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Title: Understanding "Our Father": Biblical Reflections on the Lord's Prayer by Scott Hahn ISBN: 1-931018-15-4 Publisher: Emmaus Road Publishing, Inc. Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Powerful aid to prayer with startling & worthwhile insights
Comment: "Understanding 'Our Father'" provides some startling and worthwhile insights that can serve as powerful aids to prayers. This is a book to rouse you from the drone of repetition and guide you into the depths of Christ's own prayer. Scott Hahn has helped to acquaint many a Catholic with the finer points of Bible study. A gifted teacher, he has a knack for making the dull vivid and the complex simple. Here he unpacks the theological and biblical meaning of each phrase of the Lord's Prayer -- and reveals what he terms the "inner logic" of this most fundamental of prayers.
Throughout, Hahn, professor of Theology and Scripture at the Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio develops and draws from his trademark brand of covenant theology, according to which the Trinity creates a family bond with us, the members of Christ's Body. Hahn also points to healthy human father-children bonds but doesn't forget those who've had bad experiences with their earthly fathers and now have difficulty accepting the authority of any "father figure" -- including God the Father. Catholic Tradition, he points out, "tells us we must go beyond our earthly experiences and memories of fatherhood. God is more unlike than like any human father, patriarch or paternal figure."
The book is written in Hahn's usual energetic, conversational style. The chapters are peppered with playful subheads -- "Send in the Crowns," "From Heir to Eternity" among them. Sometimes I feel like I shouldn't laugh; it only encourages him. Then again the professor's peculiar penchant for puns does serve a useful purpose: it provides a steady stream of mnemonic doctrine-remembrance devices. It's worth noting here than only the first half of the book is written by Hahn. The rest of the pages offer commentaries on the Lord's Prayer by four Church Fathers: Sts. Augustine, John Chrysostom, Cyril of Jerusalem, and Cyprian.
Rating: 3
Summary: Not that great...
Comment: I'm sure that when Steve Wood, Benedict Groeschel and the rest of the gang got together on May 10, 2003, to submit reviews of this Scott Hahn book (see the reviews below this one), they meant well. Of course they did.
The problem is, this book just ain't that great.
The first problem is that only half of it is by Scott Hahn. The book's second half consists of excerpts from an antique translation of four Church Fathers. Although Augustine and Chrysostom have some great things to say, the other two have less value. Moreover, you can find these writings on the web at no charge -- they're in the public domain. That means you're paying $... for 76 pages of new material by Scott Hahn.
Another problem is that Hahn's writings in this book don't seem to have anything to do with the patristic writings. Although both the Church Fathers and Scott Hahn have recognizably Catholic points of view, they are very *different* points of view. That means that Scott Hahn has basically done nothing to show what his family-covenant theology has to do with patristic theology, as represented by the excerpts in this book.
A third problem is Hahn's puns. They are quite irritating.
A fourth problem is with Hahn's commentary on "On Earth as it is in heaven." He writes from the same perspective he used in his book on Revelation and the Mass . . . but he makes no effort to show that that's what this verse of the Lord's Prayer is actually referring to. Hahn seems to be free-associating here.
Those are the problems. That still leaves a lot of good stuff. The rest of Hahn's commentary on the Lord's Prayer is easy to read, inspirational and insightful. If you can borrow a copy, I recommend reading it.
If you want to read what the Church Fathers say about the Lord's Prayer, however, I recommend tracking down (probably in a good Catholic library) more recent translations. If you want the 19th century public domain translations, you can find them quite easily with a good search engine.
Rating: 5
Summary: A book that deepens your faith & transforms your family life
Comment: This is a great book for all Catholics, but it is an essential book for Catholic fathers, like me. At the center of the modern crisis in family life is a crisis of genuine fatherhood. The essence of restoring fatherhood is turning the hearts of fathers back to God the Father. The renewal of family life will proceed from the renewal of our life with the Father. Read this important slowly and prayerfully. It will deepen your faith and transform your family life
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Title: Lord, Have Mercy: The Healing Power of Confession by Scott Hahn ISBN: 0385501706 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 18 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Lamb's Supper : Experiencing the Mass by Scott Hahn ISBN: 0385496591 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 09 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: A Father Who Keeps His Promises: God's Covenant Love in Scripture by Scott Hahn ISBN: 0892838299 Publisher: Charis Books Pub. Date: March, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.99 |
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Title: First Comes Love: Finding Your Family in the Church and the Trinity by Scott Hahn ISBN: 0385496613 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 07 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Hail, Holy Queen by Scott Hahn ISBN: 0385501684 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 17 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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