Fifty Questions on Natural Law

Charles Rice, professor of the jurisprudence of St. Thomas Aquinas for the last twenty years at Notre Dame Law School, presents a very readable book on the natural law as seen through the teachings of Aquinas and their foundations in reason and Revelation. Reflecting on the most persistent questions asked by his students over the years, Rice shows how the natural law works and how it is rooted in the nature of the human person whose Creator provided this law as a sure and knowable guide for man to achieve his end of eternal happiness. This book presents the teachings of the Catholic Church in her role as arbiter of the applications of the natural law on issues involving the right to live, bioethics, the family and the economy. Charles Rice has produced a firmly grounded and accessible handbook which touches on the most important topics regarding natural law that will benefit readers of all backgrounds. "From the editor of the American Journal of Jurisprudence comes a clear, well-crafted exposition of a natural law jurisprudence and its relevance for a society that seems to have lost its moral compass." -- Jude Dougherty, Catholic University of America.

C.S. Lewis for the Third Millenium

Peter Kreeft There are few writers or thinkers in the twentieth century who have more lucidly grasped the meaning of modern times--the failed promise of the enlightenment--than the great C. S. Lewis. Here Peter Kreeft, one of the foremost students of Lewis' thought, distills Lewis' reflections on the collapse of western civilization and the way to renew it. Kreeft shows that Lewis, and particularly Lewis' book The Abolition of Man , offer deeply prophetic words for our time. Using this major work of Lewis as the focus of his book, Kreeft summarizes Lewis' philosophy of history and evaluates our era from that standpoint; gives a defense of the Natural Law (or objective values) as the absolute sine qua non for the survival of civilization; summarizes Lewis' refutation of twenty alternatives to it; and then fleshes out Lewis' hopeful conclusion in The Abolition of Man , a conclusion that gives a new and humane world view for mankind. Kreeft's reflections on Lewis' thought provide profound explorations into the single most momentous question of our desperate times. This book, like Lewis' Abolition of Man , should appeal to all men of good will and sound mind who are looking for light and hope in our age of darkness. Sewn Softcover

Summa Theologica

The Summa Theologica is a summing up of all that can be known about God and man's relations with God. It consists of 38 tracts, 631 questions, about 3000 articles, 10,000 objections and their answers. This edition translated by the English Dominican Fathers contains the complete text, the supplements, a chart showing the structure of the work, and an analytical index. Softcover

St. Thomas Aquinas and the Summa

St. Thomas Aquinas' massive theological work becomes easily accessible now on CD-ROM. It combines the world-changing text of the Summa with illustrated excerpts and the Bible, making this the perfect companion for philosophical or theological study. Search by words or phrases to compile data quickly on any subject. This CD-ROM includes: - The entire Summa Theologica - The Catena Aurea - Aquinas' edited biblical commentary from the early Church Fathers - Prayers and Hymns of St. Thomas - References fully hyperlinked to scripture and inter-text n RSV Catholic Edition - Hundreds of color illustrations - Liturgical music clips SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: 'Windows ®: 386 or higher, 4MB RAM, Windows® 3. lx or Windows® 95, 98, 2000, XP and VISTA. Super VGA graphics card, monitor with 256 colors and CD-ROM drive. Sound card and speakers are needed for audio.'Macintosh ®: LC II or higher, 4MB free RAM, System 7.0 or higher, color monitor with 256 colors, CD-ROM drive. 'Mac OSX needs Classic installed.