God Matters

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Summary: Wonderful Book
Review: Herbert McCabe writes great theology chock-full-o-profundity and surprisingly comprehensible: loftier then clowns like Swinburne and much more readable. There were actually times when I was laughing out loud; and one often laughs at theology rather than with it. In particular, the way he deals with the problem of evil, Chapter II I believe, is wonderful as he presents himself as God's barrister. Good read, would definitly reccomend to anyone studying or investigating theology.

Alexander J. Urbelis

Rating:
Summary: Wonderful Book
Review: Herbert McCabe writes great theology chock-full-o-profundity and surprisingly comprehensible: loftier then clowns like Swinburne and much more readable. There were actually times when I was laughing out loud; and one often laughs at theology rather than with it. In particular, the way he deals with the problem of evil, Chapter II I believe, is wonderful as he presents himself as God's barrister. Good read, would definitly reccomend to anyone studying or investigating theology.

Alexander J. Urbelis

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Summary: Thomas Aquinas with an British Accent
Review: McCabe is the godfather of all of those who read Aquinas through the eyes of Wittgenstein. The essays collected here -- covering everything from the doctrine of God to class struggle and Christian love -- are deceptively user-friendly. McCabe writes in an engaging and conversational style, but once the reader is engaged he or she will find ideas that bear repeated pondering. I highly recommend this book especially for those who think Aquinas is a boring and "safe" thinker.

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Summary: Theology at its best
Review: The book is a collection of articles by Herbert McCabe, one of the liveliest thinkers of English Christianity. It covers an enormous range of topics and all with McCabe's characteristic humour and elegantly simple presentation of deep topics. His essays on God, creation and evil with which the book begins, his debates with Maurice Wiles on the Incarnation and P. J. Fitzpatrick on the Eucharist and the beautiful extended sermon on hope are some of the finest examples of theology today.