Is the Shroud of Turin -- an ancient linen bearing the mysterious image of a man, purported to be Jesus of Nazareth -- the ingenious work of an artist, or the true shroud of Christ? For centuries, this question has perplexed and enticed the most brilliant minds. In The Truth about the Shroud of Turin: Solving the Mystery, reporter Robert K. Wilcox (formerly for the New York Times and Miami Herald) investigates every aspect of the Shroud's history, from the ancient Egyptian weave of the cloth to the possible role of radiation in forming the image on its surface. Drawing on evidence collected over thirty years of travel, interviews with experts, and painstaking research, Wilcox presents the full story of the Shroud in astonishing detail: The Shroud of Turin -- a clever hoax, or the authentic burial cloth of Jesus Christ? Revelations in The Truth about the Shroud of Turin: read more

When members of the so-called "Jesus Seminar" and other like-minded scholars speak of the "historical Jesus," they typically mean to contrast that with the Jesus of the Gospels. The implication, of course, is that the Gospels are not historically reliable -- and that other ancient sources of information about Jesus are presumably more so.

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Is death the end? That's the ultimate question that has preoccupied mankind from the beginning of time to the present. And in truth, there is no more important question in life -- it is the one issue that makes every other issue trivial, for death is the great wrecking ball that destroys everything. But does anything lie beyond that great disruption, that terrible dissolution? Bestselling author Dinesh D'Souza answers that question with a resounding "yes." In his new blockbuster, Life After Death: The Evidence, he offers solid proof that death is not the end -- and shows why the rational side of this debate is the side that believes in the afterlife, while those clinging to blind faith are the ones who say that the end of this life is the extinguishing of all human existence.

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According to popular belief, the Middle Ages were a time when the Church restricted and even punished free intellectual inquiry, leading to scientific stagnation. Only when the Enlightenment freed men from the shackles of superstition, the story goes, was science free to develop. But a growing body of evidence is showing that this version of scientific history couldn't be more wrong. Now, in God's Philosophers, historian of science James Hannam uncovers the unknown story of medieval scientific discovery, showing how, without the work of medieval "natural philosophers" (as scientists were then called), there could have been no Galileo, no Newton and no Scientific Revolution.

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For the past 150 years scientists have interpreted the world supposing there is nothing in principle that cannot accounted for, where the unknown is merely waiting-to-be- known. And so it has been until very recently, writes James Le Fanu, when two of the most ambitious scientific projects ever conceived revealed, quite unexpectedly -- and without anyone really noticing – that we are after all a mystery to ourselves. Now, in Why Us? How Science Rediscovered the Mystery of Ourselves, Le Fanu -- an award-winning science reporter and practicing physician -- explores the power of science to penetrate the deep mysteries of our existence, as well as its limits, challenging the common assumption that has persisted since Darwin's Origin of Species that we are no more than the fortuitous consequence of a known evolutionary process.

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Time was, people in Western society lived in a culture where the Bible was assumed to possess a certain authority. In today's secular culture, that's no longer true. From TV documentaries to Hollywood blockbusters, from newsmagazines to bestselling books, frontal attacks on the reliability of the New Testament are as common today as they were unthinkable only a few decades ago. As a result, many Christians find themselves not merely on the defensive but overwhelmed -- scarcely able to keep track of the attacks, much less to answer them. Now, the remedy: in Conspiracies and the Cross, historian and Scripture scholar Dr. Timothy Paul Jones examines in depth the ten most popular "conspiracy theories" calling the New Testament into question -- and shows how, when subjected to actual historical evidences, each of them crumbles beneath the weight of its own overblown claims.

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For over two thousand years, Western man has had answers for why the universe exists, and why it is intelligible to us: God created it, made it orderly, and gave us reason to perceive that order. Yet ironically, the more we have discovered of the laws governing the created world, the more we have come to doubt the existence of a law-giving Creator. Could not the universe and its orderliness have always existed? Now, in A Case for the Existence of God, Dean L. Overman explains why the idea of an infinitely existing universe that "just happens" to be orderly and conform to our reason is logically absurd -- and why, in contrast, belief in God is rational and plausible.

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Contemporary art is so divorced from – indeed hostile to -- Christianity, that one must occasionally be reminded how important Christian subjects were to the art of past centuries. Indeed, Christianity seems to have inspired the artistic imagination like nothing else -- it's surely no accident that all of the so-called Great Masters flourished when Europe was still overwhelmingly Christian. Now, The Lion Companion to Christian Art surveys the whole magnificent legacy of Christian art, showing how art has both reflected and stimulated Christian thought and experience throughout the ages. Sumptuously illustrated with more than 200 full-color images of paintings, sculptures, illuminated manuscripts, and other works, this is a comprehensive look at how the world's finest artists have sought to convey the stories, beliefs, and mysteries of the Christian faith.

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Has anyone ever asked you a question about your faith that left you speechless? Now this fully interactive new DVD can help. Renowned Christian scholars give you all the facts and documentation you need to answer more than 50 of the toughest questions. read more

Based upon Lee Strobel's New York Times bestselling book, the new DVD "The Case for a Creator" is a remarkable documentary about Strobel's personal journey from atheism to faith in God. This compelling DVD presents Strobel's search for the truth about intelligent design in the universe. read more

During her lifelong service to the poorest of the poor, Mother Teresa of Calcutta's public image was that of a tiny, energetic woman of cheerful disposition who embodied the essence of Christian faith in action. But only her closest spiritual advisors knew of the agonizing spiritual pain she endured for almost fifty years. Now, to commemorate the tenth anniversary of her death, Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light brings together the private letters she wrote to her spiritual advisors which reveal the hidden dynamics of her relationship with God -- including moments, indeed years, of utter desolation. In this moving chronicle of her spiritual journey, Mother Teresa emerges as a classic mystic whose inner life burned with the fire of charity and whose heart was tested and purified by an intense trial of faith, a true "dark night of the soul." read more

"For as long as I can remember," says Ann Coulter in her Foreword to this book, "liberals have been running around in a state of indignation, shouting that the government is being taken over by a dangerous band of religious fanatics who want to abolish the First Amendment, establish a national religion, force their bizarre sexual morality on children in public schools, rewrite the nation's laws to enforce their personal moral preferences, and punish anyone who dissents from their views. Unfortunately it's all true. That's precisely what liberals are trying to do."

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Nearly 20 years ago, a small non-profit in Texas published a textbook called Of Pandas and People -- an event that set off a firestorm. The National Center for Science Education (NCSE) condemned the book as full of "half- truths, untruths, and nonsense." Law review articles tried to prove it unconstitutional. And in 2005, a federal judge banned it outright from science classrooms. Why did Darwinists go to such extremes? Simply because the book offered a potent, comprehensive critique of Darwinian evolution and proposed a legitimate scientific alternative, intelligent design (ID).

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Darwin's Dilemma: The Mystery of the Cambrian Fossil Record examines what many consider to be the most powerful refutation of Darwinian evolution—the Cambrian fossil record. The Cambrian explosion has been called the most spectacular event in the history of life, for in a moment of geological time complex animals first appeared on earth fully formed, without evidence of any evolutionary ancestors. This documentary delivers information that points unmistakably to foresight, purpose, and intelligent design. read more

After Vatican II, a major weapon in the arsenal of struggling Catholics was turned into a marshmallow. Frequent Confession became "necessary" only for those "in mortal sin," it was thought (and sometimes taught). Out of print, too, went this hugely popular volume on both sides of the Atlantic, easily the most methodical book ever written about the many uses of Confession for spiritual growth. Confession, its author makes clear, is not a counseling session. Rather, says the late German Abbot, Benedict Baur, OSB, frequent Confession has "high value in the spiritual life" -- and can help you overcome various weaknesses, bad habits and perverse inclinations.

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Recent years have seen a spate of bestselling books, all from major publishers, defaming the reputation of Pope Pius XII by accusing him of "silence" at best, complicity at worst in the Nazi persecution and genocide of the Jews. Meanwhile, the task of defending the Pope has fallen mainly to reviewers -- whose work, brilliant though it was, has been scattered in various newspapers, magazines, and scholarly journals, making it nearly impossible for the average reader to gauge the results. Now, in The Pius War: Responses to the Critics of Pius XII, Joseph Bottum has joined with Rabbi David G. Dalin to gather a representative and powerful sample of these reviews, deliberately chosen from a wide range of publications. Together with a team of professors, historians, and other experts, these reviewers thoroughly investigate -- and conclusively refute -- the claims attacking Pius XII.

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While pastoring a church prior to entering law school, Mathew Staver was infuriated every Christmas season when one nativity scene after another was challenged in court. His righteous anger provoked a deep interest in constitutional law. The more he studied, the more Staver realized the vast amount of misinformation regarding religious rights. The result of his intense research is this comprehensive guide to religious liberty in America -- and how our "unalienable right" of religious freedom can and must be defended in everyday life.

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Many orthodox Catholics are under the impression that Church teaching requires them to reject free enterprise and favor an array of interventions in the marketplace. Not so, argues Thomas E. Woods in this principled and unapologetic defense of the free market from a Catholic perspective.

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It's a trend: in this anything-goes age, ever larger numbers of people are opting for tougher moral standards. Millions are streaming out of churches that preach the Gospel of "If It Feels Good, Do It," and are finding homes in houses of worship that preach a more traditional and more demanding religion. Churches that have ditched Christian doctrine in favor of an unremitting advocacy of the Democratic Party platform, like the Episcopalians and Unitarians, are hemorrhaging members -- while conservative churches like the Southern Baptists are gaining members in record numbers.

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Ask a college student today what he knows about the Catholic Church, and his answer might come down to one word: "corruption." But according to Thomas E. Woods, Jr., that one word should be "civilization." In How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization, Professor Woods shows how the Catholic Church has shaped our civilization to a far greater degree than most people -- Catholics included -- have been taught. "To be sure, most people recognize the influence of the Church in music, art, and architecture," writes Woods (author of the New York Times bestseller The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History). But her influence goes far beyond that. In fact, he reveals, the Church's imprint can be found on every major achievement and institution of the West -- from science and economics, to international law and "just war" theory, to the university system and organized charity.

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