Christian theology books - Catholic authors

[vera_dicere]

Sorry, this is another OP asking for book recommendations.

I’m doing a bachelor of theology, it does have a protestant slant, but nothing the Catholic Church’s truth can’t brush aside, but I’m not too keen to buy the suggested text which is protestant in nature. I was wondering if people could recommend a good, basic Christian theology book written by a Catholic or without the silly undercurrent of anti-Catholicism that I’m seeing in a few of the readings so far.

 

[venite_adoremus]

Anything by Mark Shea. He’s a member of Blessed Sacrament Parish in Seattle, staffed by the Western Dominican Province.

patheos.com/blogs/markshea/

 

[DJK100]

Sorry, this is another OP asking for book recommendations.

I’m doing a bachelor of theology, it does have a protestant slant, but nothing the Catholic Church’s truth can’t brush aside, but I’m not too keen to buy the suggested text which is protestant in nature. I was wondering if people could recommend a good, basic Christian theology book written by a Catholic or without the silly undercurrent of anti-Catholicism that I’m seeing in a few of the readings so far.

Hi Vera dicere,

Check out Catholic Christianity by Peter Kreeft. I don’t know what level you are at in your studies but this would be a more basic one.

Here is what I would do if I were you. Go to the Franciscan Univesity of Steubenville web page (franciscan.edu/Theology/) . Tthis is a decidedly Catholic College. Go to the major’s section and click on the Theology link. Scroll down and click on the course descriptions to get an explaination of the courses. Find the course that closely resembles the course you are in now at your college.

Then go here in a new browser window (bookstore.franciscan.edu/) This is the Franciscan univeristy bookstore. Click on the textbook link and then click on the link “find your course textbook.” Click on the spring textbook link and then scroll down to theology and click on that. Once that is down the course lists are listed and click on the link that corresponds to the course that is closest to yours. This then brings you to the books that are being used at Franciscan university and will likely be the good Catholic sources you are looking for. You can buy them from the bookstore or take the ISBN numbers and search for them online like at Amazon or your local Catholic store or university.

This seems like a lot of steps but really takes all of 2 minutes to do and should give you good Catholic sources. I don’t even go to this college and it took me all of 3minutes to do.

Hope this helps.

 

[fred_conty]

Here are two.
Theology and Sanity by Frank Sheed (San Francisco: Ignatius, 1993)

Theology for Beginners by Frank Sheed (Ann Arbor: Servant, 1981)
which has in it:

Trinity,creation,nature of man,fall,sin,redemption,incarnation,grace,christ’s death,resurrection,kingdom,mary,holyspirit,sacraments,eucharist,baptism,second coming.

The first book I haven’t bought yet tho it has been recommended from time to time on CAF.

Theology for Beginners is excellent.

 

[Credo_ergo_sum]

The Church Fathers of course! Sts. Ignatius of Antioch, Justin Martyr, John of Damascus and others. Why take modern books when we have the testimonies of them?

 

[Mintaka]

Folks… secondary sources like the Fathers are very good, but they’re not what the OP is asking for. He wants a textbook, with all the relevant terms and declarations and explanations. The Church Fathers teach a good chunk of the beginnings of theology, but theology has been developing for 2000 years! And they were writing teaching materials, but not academic textbooks.

Similarly, popular books for non-academic readers are nice additional reading, but they’re not going to help solve the basic problem, which is finding an academic textbook.

The Steubenville suggestion sounds best.

You might also want to look up Ludwig Ott’s The Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma book as a good reference. (It may be in your school’s library.) It goes through all kinds of Catholic teachings, and explains which level of belief they are and where they come from (briefly) with source references. This could be good whenever you might be wondering whether the Church teaches X or Y, or if this is just a Protestant thing, or something that’s still anyone’s guess. (And people used to use it as a textbook.)

 

[Crumpy]

Theology is a tough subject. Whew!

The Catholic viewpoint is that theology is based on the Bible. so, that’s the “touch and feel” that you’re looking for. Yeah, the previous post about Steubenville sounds the best.

You also want to visit Scott Hahn’s website, www.salvationhistory.com. Hahn is a convert to Catholicism and teaches at the Steubenville school.

Make sure you are familiar and comfortable with the EWTN website www.ewtn.com and their document library which is a rich resource.

I’m not familiar with browsing the Vatican’s website, vatican dot something.

 

[Alan55]

Sorry, this is another OP asking for book recommendations.

I’m doing a bachelor of theology, it does have a protestant slant, but nothing the Catholic Church’s truth can’t brush aside, but I’m not too keen to buy the suggested text which is protestant in nature. I was wondering if people could recommend a good, basic Christian theology book written by a Catholic or without the silly undercurrent of anti-Catholicism that I’m seeing in a few of the readings so far.

What is the course for which you’re buying the book, and what book was recommended?