In Life Is a Vale of Soul Making, philosopher Donald DeMarco explores life as a spiritual journey in which every trial, choice, and encounter shapes the human soul. Drawing upon Scripture, Catholic teaching, philosophy, literature, and contemporary culture, DeMarco contrasts the forces that reject, revile, and repress the soul with those that allow it to be rediscovered, rise, and ultimately reign. Life's struggles, he argues, become opportunities for wisdom, virtue, faith, and union with God.