Reasons to Believe: How to Understand, Explain, and Defend the Catholic Faith
by Scott Hahn
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Manufacturer: Doubleday
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 230.2
EAN: 9780385509350
ISBN: 0385509359
Label: Doubleday
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: 2007-05-08
Publisher: Doubleday
Release Date: 2007-05-08
Studio: Doubleday
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Summary: Great book
Comment: Another great book by Dr Hahn. Not as easy a read as some of his more personal books but definitely valuable. Many insights.
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Summary: Fantastic beginning apologetics book
Comment: Scott Hahn wrote the modern book on apologetics... oh golly, how lame am I? But seriously, Hahn studied his way into the Catholic church, reading hundreds upon hundreds of books and considering arguments from all sides. He brings this wealth of knowledge into this book. The book goes through the whole spectrum of apologetics, from theism, to Christianity, to Catholicism. It isn't horribly and deeply in depth, but it isn't supposed to be. This is supposed to be an introduction, a book for one to get their feet wet and take in an overview of the basic arguments for Catholicism.
The first section deals with arguments for the existence of God. The second chapter deals with common Protestant objections (Mary, Eucharist, Papacy, etc.) But it is the third section which goes into some very interesting typology that one may not have seen before. Hahn in careful detail elaborates on the kingdom of David being fulfilled and passed on to Jesus. It's very fascinating stuff, and Hahn goes into much more detail than I have ever seen. I've also never seen a serious attempt at a rebuttal of this whole typological understanding that Hahn goes through in the third section. Just this last (third) section alone is worth buying the book.
Since most all the other reviews mention all the good of this book (and I agree), I will only mention one thing that I didn't like but that probably isn't the author's fault. And that is the fact that not only are the footnotes in the back of the book as opposed to the bottom of the page, but the footnotes aren't even made on a page. In other words, while reading the book, you have no way of knowing if something is referenced other than jumping to the back of the book and seeing if there is a footnote. That's a pet peeve of mine. But that's really the only problem.
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Summary: reasons to believe
Comment: I've read numerous other Hahn books and I find this one difficult to follow. Not an easy read that's for sure. At least not for me...
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Summary: Latter day disciple
Comment: Dr. Hahn is as eloquent in his writings about our Catholic beliefs, as he is when teaching orally. His deep faith and vast knowledge of all things scriptual are most inspiring. This book should be read several times by sincere apologists who do not know enough to stand on their own.
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Summary: Reasons to Believe
Comment: Good book - some parts more dense and harder to apply to life than others. Overall, I would recommend the book. It was shipped in a very timely fashion and in good condition, by the way.
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Great book
Comment: Another great book by Dr Hahn. Not as easy a read as some of his more personal books but definitely valuable. Many insights.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Fantastic beginning apologetics book
Comment: Scott Hahn wrote the modern book on apologetics... oh golly, how lame am I? But seriously, Hahn studied his way into the Catholic church, reading hundreds upon hundreds of books and considering arguments from all sides. He brings this wealth of knowledge into this book. The book goes through the whole spectrum of apologetics, from theism, to Christianity, to Catholicism. It isn't horribly and deeply in depth, but it isn't supposed to be. This is supposed to be an introduction, a book for one to get their feet wet and take in an overview of the basic arguments for Catholicism.
The first section deals with arguments for the existence of God. The second chapter deals with common Protestant objections (Mary, Eucharist, Papacy, etc.) But it is the third section which goes into some very interesting typology that one may not have seen before. Hahn in careful detail elaborates on the kingdom of David being fulfilled and passed on to Jesus. It's very fascinating stuff, and Hahn goes into much more detail than I have ever seen. I've also never seen a serious attempt at a rebuttal of this whole typological understanding that Hahn goes through in the third section. Just this last (third) section alone is worth buying the book.
Since most all the other reviews mention all the good of this book (and I agree), I will only mention one thing that I didn't like but that probably isn't the author's fault. And that is the fact that not only are the footnotes in the back of the book as opposed to the bottom of the page, but the footnotes aren't even made on a page. In other words, while reading the book, you have no way of knowing if something is referenced other than jumping to the back of the book and seeing if there is a footnote. That's a pet peeve of mine. But that's really the only problem.
Customer Rating:
Summary: reasons to believe
Comment: I've read numerous other Hahn books and I find this one difficult to follow. Not an easy read that's for sure. At least not for me...
Customer Rating:
Summary: Latter day disciple
Comment: Dr. Hahn is as eloquent in his writings about our Catholic beliefs, as he is when teaching orally. His deep faith and vast knowledge of all things scriptual are most inspiring. This book should be read several times by sincere apologists who do not know enough to stand on their own.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Reasons to Believe
Comment: Good book - some parts more dense and harder to apply to life than others. Overall, I would recommend the book. It was shipped in a very timely fashion and in good condition, by the way.
This book unravels mysteries, corrects misunderstandings, and offers thoughtful, straightforward responses to common objections about the Catholic faith.
Bestselling author Scott Hahn, a convert to Catholicism, has experienced the doubts that so often drive discussions about God and the Church. In the years before his conversion, he was first a nonbeliever and then an anti-Catholic clergyman.
In REASONS TO BELIEVE, he explains the "how and why" of the Catholic faith—drawing from Scripture, his own struggles and those of other converts, as well as from everyday life and even natural science. Hahn shows that reason and revelation, nature and the supernatural, are not opposed to one another; rather they offer complementary evidence that God exists. But He doesn't merely exist. He is someone, and He has a personality, a personal style, that is discernible and knowable. Hahn leads readers to see that God created the universe with a purpose and a form—a form that can be found in the Book of Genesis and that is there when we view the natural world through a microscope, through a telescope, or through our contact lenses.
At the heart of the book is Hahn's examination of the ten "keys to the kingdom"—the characteristics of the Church clearly evident in the Scriptures. As the story of creation discloses, the world is a house that has a Father, a palace where the king is really present. God created the cosmos to be a kingdom, and that kingdom is the universal Church, fully revealed by Jesus Christ.
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