THEOLOGY FOR BEGINNERS
Author: Frank J. Sheed. 186 pg. PB.
According to the author, this his effort to answer a question that a theologian asked him while in college. Sheed had commented on how sad it was that a layman could not get a course in theology, whereupon he was asked, Why would you want to study theology? You're not obliged to. He was so baffled by the question that he did not respond well. Why should he have to make a case for so exciting and joy-giving. This book serves as Sheed's triumphant response. Read the moving way he makes his case.
According to the author, this his effort to answer a question that a theologian asked him while in college. Sheed had commented on how sad it was that a layman could not get a course in theology, whereupon he was asked, Why would you want to study theology? You're not obliged to. He was so baffled by the question that he did not respond well. Why should he have to make a case for so exciting and joy-giving. This book serves as Sheed's triumphant response. Read the moving way he makes his case.
