“Avery Dulles was one of the most important American Catholic theologians of the twentieth century. This brilliant collection of short—but always substantive—essays reveals the itinerary of Dulles’s theological journey. With characteristic clarity, Dulles ranges across topics that stretch from the nature of revelation to the meaning of culture, from the Virgin Mary to academic freedom, from Vatican II to John Paul II—offering along the way a master class on the momentous changes that have shaped Catholicism and Catholic theology over the past half century."
Edward P. Hahnenberg
Breen Chair of Catholic Theology at John Carroll University

“Avery Dulles’s occasional writings, like his scholarship, demonstrate his lifelong determination to ‘think with the Church.’ Thus this welcome collection is a reminder to all Catholic theologians and writers that innovation for its own sake (not to mention innovation for the sake of cultural accommodation) is not a virtue, while the mere repetition of ancient formulas can be an obstacle to the New Evangelization in an age of profound cultural confusion.”
George Weigel
Distinguished Senior Fellow and William E. Simon Chair in Catholic Studies
Ethics and Public Policy Center

“Avery Dulles was a humble, holy and faithful brother in Christ. . . . I am grateful for his scholarship, his leadership, and his inspiring example, but I am most grateful to have had him as a friend and brother.”
From the introduction by Rev. James Martin, S.J.