NF

An all-around decent and easy to understand apologetics book. Keating has a very "no nonsense" style of writing -- he tells the truth like it is and does not worry about what one may think. For this book's purposes, his voice works well to defend Catholic customs and beliefs that have been under attack by various groups.

While I personally like Keating, I wouldn't necessarily recommend him immediately to someone who knows absolutely nothing about Catholicism. There are other authors who can introduce one to the truths of Catholicism in a gentler yet, honest tone. Rather, I would recommend this to Catholics seeking to understand traditions in their faith better as well as those who take issue with Catholic beliefs and seek to understand why we believe what we do. ( )

Karl Keating has done a good job at taken the most common misconceptions that people have about the Catholic Church and placed it in an easy to find format. This book is perfect if you have not studied Catholic Doctrine. It will help you understand Catholics if your Protestant; and if Catholic it will be of aid in helping you answer the most common questions you will be asked by non-Catholics.

He starts off with a small quiz in the front of the book. To show how little everyone who picks the book up really knows about Catholic Doctrine. If he was trying to prove his point, I think he chose the wrong questions. They were all too easy to answer correctly. But I got his point.

I do recommend that all Christians, or anyone who wants to understand the Catholic Faith, pick up this book that has not studied doctrine. ( )

The popular apologist and best-selling author of Catholicism and Fundamentalism addresses fifty-two of the most common misconceptions about the Catholic Faith that are held by many Catholics and Protestants. Drawing upon Scripture and the Catholic tradition, he not only shows the logical errors in these positions but clearly spells out Catholic teaching and explains the rationale behind frequently misunderstood doctrines and practices. An excellent guide to what Catholics really believe and why.