Customer Reviews
Really good! - By: "Smith" Reader, 25 Jul 2008 
What's the point of being a Christian is a very open question. But this book does try & answer it. By reading it we see the Churchin all of it's traditions. Which are very important. The person reading is allows to find their own path, to draw their own conclusions about how to build on these traditions & change as people.
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Wonderful - By: Ms. M. Moules, 18 Aug 2006 I cannot praise this book highly enough. It opens up the riches of traditionsin the church, & allows the reader to come to their own conclusions about how to build on those traditions. There is none of the dogma that one finds with some contemporary Christian writers.
It doesn't sink to the level of answering the superficial questions that people ask, but looks at the person behind those questions, & how they relate to the world. Like any good writer, he compliments the reader by assuming an ability to engage with the text no matter what their education, & anyone reading this will find something to help them.
He is not patronising, but encouraging, & doesn't push the RC line down one's throat. I'm a Methodist, & found that the book spoke to me far more deeply than many other 'protestant' writers.
I would recommend this as a follow-on from someone like McLaren, or CS Lewis, as it continues the open-hearted & open-minded thinking of both authors.
Help when we need it - By: , 03 Feb 2006 In this beautifully written book there is an inflinching look at the difficulties of being a Christian today. But this look is never less than passionatein its hope for all men &in its plea for us to look away from ourselves & our own narrow desires towards the incredible gift which is God's loving path for us.
So - what is the point? Read this and find out! - By: Nicktomjoe, 05 Jan 2006 Anyone who thinks that Roman Catholicism is just about preaching a narrow morality would do well to consider the overall message of this book: "God coming to meet usin all the drama of our lives: birth & death, eating & drinking, sex & healing.” Radcliffe is concerned with an inner spiritual life – “breathing with the rhythm of the Eucharist” as he calls it. As is fitting to someone who has been Master of the Catholic Church’s Order of Preachers, he is a great wordsmith, & phrases such as “Grace means we can stretch, stand upright & unwind as we do to prayer the Our Father” rub shoulders with intriguing chapter titles such as “The Body Electric” & “Breeding Pandas.” He cites Rowan Williams with as much ease as he does thirteen-century theologians, & roots his thinkingin traditional teaching,in the Gospels. Quirky, humorous, but with a serious set of messages about what really is the point of being a Christian, this is a great book to give focus to a lacklustre Lent or to give colour to the greyer days of the Christian life.
