Genesis Regained

by Frank Sheed

Book by F. J. Sheed

182 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1969

About the author

Francis Joseph Sheed was an Australian-born lawyer, Catholic writer, publisher, speaker, and lay theologian. He and his wife Maisie Ward were famous in their day as the names behind the imprint Sheed & Ward and as forceful public lecturers in the Catholic Evidence Guild.

Reviews

[Andrew Scott · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fascinating on the context of Genesis; both how it reflected and used themes from other cultures and early mythologies, and also how it differed - what is unique. I was less enthused at Sheed's attempting to soften the Church's teaching (eg Humani Generis) about our original parents: it seems to me that he was attempting to reconcile it with a particular evolutionary understanding that was present when he wrote, but has been superceded since - that it was impossible that we are all descended from one original pair of parents. Now scientists seem a lot happier with that proposition; it was our understanding of science that needed to develop, not the Church's teaching (as so often proves to be the case...)