Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take
Senses of Tradition
John E. Thiel · 2000
74/100
👍 Worth It
A Modern Theology reviewer called this the finest piece of constructive theology they had read in years, and the comparison to Newman's development-of-doctrine essay is not hyperbole — this is serious, rigorous scholarship that addresses a genuinely difficult problem in Catholic thought. The catch is that it earns every word of its academic-specialist audience warning; anyone without substantial theology training will not get far.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety88
substance90
craft82
originality85
accuracy88
hype78
age-fit55
human-eye72
Penny’s verdict74
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