Twenty of the Best Books from the HT Book Discussion Group

By Bob Stewart

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Did you know that Fr. Pat Earl, S.J. created the HT Book Discussion Group in 2004? Since then, the group has discussed more books than we can list—but the following 20 are some of the best we've read.

Most books are available in an eBook format, or are in stock to be shipped to your house. Check your local library as well in case they offer downloadable copies or contactless pickup!

Books by John O'Malley, S.J.

• What Happened at Vatican II

• Catholic History for Today's Church: How Our Past Illuminates Our Present

• The Jesuits: A History from Ignatius to the Present

Books by John Haught

• Making Sense of Evolution: Darwin, God, and the Drama of Life

• Resting on the Future: Catholic Theology for an Unfinished Universe

Books by Elizabeth Johnson, CSJ

• Quest for the Living God: Mapping Frontiers in the Theology of God

• Consider Jesus: Waves of Renewal in Christology

Books by Gerhard Lohfink

• Jesus of Nazareth: What He Wanted, Who He Was

• No Irrelevant Jesus: On Jesus and the Church Today

• The Our Father: A New Reading

Books by Additional Authors

• The Life You Save May Be Your Own by Paul Elie

• Jesus Before Christianity by Albert Nolan, O.P.

• The Experience of God: An Invitation to Do Theology (Revised Edition) by Dermot Lane

• Humble Confidence: Spiritual and Pastoral Guidance from Karl Rahner by James Bacik

• Systematic Theology: A Roman Catholic Approach by Thomas Rausch, S.J.

• An Unfinished Council: Vatican II, Pope Francis, and the Renewal of Catholicism by Richard Gaillardetz

• Jesus: A Pilgrimage by James Martin, S.J.

• Jesus and Buddha: Friends in Conversation by Paul Knitter & Roger Haight

• The Joy of the Gospel (Evangelii Gaudium): Apostolic Exhortation by Pope Francis

• The Holy Longing: The Search for a Christian Spirituality by Ronald Rolheiser, OMI