Praise for The Rule of Benedict ...

"Readers who have been watching the new pope for signals of what his papacy will bring will find this to be absorbing reading." - Publishers Weekly .

"The Rule of Benedict is an exceptionally interesting and illuminating book. David Gibson is a master storyteller, weaving into whole cloth the stories of Karol Wojtyla, Joseph Ratzinger, and the history of the Catholic Church. Every chapter is filled with information, insight, and the unfolding story of the Catholic Church in the 21st century.   Gibson holds the reader in suspense to the very last sentence of the book." - James E. Post, co-founder, past president, and trustee of Voice of the Faithful.

"A clear-minded and thorough introduction to the new pope. In this balanced work, Gibson successfully combines biography and journalism to illuminate Benedict XVI, one of the most controversial religious figures of our time...The new pope's most avid supporters may not be pleased, but the average Catholic (or non-Catholic) will find this book worthwhile...An important reference for anyone with an interest in the modern papacy." - Kirkus Reviews.

"In a black-and-white world where the papacies of John Paul II and Benedict XVI have become a Rorschach test for church politics, David Gibson's The Rule of Benedict provides a welcome analysis precisely because of its balance, moderation, and fairness. Moreover, Gibson's book looks well beyond the immediate events of the first year of Benedict XVI's papacy: it is well-informed by the church's history, culture, theology, and philosophy. Readers will learn not only about the church today, but about her past and future, as well." - Christopher M. Bellitto, assistant professor of history at Kean University and author of Ten Ways the Church Has Changed .

Praise for The Coming Catholic Church ...

"David Gibson, a religion writer for a variety of publications and a former correspondent for Vatican Radio, is a convert whose zeal for his new faith is expressed not by intemperate judgments but by incisive observations, a playful wit and a passion for what the author Rosemary Haughton once called 'The Catholic Thing' - the capacious, sacramental religious imagination that operates by analogy rather than linear logic and perceives virtually everything human (including the body and sexual love) as an occasion for a graced encounter with the divine mystery." - R. Scott Appleby, professor of church history at Notre Dame, in The New York Times .

"First-rate." - Lance Morrow in Time .

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