In Theology For Beginners the late Frank Sheed conveys all his own excitement about theology, and shows us how to pass that excitement on to others. His book is now established throughout the English-speaking world as one of the outstanding modern introductions to theology for the layman.[...]
...a brilliant book of immense practical usefulness. --"Our Sunday Visitor"
A Modern Classic
"The joy and excitement of theological knowledge is like the joy and excitement of any other love." --From Chapter One
Clear, precise and inspiring, Theology for Beginners has been acclaimed a[...]
If there are two words that seem not to fit together they are "society" and "sanity." Spend twenty minutes on the freeway or ten minutes reading the newspaper, or ponder the religious and political conflicts in some regions of the world, and you will understand the point. Yet if people are to thrive[...]
The second Hackett edition of the Sheed translation, a classic in its own right, offers a wealth of notes on philosophical, theological, historical, and liturgical issues raised by the "Confessions", as well as paragraph numbers of the Latin critical edition, and a thorough index.[...]