{"product_id":"on-being-human-9780385184694","title":"On Being Human","description":"For almost thirty years Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen adressed the problems and preoccupations of life in a weekly column called \"Bishop Sheen Writes,\" offering advice, solace, and the wisdom of experience. \u003ci\u003eOn Being Human \u003c\/i\u003eis a collection of 117 of the best of these, culled from among more than a thousand which appeared in dozens of newspapers from 1949 to 1977. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere are Bishop Sheen's thoughts on such subjects as the relationship between God and man, the quest for holiness, the pain of the human condition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere are the fruits of lifelong meditation jon love, reason, the family, charity, freedom, education -- in short, upon the world as we live in it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere is practical advice on how to deal with sex, with egotism, even with the atomic bomb. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere, above all, is the luminescence of belief in and commitment to humanity in all its many manifestations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFulton J. Sheen died in 1979 at the age of eighty-four. A priest for sixty years, he successfully pursued careers in television, radio, public speaking, preaching, and writing. One of the most celebrated of twentieth-century Catholics, he has left behind a priceless legacy of enduring love. His scores of books include \u003ci\u003ePeace of Soul\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Power of Love\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLife Is Worth Living\u003c\/i\u003e, and his posthumously published autobiography, \u003ci\u003eTreasure in Clay\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50323951845650,"sku":"9780385184694","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_aefab6bc-bf3a-4c64-bd75-949d0d1ac2e2.jpg?v=1727662642","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/on-being-human-9780385184694","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}