{"title":"Fulton Sheen: Faith and Reason","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"god-and-intelligence-in-modern-philosophy","title":"God and Intelligence in Modern Philosophy","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Fulton J. Sheen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eGod and Intelligence in Modern Philosophy, \u003c\/b\u003ethe first of the sixty-six books that Fulton J. Sheen wrote over the course of his storied career, is an extraordinary effort to consider the nature of God and how we can know Him. Sheen sets out, not to dwell in the past and delight in its wisdom, but to discover, in the light of the philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas, effective solutions to modern problems of philosophy and theology. In the thought of the Angelic Doctor, Sheen sees the perfect remedy for what ails the modern age: “Modern Idealism needs the complement of his realism; empiricism needs his transcendental principles; philosophical biologism his metaphysics; sociological morality his ethics; sentimentalism his theory of the intelligence; and the world needs the God he knew and loved and adored.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eFirst published in 1925, with an introduction by the one and only G. K. Chesterton, \u003ci\u003eGod and Intelligence in Modern Philosophy \u003c\/i\u003eis a testament to the sheer brilliance of Sheen’s intellect and to the immense clarity of his literary vision, but above all to the ardent fervor of his love for God.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e“\u003ci\u003eIf need makes actuality, then St. Thomas was never more actual than he\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eis today. If actuality makes modernity, then St. Thomas is the prince of\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003emodern philosophers. If a progressive universe is a contemporary ideal,\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ethen the philosophy of St. Thomas is its greatest realization.\u003c\/i\u003e” (\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eFulton J. Sheen)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArchbishop Fulton J. Sheen\u003c\/b\u003e (1895–1979) was one of the most renowned Catholic priests of the twentieth century. An eminent scholar, prolific author, and natural entertainer, Sheen provided insight into the truth and beauty of the Catholic faith for millions around the world through his scores of books and countless radio and television programs. His cause for canonization was opened in 2002, and in 2012 Pope Benedict XVI declared him a Venerable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1949899764\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ClunyMedia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35678138531997,"sku":"978-1949899764","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/2329\/5645\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--15486.jpg?v=1769109369"},{"product_id":"religion-without-god","title":"Religion Without God","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Fulton J. Sheen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReligion Without Go\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003ed, \u003c\/b\u003efirst published in 1928, continues Fulton J. Sheen’s \u003ci\u003eGod and Intelligence in Modern Philosophy \u003c\/i\u003e(1925). Taken together, the two are a complete philosophy of religion. The modern mind remains greatly concerned with religion, and yet its concern is coldly theoretical, admitting of no practical sensibility of the relationship between God and man. The result is an emptying of all theological content from religion, reducing it to mere humanism. As a corrective, Sheen first offers a threefold analysis of the ideas behind modern religion: expository, historical, and critical; second, he presents the constructive, intelligible, and natural foundation for religion.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eFrom the pen of a peerless apologist and profound philosopher, \u003ci\u003eReligion Without God \u003c\/i\u003eis a calm, measured study of the assumptions and arguments of religious thought from the nine­teenth and twentieth centuries—concepts and claims still active in the twenty-first century’s project of secularization.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMan in the supernatural state, it is said, needs no Redeemer as in the natural state he needs no God. As a result of this philosophy of self-sufficiency we have the strange modern phenomenon of a religion without God and a Christianity without Christ.\u003c\/em\u003e (Fulton J. Sheen)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArchbishop Fulton J. Sheen \u003c\/strong\u003e(1895–1979) was one of the most renowned Catholic priests of the twentieth century. An eminent scholar, prolific author, and natural entertainer, Sheen provided insight into the truth and beauty of the Catholic faith for millions around the world through his scores of books and countless radio and television programs. His cause for canonization was opened in 2002, and in 2012 Pope Benedict XVI declared him “Venerable.” \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback: \u003c\/strong\u003e264pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN: \u003c\/strong\u003e978-1950970025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- \/wp:paragraph --\u003e","brand":"ClunyMedia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35678145872029,"sku":"978-1950970025","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/2329\/5645\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--15560.jpg?v=1778093900"},{"product_id":"the-philosophy-of-science","title":"The Philosophy of Science","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Fulton J. Sheen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Philosophy of Science\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003echallenges a fundamental facet of the modern outlook: that science as such can answer ultimate questions about ourselves, the universe, and God. Disdaining mere discussion or mordant criticism of purely scientific conclusions, Sheen opens science to a realm of thought commonly diminished at best and denigrated at worst: the metaphysical. Metaphysics offers first principles that can produce higher interpretations of scientific facts than either the physical or mathematical theories. The placement of metaphysics in scientific thought does not supplant science, but supplements it with a deeper knowledge of reality.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eFirst published in 1934, \u003ci\u003eThe Philosophy of Science \u003c\/i\u003eis by no means an obsolete study. Articulating the hierarchy of nature and knowledge, Sheen repudiates key elements of the New Atheism movement and offers an invitation to think, to seek, and to study what is true, one, and good—reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArchbishop Fulton J. Sheen\u003c\/b\u003e (1895–1979) was one of the most renowned Catholic priests of the twentieth century. 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Sheen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf God is who he says he is\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e,\u003c\/b\u003e runs a popular objection against Christianity, then why does he permit evil? The answer to this objection, according to Fulton J. Sheen, is simple: “God intended to construct a moral universe.” In doing so, he had to grant freedom to mankind—to endow every man and woman in this universe with the power to do good and avoid evil, “to be captain and master of their own fate and destiny.” When freedom is abused, evil enters in; yet when it is wielded properly, by the grace of God, beatitude is found. With his typical acuity and eloquence, Sheen examines all the pillars of the Christian moral edifice: God himself as the ground of morality; the role of the conscience; the necessity of mortification; the beauty of a retired life; the sanctity of marriage; the fact of sin; the need of redemption; the reality of judgment and purgatory, heaven and hell; and the paradoxical joy of defeat.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eBold is Wisdom’s sweep from world’s end to world’s end, and\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eeverywhere her gracious ordering manifests itself. \u003c\/i\u003e(Wisdom 8:1)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe source of the moral order is God. \u003c\/i\u003e(Fulton J. 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With assurance and conviction, Sheen examines modernity’s problems with reason and religion: first, the history of the abandonment of reason and the final descent into irrationalism; second, a recall to the right use of reason in discovering the existence and nature of God; third, a study of the impact of the physical and historical sciences on religion; and fourth, the value of the new approach to religion from man instead of nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eFirst published in 1948, twenty-five years after Sheen’s reception of the Catholic Uni­versity of Louvain’s prestigious Cardinal Mercier Prize for International Philosophy, \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy of Religion: The Impact of Modern Knowledge on Religion \u003c\/i\u003eis a competent affirmation of the validity and transcendent power of reason not only to know the truth but also to believe and love its very Source.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eReligion would seem to take its name from reading over those things which\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ebelong to Divine worship because we ought frequently to ponder over such\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ethings in our hearts, according to Proverbs, “In all thy ways think on Him.”\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e(Saint Thomas Aquinas)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFulton J. 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