The Usual Suspects – Answering Anti-Catholic Fundamentalists

The Usual Suspects Answering Anti Catholic Fundamentalists

The author of the perennial best-seller, Catholicism and Fundamentalism, presents here, not so much a sequel, as a supplement to the first groundbreaking work. In the first book, Keating gave a panoramic view of the attack on "Romanism" by "Bible Christians", highlighting prominent anti-Catholic individuals and organizations and discussing at length controverted doctrines. Here he presents snapshots, individualized portraits — some larger, some smaller — of arguments and people opposed to the Catholic faith.

User Ratings and Reviews

4 Stars Good overview
This latest book is a good overview of the different attacks made on the Faith, from the reasonably intellectual to the unreasonably ridiculous. I agree that there needs to be a more cogent and prominent "counter apologetics" and am glad to see that slowly that counter apologetic is being raised. This book is a good way to see what the "opposition" is up to.

4 Stars Keating: To The Point
"The Usual Suspects: Answering Anti-Catholic Fundamentalists" by Keating is a good first book for Catholics to read in order to answer attacks on their religion. He covers most of the usual subjects and does it in a concise and even-handed way. My biggest complaint is that occassionally, he writes as though we were all theologians…and then it's a tough read.

5 Stars Good information
What makes this book particularly valuable is the chapter on page 275 entitled "Three against one." The book shows how devious evangelicals are. In addressing the debate between Walter Martin and Father Pacwa on the John Ankerberg show, the book notes that the debate was severely edited beyond recognition. This wasn't Walter Martin's fault, it was John Ankerberg's fault. Ankerberg never let the true debate leave the editing room. Without this chapter, the book merits only three stars.

The weakness of the book is that it doesn't properly criticize evangelicals. It fails to address the Fabian origin of evangelicalism and fails to note that the Southern Baptist convention, along with Free Methodist and Anglicanism and so on are controlled by Freemasons. (The fabians published the Scofield reference bible at Oxford). It fails to pinpoint the Christian zionism of the evangelicals and modern protestant churches. These issues are at the heart of why protestantism is in theological error and, for that matter, political error.

2 Stars Much ado and little substance
I approach Mr. Keating's books with great hopes, but always come away disappointed. The book does address many of the standard attacks against the Catholic faith, but too many of the "opponents" are presented as straw-men. The book has too much of the spit and polish of professional debaters and too little of the humilty and understanding that should be present in books of religious discourse. Mr. Keating presents many of his arguments as if he were arguing which pizza topping was better, green peppers or mushrooms. The book is useful in providing good footnotes for original sources.

5 Stars educational and funny
this is the best apologetics book I have read in years. the content is very educational and eye opening. the humor was much appreciated and the language was very precise. I can't wait to read it again.

Buy/More Info

Sphere: Related Content

Related posts:

1. Catholic Answers to Fundamentalists Questions – Revised, Expanded And Referenced to the Catechism of the Catholic Church
2. Born Fundamentalist – Born Again Catholic
3. Born Fundamentalist Born Again Catholic
4. Reasons to Believe – How to Understand Explain and Defend the Catholic Faith
5. United States Catholic Catechism for Adults
6. Answering the New Atheism – Dismantling Dawkins Case Against God
7. Leaving The Fold: Testimonies Of Former Fundamentalists
8. Answering the Objections of Atheists Agnostics and Skeptics
9. Return to Rome Confessions of an Evangelical Catholic
10. Leaving The Fold – Testimonies Of Former Fundamentalists

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Leave a Reply

Click here to cancel reply.

Name (required)

Mail (will not be published) (required)

IMPORTANT NOTE: We welcome and encourage comments. However, we are receiving many 'junk comments' from people looking for back links. As of noon, November 16, 2009, comment submission authors must use a name. For example, names such as 'Payday Loans' or 'Home Accessories' will be deleted. You may continue to link to your website, but we want names (pen names are all right). Additionally, only substantive comments that have to do with the content of the article will be accepted. Comments such as 'Nice post, thanks,' will be deleted. Comments that link to pornographic or hate sites will also be deleted.

Website

By submitting a comment here you grant this site a perpetual license to reproduce your words and name/web site in attribution. While we offer immediate approval of comments that are not screened as spam, we reserve the right to delete your comment pursuant to the site's terms, conditions and policies. GOD DISCUSSION RESERVES THE RIGHT TO DELETE OR EDIT COMMENTS FOR ANY REASON, WITHOUT NOTICE, including without limitation grammar errors, "trolling" and spamming.

Security Code: