"This is the most user-friendly and lucidly written introduction to theological study I have read. Every new theology student should have a copy. Fr. Nichols manages to explain complex concepts in a way that clarifies their meaning without oversimplification. It's also a beautiful piece of writing and a pleasure to read." -- Professor Tracey Rowland , St. John Paul II Chair of Theology, University of Notre Dame (Australia); Member, International Theological Commission "This is a worthy sequel to Father Nichols' Chalice of God . With clarity and brevity, he skillfully holds together elements that are often set in opposition: metaphysics and hermeneutics, scientia and mystical experience, cataphasis and apophasis, theological unity and theological pluralism, analogy of being and analogy of faith, tradition as deposit and tradition as event, historical criticism and Christocentric exegesis, and so on.

The result is a profound primer on the tasks and exercise of Catholic theology." -- Matthew Levering , James N. and Mary D. Perry Jr. Chair of Theology, Mundelein Seminary.