Constantine’s Sword: The Church & The Jews

A NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER

“For two thousand years Jews have been longing for a Christian who would understand their experience. At last James Carroll has written a book delineating the history of Jewish-Christian relations that demonstrates empathy and compassion for both sides.”

                                 - Susannah Heschel

Crusade: Chronicles of an Unjust War

“A journalistic page of glory. With unerring political as well as moral instinct, Carroll has shown that it is possible to see and understand the true nature of awful events - not only afterward, with hindsight, but even as they unfold, when it counts most.” - Jonathan Schell

An American Requiem:

God, My Father and the War that Came Between Us

1996 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD

“A flawlessly executed memoir...the tragedies and triumphs of the Civil Rights era and Vietnam War protests.” - National Book Award citation.

Toward a New Catholic Church:

The Promise of Reform

“The boisterous collapse of trust in the Catholic hierarchy during the pedophile scandals makes it not only important but imperative to heed this eloquent call for a new Ecumenical (this time truly ecumenical) Council.”    - Garry Wills

House of War:The Pentagon and the Disastrous Rise of American Power

THE PEN-GALBRAITH AWARD

“The first great nonfiction book of the new millennium.”         - The Chicago Tribune

“A prodigious historical synthesis with pressing importance for our times.”       - Tracy Kidder

Practicing Catholic

“Brilliantly written, Passionate and vivid.”

                                - Hans Küng

For “every American Catholic who loves the faith but has too often anguished over the actions of the hierarchy.”   - Kerry Kennedy

Read James Carroll’s essay Celibacy and the Catholic Priest

James Carroll and Pope Benedict XVI offer introductions to the 50th Anniversary edition of the Documents of the Second Vatican Council.

Read James Carroll’s Boston Globe essay about Vatican II,  The Lost Revolution