Zondervan, $12.99 (214pp) ISBN 978-0-310-27817-7 The seven deadly sins and the New Testament’s seven beatitudes spoken by Jesus play against each other in this philosophy professor’s first book.

The Beatitudes respond to the natural desire for happiness. This desire is of divine origin: God has placed it in the human heart in order to draw us to the one who alone can fulfill it." They ...

The Beatitudes do not describe the world in which we live. They tell us how to live in this world so as to seed one yet to come. ... (17:7). The person and ...

The Beatitudes, where blessedness is found in weakness and humility, can provide valuable lessons for today, particularly for people who are growing older.

User’s Guide to Sunday, Jan. 29: St. Thomas Aquinas comments that the happiness described in the beatitudes is a stable happiness not easily unsettled or taken away.

Let's imagine Jesus here, and start as he would start, go where he might go and invite his instinct to become our own. Let this be the Lenten fruit that ripens by Easter.