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Jacob and Esau

Nicholas J. Healy Jr.

From Enemy to Brother: The Revolution in Catholic Teaching on the Jews, 1933–1965 by John Connelly Harvard, 384 pages, $35 The Jewish religion,” said John Paul II on the...

Evangelical Ressourcement

Nicholas J. Healy Jr.

Heavenly Participation: The Weaving of a Sacramental Tapestry by Hans Boersma Eerdmans, 218 pages, $20 n The French poet and essayist Charles Péguy coined the term ressourcement to describe...

A Review of Aesthetic Revelation

Nicholas J. Healy Jr.

Aesthetic Revelation: Reading Ancient and Medieval Texts After Hans Urs von Balthasar by Oleg V. Bychkov Catholic University of America, 349 pages, $79.95 n The beautiful is difficult,” writes...