Sorry for the lapse in posting. I’ve been redesigning my other site, and with the holidays and all…
I have unusual books to highlight - all of which are new acquisitions in our library and are intended to help improve our weak art history holdings. Why does a theological library want to acquire works on [...]

Popularity: 28% [?]

Posted in Art, Books, Commonplaces, History, Uncategorized 2 Comments »

More new titles of interest in the library:
Michael D. Bush, This Incomplete One: Words Occasioned by the Death of a Young Person (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2006). A moving compilation of funeral and grave-side messages given on the occasion of the untimely death of a younger person, this short work includes contributions by sixteen [...]

Popularity: 32% [?]

Posted in Art, Books, Commonplaces, Literature, Music, Poetry, Quotes, Theology No Comments »

At the behest of Russ (who himself has a blog, but, alas, I know not where), our resident computer genius, and in response to his passing chastisement concerning the recent inactivity here at CommonPlaces, I  give you these new and interesting book acquisitions in the library:
Nancy Kalikow Maxwell, Sacred Stacks: The Higher Purpose of [...]

Popularity: 27% [?]

Posted in Art, Catholicism, Commonplaces, Libraries, Music, Theology No Comments »