Matt Fradd is a Catholic author and the creator and host of Pints With Aquinas.
His Aquinas reading guide offers a path into the saint’s thought, with books for newcomers as well as more experienced readers.
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Aquinas offers a compact presentation of Christian teaching. A concentrated encounter with his theology rather than an abridgment written by a later commentator.
Aquinas develops an extended account of truths about God and creation, using philosophical argument alongside discussion of revealed teaching.
Chesterton introduces Thomas Aquinas through a lively portrait of his character and thought. An inviting doorway into a much larger philosophical world.
Aquinas’s catechetical teaching introduces central prayers and articles of Christian belief.
A compact introduction to Aquinas’s life, thought and intellectual setting.
A brief selection from Aquinas’s Summa Theologiae with guidance from Peter Kreeft. Distinct from Aquinas’s own Compendium of Theology.
Selected passages of Aquinas’s Summa Theologiae with explanatory material from Peter Kreeft.
A dialogue introduces Aquinas’s arguments for God through questions and objections.
An introduction to Aquinas’s metaphysics and philosophy of God. Fradd cautions that the title does not imply light reading.
Selections introduce Aquinas’ writing across philosophical and theological questions, offering a starting point before approaching his larger works.