Time's Covenant

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This collection extends from the pre-Vatican II days when [Clancy] was a vigorous opponent of Joseph McCarthy, until his death. His observations and exhortations, balanced and beautifully written, deal with a wide variety of issues ranging from freedom of expression and liberal Catholicism to Santayana, Toynbee, and Lippmann. * <i>Library Journal</i> * A kind of a literary biography of a graceful and eloquent thinker. Whether reflecting on the meaning of the term liberal Catholic, on the Dreyfuss case, on poetry or the scriptures, Clancy is a bridge-builder, opening a trove of cultural and spiritual richness that goes beyond parochialism. * <i>Publishers Weekly</i> * The balance exhibited again and again in these essays springs not from some cowardly preference for the middle-of-the-road, but from a recognition of complexity and a respect for the bits of truth that lie scattered even among positions one cannot adopt as one's own. * <i>America</i> * An author's personality often emerges clearly from his or her writing. In this case, Clancy steps out of the printed pages of this collection as a brilliant intellect and a warm and gracious man with a personal faith that he was compelled by his very nature to share with others. I wish I had known him. * <i>Pittsburgh Post-Gazette</i> *