For For Christians who want Aquinas as a practical spiritual guide in short readings; not for readers wanting a systematic study of Thomist theology.
Should I read this?
For the general reader
4 of 5strongly recommended
For the researcher
3 of 5worth your time
Difficulty
2 of 5moderate
358 passages of Aquinas used as spiritual direction, with commentary.
How it proceeds
Philosophic4 of 5
Scriptural2 of 5
Experiential4 of 5
Sociological1 of 5
Historical1 of 5
Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.
Subtitled Spiritual Direction from St. Thomas Aquinas and published by Ignatius Press in 2014, this book gathers 358 short passages from Aquinas's Summa Theologiae that answer the questions people bring to a spiritual director, each with Kreeft's commentary. The passages are the ones that helped him in his own spiritual life.
