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  • Clear Conscience : A Catholic Guide To Voting

    $12.95

    Vote with Confidence and Without Regret

    Clear Conscience: A Catholic Guide to Voting identifies the responsibilities of Catholics to our Faith and to our country as we make voting decisions. It provides thorough guidance to help Catholics navigate the most important issues facing our nation, issues that are ultimately decided by all of us as voters.

    The United States was born out of revolution, and its founding principles are still revolutionary. Our historically unprecedented Declaration of Independence and Constitution enshrine the legal rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for every person. But the interpretation of these truths today varies widely across the fascinating tapestry of America.

    Our freedoms as citizens in a democracy are both a wonderful privilege and a lofty responsibility. As the political climate grows more confusing with the rising concerns and demands of different groups, where do we as Catholics stand?

    Through the insights in Clear Conscience, you will learn:

    *What the rights of every person are
    *Our responsibility to uphold and defend those rights
    *How to understand specific political issues
    *How the Catholic tradition has contributed to a free and just society

    This book will not tell you who to vote for. That is a decision only you can make. Instead, it will give you the guidance you need to vote with a clear conscience.

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  • New Politics : Catholic Social Teaching For The Twenty First Century

    $25.00

    For more than a century the Catholic Church has closely scrutinized the economic certainties of capitalism and communism. As a result, it has slowly developed an entirely new position from which today to survey the capitalist leviathan. What this book sets out to do is to chronicle that development and highlight the insights it has formed which have a particular resonance for the world as it enters the . twenty-first century. Michael Walsh describes developments from Rerum Novarum to Vatican II, and Brian Davies the work of John XXIII and Vatican II itself. Julian Filochowski looks at the early social doctrine of Paul VI, and the encyclicals of John Paul II are discussed by Ian Linden, Clifford Langley and Julie Clague. Finally, Paul Vallely looks into the new millennium beyond John Paul II. The book is an important contribution to political and social thought at the beginning of the new millennium. Authoritative, positive and open, its appeal is far from restricted to Catholics or even Christians. Its distinguished contributors offer suggestions for a thought which might combine economic efficiency with social concerns to create a more compassionate community. The tools are there for those with the foresight and courage to take them up. Paul Vallely writes on current social, ethical and political issues for The Independent. He is also the Chair of the Catholic Institute for International Relations and of Traidcraft Exchange.

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  • Social And Political Thought Of Benedict 16

    $113.00

    1. Introduction
    2. Anthropological Foundations
    3. Revelation, Reason, And Politics
    4. Special Topics
    5. Culture And Society
    Conclusion

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    Covering the entire trajectory of his religious life, this meticulously researched book identifies the roots of political and social order in Pope Benedict XVI’s philosophy and analyzes his views on the role of Christian faith in politics. Although not generally characterized as a political philosopher, the Benedict’s writings shed significant and unique light on the world of politics today. In an age when modern politics has lost sight of its proper relationship within the larger scheme of human affairs and existence, Thomas R. Rourke shows that, as both Pope and the former Cardinal Ratzinger, Benedict has made a conscious effort to relate political issues to the broader dialogue on human endeavor, ethics, and culture.

    Bringing to the fore Benedict’s belief on the necessary place of the Christian tradition in a contemporary politics of reason, Rourke details the Pope’s contribution to solving the deeper problems of politics today. A valuable study in political theory and religion, this book should be read by those interested in Catholic social and political thought.

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  • Cube And The Cathedral

    $19.99

    Why do Europeans and Americans see the world so differently? Why do Europeans and Americans have such different understandings of democracy? Contrasting the civilization that produced the starkly modernist “cube” of the Great Arch of La Defense in Paris with the civilization that produced the “cathedral” of Notre-Dame, George Weigel argues that Europe’s embrace of a narrow secularism has led to a crisis that is eroding Europe’s soul and threatening its future-with dire lessons for the rest of the democratic world. Weigel traces the origins of the atheistic humanism of 19th-century European intellectual life, which set in motion a historical process that produced two world wars, three totalitarian systems, the Gulag, Auschwitz, the Cold War-and, most ominously, the Continent’s de-population, which is worse today than during the Black Death. And yet, many Europeans still insist that only a public square shorn of religiously-informed moral argument is safe for human rights and democracy. Precisely the opposite, Weigel suggests, is true: the people of the “cathedral” can give a compelling account of their commitment to everyone’s freedom; the people of the “cube” cannot. In the final analysis, societies are only as great as their spiritual aspirations.

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  • Catholic Church In State Politics

    $46.00

    Introduction: The Governor And The Archbishop

    History: From John Carroll To The Maryland Catholic Conference

    Organization: State Catholic Conferences As Dual Structures

    Issues: The Seamless Garment In Action

    Legitimacy: Political Influence And The Catholic Watergate

    Discourse: Liberally Clothing The Naked Public Square

    Conclusion: Catholic Political Advocacy In Secular Society: Future Challenges

    Appendix

    Additional Info
    What role, if any, should religion play in politics? By what authority and methods does the Catholic Church apply its teachings to public policy discourse? How do Bishops and lay leaders work together in Catholic conferences, and how do they work with political leaders? What impact do they have?

    The political advocacy of the American Catholic Bishops at the state level is one of the Church’s best-kept secrets. In this groundbreaking work, David Yamane reveals the rich history, accomplishments, and challenges of bishops and their lay colleagues in local politics. Through sociological analysis, up-to-date examples, and personal interviews, Yamane explains how the local Catholic advocacy organizations in thirty-three states and Washington, D.C., negotiate the tension between the prophetic demands of faith and the political realities of secular political institutions. The Catholic Church in State Politics invites readers to understand better the role of religion in the public square.

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  • We Hold These Truths

    $120.00

    The 1960 publication of We Hold These Truths marked a significant event in the history of modern American thought. Since that time, Sheed & Ward has kept the book in print and has published several studies of John Courtney Murray’s life and work. We are proud to present a new edition of this classic text, which features a comprehensive introduction by Peter Lawler that places Murray in the context of Catholic and American history and thought while revealing his relevance today.

    From the new Introduction by Peter Lawler:

    The Jesuit John Courtney Murray (1904-67) was, in his time, probably the best known and most widely respected American Catholic writer on the relationship between Catholic philosophy and theology and his country’s political life. The highpoint of his influence was the publication of We Hold These Truths in the same year as an election of our country’s first Catholic president. Those two events were celebrated by a Time cover story (December 12, 1960) on Murray’s work and influence. The story’s author, Protestant Douglas Auchincloss, reported that it was “The most relentlessly intellectual cover story I’ve done.” His amazingly wide ranging and dense–if not altogether accurate–account of Murray’s thought was crowned with a smart and pointed conclusion: “If anyone can help U.S. Catholics and their non-Catholic countrymen toward the disagreement that precedes understanding–John Courtney Murray can.”

    . . . Murray’s work, of course, is treated with great respect and has had considerable influence, but now it’s time to begin to think of him as one of America’s very few genuine political philosophers. His disarmingly lucid and accessible prose has caused his book to be widely cited and celebrated, but it still is not well understood. It is both praised and blamed for reconciling Catholic faith with the fundamental premises of American political life. It is praised by liberals for paving the way for Vatican II’s embrace of the American idea of religious liberty, and it is blamed by conservatives and traditionalists for obscuring the real conflicts between Catholicism and “Americanism.” Both the liberal praise and the conservative blame are somewhat misguided. The last thing Murray wanted to do is bring the church up-to-date with the latest currents in American thought. He wanted to show how distinctively Catholic thought could illuminate the authentic American idea of liberty. . . . We Hold These Truths at least offers the hope that C

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  • We Hold These Truths

    $46.00

    The 1960 publication of We Hold These Truths marked a significant event in the history of modern American thought. Since that time, Sheed & Ward has kept the book in print and has published several studies of John Courtney Murray’s life and work. We are proud to present a new edition of this classic text, which features a comprehensive introduction by Peter Lawler that places Murray in the context of Catholic and American history and thought while revealing his relevance today.

    From the new Introduction by Peter Lawler:

    The Jesuit John Courtney Murray (1904-67) was, in his time, probably the best known and most widely respected American Catholic writer on the relationship between Catholic philosophy and theology and his country’s political life. The highpoint of his influence was the publication of We Hold These Truths in the same year as an election of our country’s first Catholic president. Those two events were celebrated by a Time cover story (December 12, 1960) on Murray’s work and influence. The story’s author, Protestant Douglas Auchincloss, reported that it was “The most relentlessly intellectual cover story I’ve done.” His amazingly wide ranging and dense–if not altogether accurate–account of Murray’s thought was crowned with a smart and pointed conclusion: “If anyone can help U.S. Catholics and their non-Catholic countrymen toward the disagreement that precedes understanding–John Courtney Murray can.”

    . . . Murray’s work, of course, is treated with great respect and has had considerable influence, but now it’s time to begin to think of him as one of America’s very few genuine political philosophers. His disarmingly lucid and accessible prose has caused his book to be widely cited and celebrated, but it still is not well understood. It is both praised and blamed for reconciling Catholic faith with the fundamental premises of American political life. It is praised by liberals for paving the way for Vatican II’s embrace of the American idea of religious liberty, and it is blamed by conservatives and traditionalists for obscuring the real conflicts between Catholicism and “Americanism.” Both the liberal praise and the conservative blame are somewhat misguided. The last thing Murray wanted to do is bring the church up-to-date with the latest currents in American thought. He wanted to show how distinctively Catholic thought could illuminate the authentic American idea of liberty. . . . We Hold These Truths at least offers the hope that C

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  • Culture Of Conservative Christian Litigation

    $55.00

    Preface

    The Culture Of Conservative Christian Litigation

    A Place At The Table

    Working For Equal Access

    Wise As A Serpent And Innocent As A Lamb

    Good Lawyers, Good Christians

    Appendix: Table Of Cases

    Additional Info
    Over the past decade, conservative Christian public law firms have been some of the most active and aggressive litigators in the nation. Their efforts have impacted important policy areas including religion in the Public Square, school prayer, gay rights, ‘family values’ and abortion policy. But the Fundamentalist Christian/Evangelical social movement is not monolithic. In this probing and judicious work, Hacker explores and clarifies the influence of ideology on the goals and behavior of three leading conservative Christian law firms and how they differ in agendas and approach. He provides rich interview narratives that shed light on interest group behavior and how it is influenced by internal group characteristics.

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  • Religion And Politics In America

    $49.00

    Introduction

    Evangelicalism And American Life: A Conversation With Nathan Hatch, Grant Wacker, And Hanna Rosin

    New Century, New Story-Line: Catholics In America: A Conversation With George Weigel And Kenneth L. Woodward

    Can The Jews Survive America?: A Conversation With Jack Wertheimer And David Brooks

    Does God Belong On The Stump?: A Conversation With Stephen Carter, Charles Krauthammer, And Leo Ribuffo

    How The Faithful Voted: A Conversation With John C. Green And John DiIulio

    How Should We Talk? Religion And Public Discourse: A Conversation With Jean Bethke Elshtain And William McGurn

    The New Christian Right In Historical Context: A Conversation With Leo Ribuffo And David Shribman

    The Rights And Wrongs Of Religion In Politics: A Conversation With Stephen Carter And Jeffrey Rosen

    Discussion Participants

    Index

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    As religiously grounded moral arguments have become ever more influential factors in the national debate-particularly reinforced by recent presidential elections and the creation of the faith-based initiative office in the White House-journalists’ ignorance about theological convictions has often worked to distort the public discourse on important policy issues. Pope John Paul II’s pronouncements on stem-cell research, the constitutional controversies regarding faith-based initiatives, the emerging participation of Muslims in American life-issues like these require political journalists in print and broadcast media to cover religious contexts that many admit they are ill-equipped to understand.

    Put differently, these news events reflect subtle theological nuances and deep faith commitments that shape the activities of religious believers in the public square. Inasmuch as a faith tradition is an active or significant participant in the public arena, journalists will need to better understand the theological sources and religious convictions that motivate this political activity.

    The current national discourse has brought faith and its relationship to public policy to the forefront of our daily news. Since 1999, the Ethics and Public Policy Center, through the generosity of the Pew Charitable Trusts, has hosted six conferences for

    national journalists to help raise the level of their reporting by increasing their understanding of religion, religious communities, and the religious convictions that inform the political activity of devout believers. This book contains the presentations and

    conversations that grew out of those conferences

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  • Founders On God And Government

    $63.00

    Foreword: Religious Liberty
    Michael Novak
    Preface

    Religion And The Common Good: George Washington On Church And State
    Vincent Philip Muoz
    One Public Religion, Many Private Religions: John Adams And The 1780 Massachusetts Constitution
    John Witte, Jr.
    The Religious Rhetoric Of Thomas Jefferson
    Thomas E. Buckley, S.J.
    Religion And Politics In The Thought Of James Madison
    Garrett Ward Sheldon
    John Witherspoon’s Revolutionary Religion
    Jeffry H. Morrison
    Benjamin Franklin And The Role Of Religion In Governing Democracy
    Howard L. Lubert
    James Wilson: Presbyterian, Anglican, Thomist, Or Deist? Does It Matter?
    Mark D. Hall
    George Mason’s Pursuit Of Religious Liberty In Revolutionary Virginia
    Daniel L. Dreisbach
    Catholic Politics And Religious Liberty In America: The Carrolls Of Maryland
    James R. Stoner
    Afterword: Revolutionary-Era Americans: Were They Enlightened Or Protestant? Does It Matter?
    Barry Alan Shain
    Bibliography

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    In God We Trust?” The separation of church and state is a widely contested topic in the American political arena. Whether for or against, debaters frequently base their arguments in the Constitution and the principles of the American founding. However, Americans’ perception of the founding has narrowed greatly over the years, focusing on a handful of eminent statesmen.

    By exploring the work of nine founding fathers, including often overlooked figures like John Carroll and George Mason, The Founders on God and Government provides a more complete picture of America’s origins. The contributors, all noted scholars, examine the lives of individual founders and investigate the relationship between their religious beliefs and political thought. Bringing together original documents and analytical essays, this book is an excellent addition to the library of literature on the founding, and sheds new light on religion’s contributions to American civic culture.

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  • In Pursuit Of Justice

    $50.00

    What Distinguishes A Christian-Democratic Point Of View?

    Civil Society And Human Development

    The Question Of Being Human

    E Pluribus Unum And Faith-Based Welfare Reform

    The Cause Of Racial Justice

    Equal Education For All

    Liberalism And The Environment

    Citizenship And Electoral Reform

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    This is a series of eight essays on diverse public policy concerns that asks the questions: What does racial justice, or environmental protection, or family policy look like when approached from a Christian-democratic perspective? And what about the civil-society questions of welfare, education, and political participation? The author, James W. Skillen, argues that the roots of a Christian-democratic approach are neither liberal nor conservative, but pluralistic, opening the way to a healthy regard for both social complexity and government’s responsibility to uphold political community.

    Published in cooperation with the Center for Public Justice

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  • End Of Illusions

    $53.00

    I The Peacemakers

    A Road Away From War
    Albert W. Palmer
    Putting Christianity In Cold Storage
    Albert W. Palmer
    On Saving Civilization
    Charles Clayton Morrison
    What Can America Do For Peace?
    Charles Clayton Morrison
    A War For Imperialism
    Charles Clayton Morrison
    The Same Old War
    John Haynes Holmes
    The Causes Of War–Hitler
    John Haynes Holmes
    Nazi Atrocities And The American War Fever
    Paul L. Blakely
    All Will Be Lost By War
    Paul L. Blakely
    A Clash Of Imperialisms
    Ernest Fremon Tittle
    What Can Christians Do?
    Georgia Harkness
    What, Then, Should Churches Do?
    Georgia Harkness
    Keeping Christ Above The Strife
    Harry Emerson Fosdick
    II The Prophets

    An End To Illusions
    Reinhold Niebuhr
    Why The Church Is Not Pacifist
    Reinhold Niebuhr
    Christian Faith And The World Crisis
    Reinhold Niebuhr
    First Letter To The French Protestants
    Karl Barth
    Second Letter To The French Protestants
    Karl Barth
    A Letter To Great Britain
    Karl Barth
    Five Mournful Years For Jewry
    Stephen S. Wise
    Enemy Of Human Freedom
    Stephen S. Wise
    The Crime Of Crimes
    Stephen S. Wise
    The Darkest Political Tyranny
    John Bennett
    Irresponsible Idealism
    Henry P. Van Dusen
    The Christian As Citizen
    Henry P. Van Dusen
    Defending Justice Despite Our Own Injustice
    Lynn Harold Hough
    The Barbarian Alternative
    Lewis Mumford
    The Aftermath Of Utopianism
    Lewis Mumford
    III The Gathering Storm

    War And Peace

    America’s Responsibility In The Present Crisis

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    The rise of Islamic radicalism has led to heated discussions about how best to address the threat of religious terror. Disputes covering the right and wrong of war with Iraq, and the even bigger war on terrorism, continue to rage across America. But this is not the first argument of this nature–America was faced with a similar moral dilemma on the eve of World War II. Fascism was conquering Europe, and religious leaders across the nation vehemently debated how to confront Nazi Germany.

    In The End of Illusions: Religious Leaders Confront Hitler’s Gathering Storm, Joseph Loconte brings together pieces from the most significant religious thinkers of the pre-war period. In these essays, the writers eloquently and passionately present their arguments for going to war or maintaining the peace. In doing so, they explore issues vibrantly relevant today, including the Christian cause for war, the problem of evil, and America’s role in the world. These urgently written pieces connect the past with the present and resonate with renewed clarity and poignancy

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  • Augustine And Politics

    $54.99

    Dedicatory Preface
    Thomas F. Martin O.S.A.
    Introduction
    John Doody, Kevin L. Hughes, And Kim Paffenroth
    Human Nature And Virtue In Relation To Politics

    United Inwardly By Love: Augustine’s Social Ontology
    Phillip Cary
    Truthfulness As The Bond Of Society
    Robert P. Kennedy
    Friendship As Personal, Social, And Theological Virtue In Augustine
    Kim Paffenroth
    Freedom Beyond Our Choosing: Augustine On The Will And Its Objects
    David C. Schindler
    Augustine’s Theory And Critique Of Politics

    Between The Two Cities: Political Action In Augustine Of Hippo
    Robert Dodaro O.S.A.
    Democracy And Its Demons
    Michael Hanby
    Local Politics: The Political Place Of The Household In Augustine’s City Of God
    Kevin L. Hughes
    Augustine And The Politics Of Monasticism
    Thomas F. Martin O.S.A.
    The Glory And Tragedy Of Politics
    Thomas W. Smith
    Augustinian Influence And Perspectives

    Toward A Contemporary Augustinian Understanding Of Politics
    Todd Breyfogle
    Sexual Purity, “the Faithful,” And Religious Reform In Eleventh-Century Italy: Donatism Revisited
    Louis I. Hamilton
    The Enchanted City Of Man: The State And The Market In Augustinian Perspective
    Eugene McCarraher
    Machiavelli’s City Of God: Civic Humanism And Augustinian Terror
    Paul Wright

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    The study of Augustine’s political teachings has suffered from a history of misreadings, both ancient and modern. It is only in recent years that the traditional lines of “Augustinian pessimism” have been opened to question. Scholars have begun to explore the broader lines of Augustine’s political thought in his letters and sermons, and thus have been able to place his classic text, The City of God, in its proper context. The essays in this volume take stock of these recent developments and revisit old assumptions about the significance of Augustine of Hippo for political thought. They do so from many different perspectives, examining the anthropological and theological underpinnings of Augustine’s thought, his critique of politics, his development of his own political thought, and some of the later manifestations or uses of his thought in the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and today. This new vision is at once more bracing, more hopeful, and more diverse than earlier readings could have allowed.

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  • Augustine And Politics

    $140.00

    Dedicatory Preface
    Thomas F. Martin O.S.A.
    Introduction
    John Doody, Kevin L. Hughes, And Kim Paffenroth
    Human Nature And Virtue In Relation To Politics

    United Inwardly By Love: Augustine’s Social Ontology
    Phillip Cary
    Truthfulness As The Bond Of Society
    Robert P. Kennedy
    Friendship As Personal, Social, And Theological Virtue In Augustine
    Kim Paffenroth
    Freedom Beyond Our Choosing: Augustine On The Will And Its Objects
    David C. Schindler
    Augustine’s Theory And Critique Of Politics

    Between The Two Cities: Political Action In Augustine Of Hippo
    Robert Dodaro O.S.A.
    Democracy And Its Demons
    Michael Hanby
    Local Politics: The Political Place Of The Household In Augustine’s City Of God
    Kevin L. Hughes
    Augustine And The Politics Of Monasticism
    Thomas F. Martin O.S.A.
    The Glory And Tragedy Of Politics
    Thomas W. Smith
    Augustinian Influence And Perspectives

    Toward A Contemporary Augustinian Understanding Of Politics
    Todd Breyfogle
    Sexual Purity, “the Faithful,” And Religious Reform In Eleventh-Century Italy: Donatism Revisited
    Louis I. Hamilton
    The Enchanted City Of Man: The State And The Market In Augustinian Perspective
    Eugene McCarraher
    Machiavelli’s City Of God: Civic Humanism And Augustinian Terror
    Paul Wright

    Additional Info
    The study of Augustine’s political teachings has suffered from a history of misreadings, both ancient and modern. It is only in recent years that the traditional lines of “Augustinian pessimism” have been opened to question. Scholars have begun to explore the broader lines of Augustine’s political thought in his letters and sermons, and thus have been able to place his classic text, The City of God, in its proper context. The essays in this volume take stock of these recent developments and revisit old assumptions about the significance of Augustine of Hippo for political thought. They do so from many different perspectives, examining the anthropological and theological underpinnings of Augustine’s thought, his critique of politics, his development of his own political thought, and some of the later manifestations or uses of his thought in the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and today. This new vision is at once more bracing, more hopeful, and more diverse than earlier readings could have allowed.

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  • Politics In The Purple Kingdom

    $17.00

    SKU (ISBN): 9781556126079ISBN10: 1556126077George SchlichteBinding: Trade PaperPublisher: Sheed & Ward Print On Demand Product

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  • Peacemaking Christians

    $25.00

    SKU (ISBN): 9781556127649ISBN10: 1556127642Michael DuffeyBinding: Trade PaperPublished: November 1999Publisher: Sheed & Ward Print On Demand Product

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  • Keys Of This Blood

    $41.99

    Contents

    734 Pages In 36 Chapters

    Additional Info
    Only Malachi Martin, consummate Vatican insider and intelligence expert, could reveal the untold story behind the Vatican’s role in today’s winner-take-all race against time to establish, maintain, and control the first one-world government.
    *Will America lead the way to the new world order?
    *Is Pope John Paul II winning the battle for faith?
    *Is the breakup of the Soviet empire masking Gorbachev’s worldwide agenda?

    The Keys of This Blood is a book of stunning geopolitical revelations. It presents a compelling array of daring blueprints for global power, and one of them is the portrait of the future.

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