Reading Assignment:
Read Chapters 27 of Theology and Sanity, “Habituation to Man”—pp. 371-382.
Questions:
- In what way is man extraordinary, according to Sheed? (pp.372-3)
- Why is all the excitement of our universe centered in man? (p.373)
- List the two pairs of facts that Sheed says summarize the truth about all men. (p.374)
- What is never lost in the Church’s fellowship? (Hint: Who is never lost?) (p. 374)
- How do Protestantism and Secularism deal with the facts from question 3 above? (pp. 374-5)
- What does Sheed mean when he says “the only home left for personality is the Church? (p. 375)
- What does it mean to say “man is a union of spirit and matter”? Why is it not enough to simply know the definition of man? (pp. 377-9)
- How does the conflict between rationality and animality lead to perversion and depravity, which we wrongly call “animal”? (p.381)
- Why should we not judge others? (p.381)
Reflection Questions:
- Writing about the uniqueness of man, C.S. Lewis once said that “we have never met a mere mortal”. If that’s true, how might that affect the way we interact with others? The way we treat ourselves?
- What are some of the cultural/political/technological ramifications of a belief in the uniqueness of mankind and of each individual? Is it an accident that the Christian West produced hospitals, universities, and democratic states?
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