Recommended Books

The titles listed here involved Scott or Kimberly, whether acting as editor, writing the foreword, or encouraging its republication.

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Catholic Bible Concordance for the Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Compiled by C. W. Lyons with Thomas Deliduka
Foreword by Scott Hahn

The first and only concordance for the Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSV-CE) of the Bible. This exhaustive reference tool contains over 15,000 words and 300,000 entries, and has listings for both the first and second editions of the RSV-CE. As easy to use as a dictionary, keywords and passages make Scripture accessible to people of all walks of life.

The Divine Family: The Trinity and Our Life in God
William K. McDonough
Foreword By Scott Hahn

In this fourth title in the series of contemporary Catholic classics, William K. Mc Donough offers a popular explanation of the meaning of the Trinity, "the fundamental doctrine fo the Catholic faith," and its relation to the body of Christian revelation.  He presents a synthesis of the Catholic faith: the triune life of God, the Person of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit; creation; the Incarnation; mariology; divine adoption; divine indwelling; prayer, sacraments and sacramentals; love; life with God here and hereafter.

The Holy Spirit of God: An Essay in Biblical Theology
François-Xavier Durrwell
Foreword by Scott W. Hahn 

In this fifth title in the series of contemporary Catholic classics, eminent theologian François-Xavier Durrwell reflects on the Holy Spirit’s action in the history of salvation. Its central point is Christ’s pasch, his death, resurrection and glorification. Durrwell uses his knowledge of Scripture to lead readers to a deeper understanding of who the Spirit is and how the Spirit works together with the Father and Son for our salvation.

Path to Freedom: Christian Experiences and the Bible
Jean Corbon
Foreword By Scott Hahn

In this third title in the series of contemporary Catholic classics, biblical scholar and theologian Jean Corbon invites Christians into a spiritual reading of the Bible in its entirety and to explore ten major themes of the Bible: creation, promise, pasch, exodus, covenant, kingdom, exile, return, resurrection and liturgy.

Pathways in Scripture: A Book-By-Book Guide to the Spiritual Riches of the Bible
Damasus Winzen
Foreword by Scott Hahn

This text provides an inspirational, liturgically-based introduction to books of the Bible. Rooted in the tradition of the Fathers of the Church, each chapter reveals the spiritual sense hidden behind the literal meaning of the text and points readers toward a life application.

Transformed by Grace: Scripture, Sacraments & Sonship of Christ
Dom Wulstan Mork, O.S.B.
Foreword by Scott Hahn

Transformed by Grace is an Introduction to the Theology of the Sacraments. Benedictine scholar Fr. Wulstan Mork draws Catholics into a lively understanding of the sacraments as grace-drenched encounters with God. Always dynamic and creative, God meets us in these moments in order to draw us into union with him.  Far from being imepersonal rites,  the sacraments are "supernaturalized human signs and acts, given here and now to this individual, and whose graces are tailored particularly to him in his situation."