Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take
On Prayer and the Contemplative Life
St Thomas Aquinas · 2017
70/100
👍 Worth It
Aquinas at his systematic best is a rigorous and rewarding encounter with one of the greatest theological minds in history — but this is dense scholastic theology, not a warm devotional. Readers who approach it as a primary source text rather than a spiritual self-help book will find it genuinely illuminating. Those seeking accessible prayer guidance should look elsewhere first.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety98
substance88
craft60
originality90
accuracy90
hype80
age-fit72
human-eye65
Penny’s verdict70
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