A review of "God Still Matters" by Herbert McCabe

Abstract

Pp. 264. Price ?16.99 stg. Herbert McCabe, who died in 2001, was an outstanding English Dominican scholar and preacher. His working career spanned the entire latter half of the twentieth century and he has left a lasting legacy through his writings, teaching and preaching. His scholarship ranged widely over theology and philosophy, wherein he showed a deep immersion in the thought of St Thomas and the philosophy of Wittgenstein. The current collection of essays and homilies bear witness to the breadth and depth of his scholarship, the lucidity of his expression, the power of his preaching and his passion for social justice. Many will have read his God Matters (1987), a previous collection of essays which he arranged him elf. This present volume is a posthumous collection edited and intro duced by Brian Davies, OP. It follows a very similar format to that of the earlier collection. The essays are grouped under four headings: God; Incarnation and Sacraments; People and Morals; Sermons. In all there are twenty-five pieces.