JP II Resources presents: Classic Books in Religious Education and Related Fields Classic Resources |
JP II Resources presents: Classic Books in Religious Education and Related Fields Classic Resources |
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| IDnumber | Title | Author | Publisher | PubYr | Price | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | The New Testament Without Illusion | John L McKenzie | Thomas More Press Chicago, IL | 1980 | $5.00 | This 256-page hard cover, classic book (w/jacket) is in excellent condition. |
| 24 | The Woman at the Well | Adrian Van Kaam CSSp | Dimension Books Denville, NJ | 1976 | $4.00 | This hard cover (w/bk jacket) is in v.g. condition. “One of the world’s leading psychologists offers a creative and vivid examination of the meeting of Jesus and the Samaritan woman.” |
| 25 | The Road to Damascus The Spiritual Pilgrimage of15 Converts | John A. O’Brien, Editor | Doubleday & Company Garden City, NY | 1961 | $4.00 | This 230-page, Image Book, paperback classic is in very good condition. |
| 106 | Holy Bible New Catholic Edition Illustrated | Catholic Book Publishing Co. NY | 1957 | $15.00 | This classic Bible, with a black leatherette hard-cover, is over 50-years old and in excellent condition. A full color photo of Pope Pius XII is opposite the title page. This is a collector’s item. | |
| 109 | The Cost of Discipleship (unabridged) | Dietrich Bonhoeffer | MACMILLAN Co. NY | 1966 | $5.00 | This 352-page classic is a Macmillan Paperback in good condition. |
| 110 | The Prison Meditations of Father Delp (intro: Thomas Merton) | Fr. Delp, SJ | Herder & Herder, NY | 1963 | $5.00 | Extracts from Fr Delp’s Prison Diary and his Meditations throughout the liturgical year. Hard cover (w/book jacket) good condition |
| 111 | Education and the Worship of God | Philip H. Phenis | Westminister Press, Phila, Pa | 1956 | $3.00 | This hard cover (w/bk jacket) is in fair condition. There are comments written in the margins, some underlining |
| 112 | Pastoral Liturgy | J.A, Jungmann, SJ | Herder & Herder, NY | 1962 | $25.00 | This 430-page, hard cover (w/ book jacket) classic is in very good condition. |
| 113 | Modern Catechetics: Message & Method in Religious Ed | Gerard S. Sloyan (Editor) | MACMILLAN Co. NY | 1962 | $5.00 | Fr. Sloyan is the editor of and a contributor to this vintage collection of essays by Mary Perkins Ryan, Eva Fleishner, Sister Maria de la Cruz Aymes, etc. |
| 114 | How Children Fail | John Holt | Dell Publishing, NY | 1964 | $5.00 | This 180-paperback book is a classic in the education field. Good condition |
| 115 | American Catholicism | John Tracy Ellis | The University of Chicago Press | 1956 | $5.00 | This 207-page, paperback classic is in very good condition. |
| 117 | The World Treasury of Modern Religious Thought | J Pelikan; C Fadiman (editors) | Little, Brown & Co. Boston | 1990 | $12.00 | This 635-page, soft cover collection of more than 60 classic essays is in very good condition. authors include Dostoyevsky, Camus, James, Barth, Jung, G.M. Hopkins; M.L. King; Tillich; C.S. Lewis; Tagore; J.H. Newman; Bonhoeffer; Gandhi; M. de Unamuno; R.W. Emerson; C. Chang; D. Day; Schweitzer; Eliade; Heschel; Kierkegaard; de Chardin; Solzhenitsyn and more. |
| 137 | Philosophy of Education CUA Prdagogical Series | Rev. Thomas E. Shields, PhD, LL.D | The Catholic Education Press | ©1917 | $28.00 | This rare, nearly 100-year old, hard cover cloth bookis in excellent condition. It has some written notations, a library stamp and card, and a written name of a previous owner. It is 446-page book. The author was a professor of Psychology & Education at Catholic University (DC) and dean of the Catholic sSisters College there. |
| 139 | Encyclical Letter of John Paul II The Splendor of Truth | Pope John Paul II | St Paul Media and Books | 1993 | $2.00 | This 154 -page paperback classic is a parish resource for Catholics, Teachers, Catechists and Pastoral Ministers . It is in good condition. |
| 140 | To the Youth of the World Apostolic Letter (March 31,1985) | Pope John Paul II | U.S. Catholic Conference (Washington, DC) | 1985 | $2.00 | This 64 -page paperback classic is a parish resource for Catholics, Youth Ministers; Teachers, Catechists and Pastoral Ministers .It is in good condition. |
| 144 | Religion First Book | Rev Edward Pace PhD & Rev Thomas E. Shields, PhD, LL.D | The Catholic Correspondence School, Wash, DC | 1908 | $28.00 | This rare, 100-year old, hard cover, text is in excellent condition. It is 96-page book filled with lessons, stories, poetry, music, and classic black and white & color illustrations, and a “Suggestions to the Teacher” section. The authors were professors of Psychology The Catholic University (DC). |
| 146 | How Shall I Learn to Teach Religion? | Blanche Carrier | Harper & Brothers NY & London | 1930 | $25.00 | This, rare, 230-page hard cover book w/jacket is in good condition. Written by an assistant professor of Rel Ed. @ the University of Pittsburgh who says her book was written with “the purpose of helping the great body od Sunday school teachers understand the new approach to religious education.” |
| 147 | Teacher Manual of Primary Methods CUA Prdagogical Series | Rev. Thomas E. Shields, PhD, LL.D | The Catholic Education Press | ©1917 | $25.00 | This rare, nearly 100-year old, hard cover cloth book is in good condition. It has some penciled underling, a library stamp, and a written name of a previous owner. It is 441-page book. The author was a professor of Psychology & Education at Catholic University (DC) and dean of the Catholic Sisters College there. |
| 148 | Catechism for the Parochial and Sunday Schools of the US | James Groenings, SJ | Benzinger Brothers (Printers to the Holy See) NY, Chic | 1921 | $10.00 | This hard cover 160-page text is in fair condition due to a damaged front cover and a less damaged back cover. The body of the text is in good condition. It is an excellent period piece. |
| 149 | A Guide to American Catholic History | John Tracy Ellis | Bruce Publishing Company Milwaukee | 1959 | $3.00 | This 147-page, large size paper back is in good condition. The author was a Professor of Catholic Church History at Catholic University of America (DC). |
| 150 | Doctrinal Catechism Catholic Faith & Practices Assailed by Heretics | Rev Stephen Keenan | PJ Kenedy Excelsior Catholic Publishing House, NY | 1876 | $55.00 | This rare,132-year old hard cover, 395-page Catechism is in good shape for its age. There are no loose or missing pages and the binding is weathered, but secure. On the back of the front cover it has a tiny sticker which reads: “T.B. Noonan Publishers and Book Sellers and Importers of Religious Articles, 17,19 & 21 Boyleston St. ,Boston.” Title page has seal of CUA library. |
| 151 | Education and the Worship of God | Philip H. Phenix | Westminster Press, Philadelphia, Pa | 1966 | $55.00 | This is another, hard to acquire, hard cover book. The 192-page book w/jacket cover, is in good condition. There is some underlining and margin notations. |
| 154 | The Making and the Unmaking of a Dullard | Rev. Thomas E. Shields, PhD, LL.D | The Catholic Education Press | ©1909 | $35.00 | This rare,100-year old, hard cover cloth book is in good condition. It is in “The Catholic University Pedagogical Series.” The author, a professor of Psych. & Ed. at Catholic University (DC), dedicated the book “To the Misunderstood Children.” The book has an imprimatur by James Cardinal Gibbons and libtary stampings. |
| 176 | Come Let Us Eat Preparing for First Communion | Mary Charles Bryce OSB | Herder & Herder NY | 1964 | $2.00 | This 64-page paperback classic Communion Textis in good condition. |
| 189 | Psychoanalysis and Religion | Erich Fromm | Bantam Books | 1950 | $2.00 | This 115-page classic paperback has yellowing pages but is in good reading condition. |
| 198 | The New Testament in the Life of the Church | Rev E LaVerdiere, SSS | Ave Maria Press Notre Dame, IN | 1980 | $2.00 | This 189-page, paper back is in fair condition. It has one loose page and some notations and underling. Sub-title reads :“Evangelization, Prayer, Catechetics, Homeletics.” |
| 199 | An Important Office of Immense Love-Eucharistic Ministers (handbook | Joseph M Champlin | Paulist Press Ramsey, NY | 1984 | $3.00 | This 166-page, paper back is in “Like new” condition. |
| 201 | God’s Saving Word- grade 6- Student Text | Weber, Killgallon, O’Shaughnessey | Benzinger | 1966 | $4.00 | This student text with a 545-page student text is in good condition with a few “dog ears”. It is an excellent resource for teachers and catechists. |
| 214 | Doctrinal Catechism Catholic Faith & Practices Assailed by Heretics | Rev Stephen Keenan | PJ Kenedy Excelsior Catholic Publishing House, NY | 1895 | $55.00 | This rare,113-year old hard cover, over 500-page, Catechism is in good shape for its age. There are no loose or missing pages and the binding seems to be reapaired. On the back of the front cover it has an qwners name from 1906. There are 2 different library stamps on it. On the blank back pages a list of people’s names and places are hand printed in ink. On the margins of several pages are dates and short notes. |
| 225 | An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine | John Henry Cardinal Newman | Doubleday Co Inc Garden City, NY | 1960 | $4.00 | This 434-page, Image Book, paperback classic is in very good condition. |
| 226 | The Catholic Church in the Modern World a Survey from the French Revolution to the Present | E E Y Hales | Hanover House Garden Citym, NY | 1958 | $5.00 | This 312-page hard cover book (w/jacket) is in good condition. |
| 229 | I Believe the personal Structure of Faith | Abbe Jean Mouroux | Sheed & Ward, NY | 1959 | $4.00 | This 109-page, hard cover (w/ book jacket) classic is in good condition. |
| 231 | The Art of Living | D von Hildebrand, A von Hildebrand | Franciscan Herald Press, Chicago, IL | 1965 | $4.00 | This 119-page, hard cover (w/ book jacket) classic is in good condition. |
| 236 | Your God is Too Small | J B Phillips | MACMILLAN Co. NY | 1967 | $3.00 | This 124-page classic is a paperback in good condition. |
| 240 | Man on His Own essays on the Philosophy of Religion | Ernst Bloch | Herder & Herder NY | 1970 | $4.00 | This 240-page Hard Cover (w/jacket) is in good condition. There are several hand written notes and some underling. |
| 241 | Meditations of a Hermit the Spiritual Writings of Charles de Foucauld | Charles de Foucauld | Benzinger Brothers, NY, Cincinnatti, Printers to the Holy See | 1930 | $50.00 | This hard cover collectible classic is in good condition. The library stamp of a previous owner is o the page opposite the front cover and on the title cover. |
| 253 | Catechism of Perserverance: an Historical, Doctrinal, Moral & Liturgical Exposition of the Catholic Religion | Rev F B Jamison | Kelly & Piet, Baltimore, MD | 1850 | $50.00 | This 413-page vintage catechism is in good condition for its age. The binding is loose and has been repaired. a previous owner’s name is written in calligraphy in brown ink on the inside front cover. There are some pencil notations on the back cover. |
| 263 | Religious Education Development Images for the Future | Gabriel Moran | Winston, Minneapolis, MN | 1983 | $6.00 | This 226-page paperback is in “like new” condition. |
| 267 | The Appearance of Man | Pierre Teilhard de Chardin | Harper & Row, Publishers, San Francisco | 1965 Eng | $5.00 | This 286-page hard cover book w/jacket is in good condition; |
| 277 | Catholic Education in America A Documentary History | Neil g McCloskey SJ | Teachers College Press (Columbia University) | 1964 | $3.00 | This 205-page, paperback is in good condition. The author received his doctorate at Columbia University. |
| 278 | Waiting on God the Essence of Her Thought | Simone Weil | Fontana Books | 1950 | $3.00 | This 191-page, paperback is in good condition. |
| 279 | The Idea of a University | John Henry Cardinal Newman | Doubleday Co Inc Garden City, NY | 1960 | $4.00 | This 477-page, Image Book, paperback classic is in good condition. There is some underlining,0 and notes in margins. |
| 281 | A Man for All Seasons A Play in Two Acts | Robert Bolt | Random House NY | 1960 | $4.00 | This 163-page hard cover (w/jacket) is a play about St. Thomas More and the authority of the individual conscience. It is in good condition. |
| 296 | The Resurection a Biblical Study | F X Durrwell,CSSR | Sheed & Ward, NY | 1960 | $5.00 | This 371-page, hard cover (w/ book jacket) classic is in good condition. Previous owner’s stamp is on the inside of the front cover. |
| 298 | St. Francis of Assisi (a Biography) | Johannes Jorgenson | Doubleday & Company Garden City, NY | 1969 | $3.00 | This 354-page, Image Book, paperback is in good condition. |
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