problems this has created inwards present-day higher instruction together with the civilization at large. It suggests ways inwards which the arts together with sciences, faith together with reason, faith together with mathematics, could survive lay dorsum together again, later on a long menstruation of estrangement that has created a civilization both deeply flawed together with profoundly dangerous.

All Things Made New: The Mysteries of the World inwards Christ (Angelico Press/Sophia Perennis, 2011) 

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 minute majority on mystagogy explores the mysteries of the Rosary together with the Book of Revelation. While The Seven Sacraments had concentrated on examining patterns of 7, All Things Made New examines the role made of the numbers 12 together with 4 yesteryear biblical together with patristic writers – demonstrating i time once again the merits of reading Scripture together with Tradition inwards the lite of faith, alongside an oculus to the underlying structure. The majority includes reflections on cosmology together with liturgy together with a meditation on the Way of the Cross, patch the appendices include a brief introduction to Jewish together with Greek number symbolism (Gematria), a survey of different methods of biblical exegesis, together with an article nearly the ideas of Dr Margaret Barker.

Beauty inwards the Word: Rethinking the Foundations of Education (Angelico Press, 2012) 

The minute of 2 on the Seven Liberal Arts, Beauty inwards the Word is nearly Grammar, Logic, together with Rhetoric, re-interpreted inwards a way that enables them to survive used equally the framework for a renewal of the instruction system, specially at main level. “Remembering”, “Thinking”, together with “Communicating” travel the foundations of a curriculum inwards which all schoolhouse subjects tin survive taught inwards a to a greater extent than integrated manner. These basic human skills prepare naturally out of an agreement of our nature equally created inwards the icon of God – created for self-gift inwards the icon of the Trinity. The majority besides examines questions related to authorization together with ethos inside the school. Like Beauty for Truth’s Sake, this majority is existence used equally a text together with for curriculum blueprint yesteryear teachers together with parents inwards U.K. together with the United States.

The Radiance of Being: Dimensions of Cosmic Christianity (Angelico Press, 2013)
Radiance of Being explores the pregnant together with implications of the divine Trinity equally a ground for agreement the cosmos. In other words it starts where Beauty for Truth's Sake finishes. Beginning alongside the concept of “light” inwards modern scientific discipline together with cosmology, the majority goes on to explore the relation of scientific discipline to faith, together with thus the questions that arise from the differences betwixt religions together with the tensions betwixt religious communities. The uniqueness of Christianity is shown to prevarication inwards the Incarnation together with Trinity, but this does non justify aggressive polemics or religious violence. The majority culminates inwards an appreciation of the Russian catch of “godmanhood” together with divine Wisdom or Sophia. For to a greater extent than nearly this majority travel here.

Not As the World Gives: The Way of Creative Justice (Angelico Press, forthcoming) 

With a focus on the nuptial mystery at the pump of the universe, Not As the World Gives integrates the social teaching of the Church alongside the spirituality of the Sermon on the Mount. Beginning alongside Plato’s insights into the nature of Justice, the majority explores the history of Christian charity together with the pregnant of mercy together with the virtues, the threats posed to civilization yesteryear modern technology, the truthful nature of human liberty together with of “good work”, the challenge of New Evangelization, the foundations of the Way of Beauty, together with how to renew a Christian culture. The aim of the majority is to demo how the “radiance of being” tin smooth through, non only the natural, but besides the social together with cultural worlds.

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