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On Being Human

by Fulton J. Sheen

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A wide-ranging collection of Fulton J. Sheen’s reflections on human life and faith

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A wide-ranging collection of Fulton J. Sheen’s reflections on human life and faith

Drawn from Fulton J. Sheen’s long-running “Bishop Sheen Writes” newspaper column, this volume gathers 117 pieces originally published between 1949 and 1977. The selections place everyday human concerns—love, family, education, freedom, charity, sexuality, egotism, and fear of atomic war—within a Catholic framework of belief, reason, holiness, and humanity’s relationship with God. Its column-based structure makes the book a collection of distinct meditations and practical counsel rather than a single continuous argument. Across its varied subjects, Sheen addresses both private moral questions and the larger pressures of modern life.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in Catholic reflections on everyday moral and spiritual questions
  • Those seeking short-form essays on love, family, freedom, education, and charity
  • Readers interested in mid-20th-century religious commentary on social concerns

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Catholic faithHuman conditionMoral guidanceLove and familyFreedom and education

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Book overview

For almost thirty years Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen adressed the problems and preoccupations of life in a weekly column called "Bishop Sheen Writes," offering advice, solace, and the wisdom of experience. On Being Human is a collection of 117 of the best of these, culled from among more than a thousand which appeared in dozens of newspapers from 1949 to 1977.

Here are Bishop Sheen's thoughts on such subjects as the relationship between God and man, the quest for holiness, the pain of the human condition.

Here are the fruits of lifelong meditation jon love, reason, the family, charity, freedom, education -- in short, upon the world as we live in it.

Here is practical advice on how to deal with sex, with egotism, even with the atomic bomb.

Here, above all, is the luminescence of belief in and commitment to humanity in all its many manifestations.
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