The Realm
An unfashionable essay on the Conversion of England
by Aidan Nichols OP
Paperback
Price: £9.95
Publisher:Family Publications have ceased trading
Published:01 February 2008
ISBN:978-1-871-21774-2
GoodBookStall Review:
Fr Aidan Nichols is a Dominican friar and writes out of that tradition. Well read, academic and well deserving of the title ‘Order of Preachers’. He has a strident message which he wants to drive home which is well argued and convincing. He calls it ‘unfashionable’ but I found it quite agreeable. England needs to be reconverted with a renewal of spiritual values which can be found in the Catholic tradition to which he belongs. Although this is quite political, his key emphasis is on evangelization and how the Gospel can be applied today. He speaks of the confidence needed by the church and an apologetic which stands up to scrutiny, but does not go on to say how the great task could be done. It is an unusual and challenging read and for me the key is on p26: ‘of course it isn’t a matter of imposing. It’s a matter of appealing to the freedom of others’.
Reviewer: Jim Currin (15/03/08)
Fr Aidan Nichols is a Dominican friar and writes out of that tradition. Well read, academic and well deserving of the title ‘Order of Preachers’. He has a strident message which he wants to drive home which is well argued and convincing. He calls it ‘unfashionable’ but I found it quite agreeable. England needs to be reconverted with a renewal of spiritual values which can be found in the Catholic tradition to which he belongs. Although this is quite political, his key emphasis is on evangelization and how the Gospel can be applied today. He speaks of the confidence needed by the church and an apologetic which stands up to scrutiny, but does not go on to say how the great task could be done. It is an unusual and challenging read and for me the key is on p26: ‘of course it isn’t a matter of imposing. It’s a matter of appealing to the freedom of others’.
Reviewer: Jim Currin (15/03/08)
