Forty Reasons I Am a Catholic

No one writes more clearly about the Christian Faith and Catholicism than Peter Kreeft. And so much of it is quotable. A must read for truth seekers and those thinking of converting.

I strongly recommend the reading of this book. It is extremely interesting and conforting. I do hope to see it translated in italian in the near future.

Engaging book with easy to understand reasons why belief in the Catholic faith is easily the most rational choice anyone can make in life!

A must read book.

ABSOLUTE PROS: I haven't purchased an apologetics book for over 10 years. I've read enough to know what I need to know about the trickier components of Catholic theology and have moved on to use my time in more interesting pursuits. Apologetics are incredibly important... but eventually you come to realize that "the truth will defend itself..." and you stop needing books filled with "good continuous-process-of-logically-ordered-argumentation" as Kreeft quipped.So I only bought this book because I'm a Peter Kreeft junkie and find his writing so beautiful and simple, profound and accessible.I love the book. I read it in just over an hour. I want to buy 30 copies of it and hand it off to any person with any shred of honesty who is interested in religious dialogue. The 40 reasons are as profound as "Because I need dogmatic certainty about God, and Christ and salvation" all the way down to "Because of the nouns" and "Because of cathedrals." The book is brilliant in its very simplicity. And for those well-versed in apologetics, this boils all the theological nuances (which are of little interest to the vast majority of laymen) down to extremely attractive, thought-provoking and strong bullet points that can be easily remembered and shared with people in real life and online where the attention span is severely lacking. Can't recommend it enough.SUBJECTIVE CONS: The cover is ugly; I've always disliked that image of Jesus. The title is boring and the book will be overlooked by the many who think they've 'heard it all before...' That said, I don't pretend to have a better title in mind. "I'm Catholic Because of Atheism"? Who knows...OBJECTIVE CON: And it is singular. There was no mention of the Orthodox faiths other than in passing when referencing Dostoevsky and Tolstoy. Now his arguments can be applied to the Orthodox through inference (like the chapter on the Nicene Creed...) but I would've loved to see something very specific that addressed why NOT to choose Orthodox.