Dialogue Programs - Discussion Groups

THE LUNCH BUNCH

Reading List for 2008-2009

(click on the book title to read a description and/or review)

A Civilization of Love: What Every Catholic Can Do to Transform the World, by Carl Anderson (HarperOne, March 2008), 224 pages.

A Nation for All:  How the Catholic Vision of the Common Good Can Save America from the Politics of Division, by Chris Korzen and Alexia Kelley (Jossey-Bass, June 2008), 176 pages.

Against Happiness:  In Praise of Melancholy, by Eric G .Wilson (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, January 2008), 176 pages.

American Creation:  Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic, by Joseph J. Ellis (Alfred A. Knopf, October 2007), 283 pages.

Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey through His Son's Addiction, by David Sheff (Houghton Mifflin, February 2008), 326 pages.

Chance or Purpose? Creation, Evolution and a Rational Faith, by Christoph Cardinal Schönborn (Ignatius Press, October 2007), 200 pages.

Culture Shift: Engaging Current Issues with Timeless Truth, by R. Albert Mohler, Jr. (Multnomah Books, January 2008), 176 pages.

Escape, by Carolyn Jessop (Broadway, October 2007), 432 pages.

God and Caesar:  Essays on Religion, Politics, and Society, by George Cardinal Pell (Catholic University of America Press, October 2007), 189 pages.

In Praise of Prejudice: The Necessity of Preconceived Ideas, by Theodore Dalrymple (Encounter Books, September 2007), 129 pages.

Laughing with God: Humor, Culture, and Transformation, by Gerald Arbuckle (Liturgical Press, May 2008), 206 pages.

Liberty of Conscience: In Defense of America's Tradition of Religious Equality, by Martha Nussbaum (Basic Books, February 2008), 416 pages.

Microtrends:  The Small Forces Behind Tomorrow's Big Changes, by Mark Penn (Twelve Books, September 2007), 448 pages.

Mother Teresa:  Come Be My Light, by Mother Teresa and Brian Kolodiejchuk (Doubleday, September 2007), 416 pages.

Noise:  How Our Media-Saturated Culture Dominates Lives and Dismantles Families, by Teresa Tomeo (Ascension Press, February 2007), 190 pages.

Playing with God: Religion and Modern Sport, by William J. Baker (Harvard University Press, April 2007), 336 pages.

Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions, by Dan Ariely (HarperCollins, February 2008), 304 pages.

Religion in Public Life:  Must Faith Be Privatized?, by Roger Trigg (Oxford University Press, June 2008), 272 pages.

Right Is Wrong:  How the Lunatic Fringe Hijacked America, Shredded the Constitution, and Made Us All Less Safe, by Arianna Huffington (Knopf, April 2008), 400 pages.

The Last Freedom:  Religion from the Public School to the Public Square, by Joseph Viteritti (Princeton University, June 2007), 294 pages.

The Last Lecture, by Randy Pausch (Hyperion, April 2008), 224 pages.

The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil, by Philip Zimbardo (Random House, January 2008), 576 pages.

The Nine:  Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court, by Jeffrey Toobin (Doubleday, September 2007), 384 pages.

The Stillborn God:  Religion, Politics, and the Modern West, by Mark Lilla (Knopf, September 2007), 334 pages.

The Thirteen American Arguments:  Enduring Debates That Define and Inspire Our Country, by Howard Fineman (Random House, Aprill 2008), 320 pages.

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