Alice von Hildebrand is the author of many books. Some famous ones are:
The Privilege of Being a Woman
Women historically have been denigrated as lower than men or viewed as privileged. Dr. Alice von Hildebrand characterizes the difference between such views as based on whether man’s vision is secularistic or steeped in the supernatural. She shows that feminism’s attempts to gain equality with men by imitation of men is unnatural, foolish, destructive, and self-defeating. The Blessed Mother’s role in the Incarnation points to the true privilege of being a woman. Both virginity and maternity meet in Mary who exhibits the feminine gifts of purity, receptivity to God’s word, and life-giving nurturance at their highest.
Man & Woman: A Divine Invention
In follow-up to her acclaimed Privilege of Being a Woman;, Dr. von Hildebrand expands the discussion to explore how the fullness of human nature is found in the perfect union between man and woman. God chose to create man doubly complex. He made man of both soul and body a spiritual reality and a material reality. To crown this complexity, He created them male and female. Dr. von Hildebrand elucidates the tragic separation that happened with original sin and the consequences of this brokenness in the world today: the distortion of the male and female genius, supernatural blindness, and the triumph of secularism. She explores how this brokenness can be healed by following God s Divine plan for man and woman.
By Love Refined: Letters to a Young Bride
Because of human imperfections, difficulties crop up in marriage, even between people who love each other deeply. You’ll soon find that for this reason, although love is a gift, it must also be learned.
So begins this remarkable book of letters to Julie, a young bride letters that reveal the beauty and importance of high ideals in marriage while teaching you practical tips to help you live up to those ideals daily. You’ll learn how to grow in wisdom and in love as you encounter the unglamorous, everyday problems that threaten all marriages
Memoirs of a Happy Failure
Alice von Hildebrand is a household name to many who know her from her countless EWTN appearances, her books, and her extensive articles and essays. What is little known is the story of her life, notably the thirty-seven years she spent at Hunter College in New York City.
There, despite systematic opposition she left a mark on a generation of students through her defense of truth with reason, wit, and love. By showing her students how truth fulfills the deepest longings of the heart, she liberated countless students from the oppressive relativism of the day, enabling many of them to find their way to God.
The Soul of a Lion: Dietrich von Hildebrand
Dietrich von Hildebrand, widely regarded as one of the great Catholic philosophers of the 20th century, is well-known for his numerous books, but, until this present work, not much has been known of his remarkable and inspiring life. Written by his wife, Alice, this is a fascinating, moving and, at times, gripping account of a truly great man of the Church who suffered much for the faith. Based on a very long letter Dietrich wrote to his wife late in his life, it tells his story from his glorious youth with a unique intellectual and cultural formation, his conversion to Catholicism, his great passion for truth and beauty, his extensive writing on Christian philosophy and theology, and his steadfast, determined opposition to Nazism that made him a marked man who miraculously escaped execution. A powerful biography of a relentless fighter against injustice, a devoted son of the Church, a man who had the soul of a lion.
The Art of Living
In just over one hundred pages, Dietrich von Hildebrand, with his wife Alice, presents a distinctive view of the virtuous life that begins with reverence, “the mother of all virtues,” and includes chapters on “Faithfulness,” “Goodness,” “Hope,” “The Human Heart,” and many others.
The essays that make up this book began as a popular series of radio lectures in 1930s Germany, and their conversational tone comes through in this new edition, which maintains Alice von Hildebrand’s original translation, and updates this beloved work for a new generation of readers. The Art of Living promises to provide clarity, hope, and fresh insights for those seeking to live life more fully, faithfully, and beautifully.
Dark Night of the Body
This book is currently out of print. It is a compilation of articles previously published by The Catholic News Agency, Inside the Vatican. And the Wanderer. In Dr. Alice von Hildebrand’s words, “These articles share a common theme: to shed some modest light on the sublime Catholic teaching on the mystery of the intimate sphere- a secret domain that God alone can allow us to reveal, under implied conditions.” Dark Night of the Body is a feminine reciprocal by Alice von Hildebrand of her husband’s Sex Education: The Basic Issues. It manifests a deep understanding of why all classroom programs on sexuality, even chastity ones- do not give proper reverence to an intimate mystery and the necessity of God’s grace in matters related to sex.
By Grief Refined
This book is currently out of print. It is a beautiful series of letters written to a widow from a widow. Dr. Alice Von Hildebrand lived forty-three years after her beloved husband’s death. She experienced both the grief of loss and the challenges of life after one loses the “love of one’s life.” It is a book filled with hope and promise for the future. It offers comfort for all widows.
Women and the Priesthood
This book is currently out of print. Dr. Alice Von Hildebrand collaborated with Dr. Peter Kreeft to write this very simple book refuting the common calls, that women can be priests. Alice writes from a perspective of a woman who understands the differences and strengths of both men and women, and clearly writes that women cannot be fathers, and thus, not priests, who embody the body and soul of the male Christ in the practice of their ordained masculinity.