Book Reviews

The Ocean

Fr Andrew Hamilton SJ 1 February 2024

In The Ocean, the poems and reflections return again and again to the images of nature that mimic the passing of time.

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Witness, Specialist, Moderator: The critical role of Catholic educators in our changing world

Fr Andrew Hamilton SJ 1 February 2024

Authors Ann Rennie and Bernadette Mercieca bring a lifetime of experience within the Catholic Church and decades of teaching religion in Catholic schools to this reflection on Catholic education.

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The Law of Love

Fr Andrew Hamilton SJ 1 December 2023

The Law of Love is full of stories and sayings that make you stop and think.

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Immerse

Fr Andrew Hamilton SJ 1 December 2023

This beautiful book brings together photographs and reflections by people who have found a community in a daily early morning swim.

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Jesus Sophia: Returning to Woman Wisdom in the Bible, Practice, and Prayer

Fr Andrew Hamilton SJ 1 September 2023

As a scripture scholar and Uniting Church minister, author Sally Douglas goes to the heart of a central question: Do our Scriptures and our belief in Jesus Christ speak to women?

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Elizabeth Visits the Abbey

Tracey Edstein 7 May 2023

Author, Dr Phyllis Zagano uses her tale to reinforce the presence and role of female deacons in the history of the church.

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An Indigenous Voice to Parliament: Considering a Constitutional Bridge

Fr Andrew Hamilton SJ 1 May 2023

Essential reading for those who want to understand the background to the Referendum on the Voice to Parliament.

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Statements from the Soul: The moral case for the Uluru Statement from the Heart

Fr Andrew Hamilton SJ 1 May 2023

A book that canvasses the larger questions of history and of the wrongs left to be right and the voices to be heard.

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Beyond the Boundaries

Fr Andrew Hamilton SJ 1 February 2023

The authors write out of commitment and experience of what the Church at its best could be.

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Hidden Treasures

Fr Andrew Hamilton SJ 1 February 2023

Hidden Treasures is thoroughly and unapologetically Catholic. But it is also deeply personal.

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Wings for the Soul

Fr Andrew Hamilton SJ 1 February 2023

Wings for the Soul invites us to revisit the ways in which we have read our times in the light of the Gospel and have responded to them.

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My Accidental Career

Fr Andrew Hamilton SJ 1 December 2022

The quality of Brenda Niall’s work lies in the clarity of thought, exact choice of words and the alternation of story and reflection.

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