Thomas More: A Portrait of Courage

          This new biography reveals the hidden spiritual life of St. Thomas More, laying bare the motivations that led him to become a paragon of lay holiness and a model of courage, integrity, and fortitude for all ages. Using More’s writings as a window into his interior life, author Gerard Wegemer explains why this renowned lawyer and statesman sacrificed everything that the world holds dear for the sake of his conscience. First Things magazine calls this book an admirable and stylistically winsome profile in courage.   ONE OF HISTORY'S M0ST ADMIRED FIGURES, Thomas More stands as a model of courage, integrity, fortitude, and other virtues. As a highly successful lawyer, diplomat, and father of a large family, he sacrificed everything that the world holds dear for what his conscience dictated was a principle that could not be sacrificed.   The Catholic Church recognized his heroic virtue and holiness by making him a saint along with Bishop John Fisher on the 400th anniversary of their martyrdoms in 1935. This new biography details the hidden spiritual life of More. What motivated his spiritual struggle? How did his writings open a window into his inner life? - "A very solid, well researched, and at times moving biography of this beloved saint."  - BOWIE KUHN, Crisis Magazine - "Wegemer has produced an admirable and stylistically winsome profile in courage." - First Things   - "More grew into sainthood through fulfilling personal and professional roles in an exemplary manner. Wegemer helps us to understand how all this came about.'  - RUSSELL SHAW, National Catholic Register   The author, Gerard B. Wegemer, is an associate professor of English at the University of Dallas. He wrote an introduction and edited a printing of More's last book, The Sadness of Christ (