William D Shea

Judas Was a Bishop: An Old Man in His Reforming Catholic Church

The author, a practicing Roman Catholic, was confronted in 2002 with a leadership crisis in the church. Decades of horrendous clergy sexual abuse of children was accompanied by an even more momentous hierarchical betrayal in the cover-up of the crimes. The explosion in 2002 ended his naïveté and cau...

Pea Ridge: Civil War Campaign in the West (Civil War America)

The 1862 battle of Pea Ridge in northwestern Arkansas was one of the largest Civil War engagements fought on the western frontier, and it dramatically altered the balance of power in the Trans-Mississippi. This study of the battle is based on research in archives from Connecticut to California and i...

Galileo in Rome: The Rise and Fall of a Troublesome Genius

Galileo's trial by the Inquisition is one of the most dramatic incidents in the history of science and religion. Today, we tend to see this event in black and white--Galileo all white, the Church all black. Galileo in Rome presents a much more nuanced account of Galileo's relationship with Rome. Th...

Vicksburg Is the Key: The Struggle for the Mississippi River (Great Campaigns of the Civil War)

The struggle for control of the Mississippi River was the longest and most complex campaign of the Civil War. It was marked by an extraordinary diversity of military and naval operations, including fleet engagements, cavalry raids, amphibious landings, pitched battles, and the two longest sieges in ...

Daniel: A Reader's Guide

Dr. William H. Shea, retired associate director of the Biblical Research Institute, guides us into the history and prophecies in Daniel, revealing the true heart of the book Jesus! He is the Messiah of Daniel 9, the Priest of Daniel 8, and the King of Daniel 7. As you study this ancient book with th...

Fields of Blood: The Prairie Grove Campaign (Civil War America)

William Shea offers a gripping narrative of the events surrounding Prairie Grove, Arkansas, one of the great unsung battles of the Civil War that effectively ended Confederate offensive operations west of the Mississippi River. Shea provides a colorful account of a grueling campaign that lasted five...

The Lion and the Lamb: Evangelicals and Catholics in America

One of the most intriguing questions in contemporary American Christianity is whether the recent warming of relations between Catholics and conservative evangelicals promises a thaw in the ice age that has lasted since the sixteenth century. American evangelical Protestants and Roman Catholics have ...

The Second Battle of Cabin Creek:: Brilliant Victory (Civil War Series)

The commander of the three-hundred-wagon Union supply train never expected a large ragtag group of Texans and Native Americans to attack during the dark of night in Union-held territory. But Brigadier Generals Richard Gano and Stand Watie defeated the unsuspecting Federals in the early morning hours...

Galileo in Rome: The Rise and Fall of a Troublesome Genius

Galileo's Intellectual Revolution

Reason, Experiment and Mysticism in the Scientific Revolution

Nature, Experiment, and the Sciences: Essays on Galileo and the History of Science in Honour of Stillman Drake

Creativity in the Arts and Science

Persuading Science: The Art of Scientific Rhetoric

Revolutions in Science: Their Meaning and Relevance

The Magic of Numbers and Motion: The Scientific Career of Rene Descartes

William Shea

William Alfred "Bill" Shea (June 21, 1907 October 2, 1991) was an American lawyer and a name partner of the prominent law firm of Shea & Gould.