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Available
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Publication
San Francisco : Ignatius Press, c2000.
Physical description
125 p.; 19 cm
User reviews
LibraryThing member allenkeith
This is an excellent book for both the beginner and the more advanced. Like most others of Peter Kreeft's books it is written with both clarity and cogency. He gets to the point. There are 18 very brief chapters that draw you along from one chapter to the next. Even the most experienced will have a
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gain by reading this book. If it's not a classic he may become one as it ought. Show Less
LibraryThing member nicholasjjordan
Exactly as the title promises, for beginners and for helping people begin praying. This is a beautiful and perfect little book, one of those you can't read slowly enough. I drew on it to lead a church small group in developing disciplined prayer habits.
One little warning: hard-line Protestants may
One little warning: hard-line Protestants may
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find it too Catholic. Purgatory and Mary and the saints all show up early. But that really shouldn't dissuade you from a great little book. Show Less
LibraryThing member bookwyrmm
Some good thoughts, some I am not sure of, but the big issue was the narrator just did not fit - her accent took away from when Kreeft talked about being American and her voice was very zen, making the whole book sound like a long meditation.
Original publication date
2000
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