Exploring the Belief in the Real Presence (Second Edition)

by Dr. David J. Keys

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The Biblical Qur’an: A Christian Investigation

by Michael Healy, Jr.

Can Christians interpret the Qur’an Christocentricly, as we have always done with the Old Testament? How would such a reading of the Qur’an modify our understanding of Christian and Muslim history? Can it be that the challenge of Islam has played a positive role in God’s plan for the Christian People? These are among the questions this book seeks to answer.

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“The Biblical Qur’an is a sincere and thoughtful theological reading of Islamic scripture. Michael Healy Jr. seeks out what is beautiful and true in the Qur’an and places it in conversation with Christian teaching. He is also interested in understanding the history of salvation and Islam’s place therein.” – Dr. Gabriel Said Reynolds, Department of Theology, University of Notre Dame

“I really appreciate the originality of Michael Healy’s vision and the amount of scholarship he displays. Healy sees correctly Islam as a kind of Old Testament of the Arabs that offers them truth although not (explicitly) the fullness of truth. Very often people judge before they understand. A correct method always tries first to understand, and one cannot understand without a fair amount of human sympathy for the object (the person or persons) who are the objects of your study. An error, moreover, is very often a truth out of its proper context, and the most convincing confutation of an error is the repositioning of that truth in its correct place.” – Rocco Buttiglione, Professor of Political Science at Saint Pius V University in Rome, and a member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences

“The Biblical Qur‘an draws on deep religious, historical and philosophical insight into God’s plan for Muslims and their place in salvation. I think it will be an important tool in the evangelization of the Muslim world.” – Ligia Castaldi, Professor of Law, Ave Maria School of Law

“Michael Healy’s The Biblical Qur‘an is a fascinating study that lays out an original argument in a logical manner.” – Msgr. Michael John Witt, Church Historian, Kenrick-Glennon Seminary, St. Louis, MO

“The Biblical Qur’an is an extraordinarily original and provocative contribution of our understanding of the Islamic religion.” – Ronda Chervin, Ph.D., Emerita Professor of Philosophy, Holy Apostles College and Seminary. 

“I am very happy to endorse The Biblical Qur’an by Michael Healy for publication. The book provides a Christocentric reading of the Qur’an that takes note of such readings by Giulio Basetti-Sani, OFM (1977) and earlier authors such as Bishop Paul of Antioch (12th century), the anonymous Letter from the People of Cyprus (fourteenth century), and Nicholas of Cusa (fifteenth century). Michael Healy’s book, however, shows a more profound awareness of issues related to contemporary hermeneutics, discernment of private revelations, philosophical approaches to verification, and divine providence. The book provides a fascinating study of certain Qur’anic passages that suggest a hidden Christian meaning. It also looks at various biblical texts (Gen 16:8–12; 17:17–27; 21: 8–21) that indicate a divine plan for the Muslims via Abraham and Ishmael. Michael Healy provides a thoroughly Catholic approach to his Christocentric reading of the Qur’an, and he shows possible allusions to the Eucharist, redemptive suffering, devotion to the saints and the Virgin Mary. He deals with the clear differences between Christian doctrines (e.g. the Trinity and the Incarnation) and those of Islam, but he suggests that the Muslim emphasis on the unity of God might help lead Christians to a renewed awareness of God the Father as the source of the Godhead. Healy likewise examines what seem to be anti-Jewish and anti-Christian passages in the Qur’an, but he suggests that these can be read as reactions to Jews and Christians who do not faithfully follow their own religions. There are likewise many original and interesting interpretations of Muslim concepts (e.g. Muhammad as the seal of the prophets) as well as discussions of Muslim claims that the coming Muhammad is predicted in the Bible. Healy manifests a clear awareness of the cultural milieu out of which Islam emerged, and this helps him discuss moral issues such as polygamy and war in the Qur’an as well as the relation of Islam towards Zoroastrianism and Manichaeism. Perhaps the most original proposal of Healy is his suggestion that the Qur’an functions as a type of “midrash” that helps people abandon paganism and embrace a theocentric worldview. In this sense, Islam—even though it emerges chronologically after the coming of Christ—can play a role in God’s providence over history in ways that we might not fully understand. Michael Healy, though, is hardly a religious relativist. He is a committed Catholic who recognizes Christ as the most complete revelation of God to the human race. A Christocentric worldview, however, should enable us to ponder how God, in his mysterious providence, might even make use of the Qur’an and the Islamic tradition to bring people to the truth about Christ and the Catholic faith.” – Robert L. Fastiggi, Ph.D., Bishop Kevin M. Britt Chair of Dogmatic Theology and Christology, Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit, MI USA

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Michael Healy, Jr. holds a B.A. in Philosophy and History, an M.A. in Philosophy, and an M.A. in Theology from Franciscan University of Steubenville as well as a J.D. from Ave Maria School of Law. He also reads voraciously, enjoys hiking and travelling with his wife Tara, and endeavors to live out his Catholic Faith.

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History of Peter

by Roger Skrenes

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“A stunning, scriptural review of the life of Saint Peter as foretold in the Old Testament and portrayed in the New — not only a demonstration that Peter was divinely chosen as head of the Church that Christ built, but also proof of the validity of apostolic succession that has continued for almost two thousand years.” – Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP,  Lay Dominican of the Province of Saint Albert the Great

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Roger Skrenes studied science as an undergraduate and history as a graduate. He holds a master’s degree in religion and has taught high school in Los Angeles, California, for over thirty years, including six summers in the California Youth Authority (a prison for teenage boys in Whittier, CA). He is the father of three adult children, Mary, Mark and Therese.

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Peter and Wendy: Growing Up in Neverland

by Dennis Billy, C.Ss.R.

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Fr. Dennis J. Billy, C.Ss.R., is Professor Emeritus of the history of moral theology and Christian spirituality at the Alphonsian Academy of the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome and currently serves as The Robert F. Leavitt Distinguished Service Chair in Theology at St. Mary’s Seminary & University in Baltimore. An American Redemptorist of the Baltimore Province, Fr. Billy has advanced degrees from Harvard University, the Pontifical University of St. Thomas (Angelicum), and the Graduate Theological Foundation. The author of numerous books and articles on a variety of religious topics, he is also active in his order’s retreat apostolate and in the ministry of spiritual direction.

Weeds Among Wheat: L’Arche and the Tainted Legacy of Jean Vanier

by Dennis Billy, C.Ss.R.

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Fr. Dennis J. Billy, C.Ss.R., is Professor Emeritus of the history of moral theology and Christian spirituality at the Alphonsian Academy of the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome and currently serves as The Robert F. Leavitt Distinguished Service Chair in Theology at St. Mary’s Seminary & University in Baltimore. An American Redemptorist of the Baltimore Province, Fr. Billy has advanced degrees from Harvard University, the Pontifical University of St. Thomas (Angelicum), and the Graduate Theological Foundation. The author of numerous books and articles on a variety of religious topics, he is also active in his order’s retreat apostolate and in the ministry of spiritual direction.

21 Centuries of Church History in 21 Pages

by Albert Domm

Focused on our Catholic faith, Albert Domm’s 21 Centuries of Church History in 21 Pages engages the Catholic reader in a concise but rich history of our Church one full century at a time. A narrative flow, this history is more than just a chart of dates and facts but a real story of our Catholic culture.

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“21 Centuries of Church History in 21 Pages is a pithy book that provides synopses of consequential events and significant people of the past 21 centuries. All are described within the context of the Catholic Church as distinct from any other history since Catholic history is sacred history, the sacred history of the Holy Spirit extending Christ’s presence in time through the Sacramental Church and, in particular, through saints. I highly recommend this charming book.” – Very Rev. Peter Samuel Kucer, MSA, author of Catholic Church History: Pre-Christian to Modern Times, Eastern Civilization from a Catholic Viewpoint, East and Southeast Asian History, Western Civilization: From Prehistorical Times to the Protestant Reformation and Western Civilization: From the End of the Renaissance to Modern Times.

“Dr. Albert Domm has created a marvel, a history of the Catholic Church in twenty-one pages. Ludwig von Pastor wrote a history of the popes and it took him forty volumes. More recently, Warren Carroll and his wife produced a history in six volumes. Remarkably, 21 Centuries of Church History in 21 Pages covers all the bases and introduces to the reader most of the main characters in history of Catholicism. This book would be a great resource for an RCIA class or another place where a quick overview is needed. The book is easy to read and filled with entertaining tidbits. Dr. Domm includes an excellent annotated bibliography which is helpful for further research.​” – Msgr. Michael Witt, host of several WCAT Radio Church history programs entitled Witt and Wisdom, including “The First Twelve Generations: The Early Church History,” “Medieval Catholic Church History,” “Catholic History from Modern Times (1274-2000)” 

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Albert Domm received a BS in chemistry and biology from the University of Alabama in Birmingham and an MD from the University of South Alabama College of Medicine. He did a residency in Pathology at Emory University (Atlanta, GA). He is board certified in Pathology and is in private practice. In 2013, he received a Masters of Theology with an emphasis in Church history from Holy Apostles College and Seminary in Cromwell, Connecticut. He has taught a number of classes in Church History at a parish level. He is the father of five children and resides in Columbia, Tennessee, which is a little south of Nashville.

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