Deep Down Things: Essays on Catholic Culture explores common threads that characterize Catholicism. The contributors look successively at: Catholic culture and everyday life of the parish and of work, at Catholic culture and the imaginative life of poets and fiction writers, and at Catholic culture and postmodern life where individual conscience, skepticism, and relativism challenge Church authority and faith itself. They do so while looking for foundational components that persist and comprise a culture that Catholics recognize regardless of their diverse ethnicity, geographic location, or historical epoch. The authors of this collection have aimed to inspire both Catholics and non-Catholics alike, inside and outside the academic community, to deepen their own knowledge and appreciation of the Christian tradition generally and Catholic culture particularly. The authors hope to encourage sincere and open dialogue about Catholic culture (in the best tradition of Catholic thought) both to further the inquiry after truth and to enhance fruitful reflection upon Catholic culture and its contributions over time and across cultures.

This unique two-volume set combines selected pairs of documents from Greenhaven's < I>Opposing Viewpoints: American History< /I> Series with other carefully chosen primary source viewpoints to explore the rich history of disputation that has formed and informed American history. The books thus provide a comprehensive reference tool for exploring America's past.

This unique two-volume set combines selected pairs of documents from Greenhaven's < I>Opposing Viewpoints: American History< /I> Series with other carefully chosen primary source viewpoints to explore the rich history of disputation that has formed and informed American history. The books thus provide a comprehensive reference tool for exploring America's past.