Radcliffe's Choice : selected readings

On Wednesday this past week Pope Benedict suggested we read the Bible.

A suggestion echoed by renowned preacher, Dominican Timothy Radcliffe who gets quizzed by Veronica Scarisbrick as to what young people might read :

"...If we were to take something biblical I would say read the second half of the Prophet Isaiah, it's so wonderful, it's exuberant, it's immensely human. I also utterly love Saint Augustine. I think his 'Confessions' are amazing, I think that he has a humanity which bowls one over. I think I would suggest something today more modern... you could do far worse than read a book by my Irish brother, Paul Murray who teaches here in Rome and is a poet. He's written a wonderful one on Dominican spirituality. I think Paul Murray would be someone I would point to. Finally..one of my brethren ..Herbert McCabe . Herbert had a passion I think for theology and he made it always so exciting..there's a little collection of his works called 'God Christ and us' ...."

Listen to Father Timothy Radcliffe who also happens to be an award winning author himself. Among his works are two books: 'What's the point of being a Christian?' and ' Why go to Church?'.

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