
Luddite 90, with Matt Fradd
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10/29/21 • 57 min
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What's new with Pints with Aquinas? How much can one man hate technology? Fradd will show you the way. Also, he's got a new book! Plot twist: it's on St. Thomas Aquinas. Post retwist: it's about Aquinas' prescription on how to be happy.
Special Guest: Matt Fradd.
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Links:
- How To Be Happy: Saint Thomas’ Secret to a Good Life: Matt Fradd: 9781645851318: Amazon.com: Books — In How to Be Happy, author Matt Fradd relies on the help of St. Thomas Aquinas to show what will—and what won't—bring us happiness in this life.
- How to Be Happy: Saint Thomas’ Secret to a Good Life – St. Paul Center — “In a couple of my books, I tried to show that St. Thomas Aquinas is both easy to understand and practical; in this book, Matt Fradd makes him really easy to understand and really practical.” Peter Kreeft, Author of Summa of the Summa, A Shorter Summa, and Practical Theology
- St. Thomas Aquinas On Happiness | With Matt Fradd - YouTube — Matt Fradd joins me today to discuss what St. Thomas Aquinas has to say about being happy. Though he is a towering theological figure, the angelic doctor has a lot to say on the topic. Matt lets us know some of the wisdom from this great saint.
What's new with Pints with Aquinas? How much can one man hate technology? Fradd will show you the way. Also, he's got a new book! Plot twist: it's on St. Thomas Aquinas. Post retwist: it's about Aquinas' prescription on how to be happy.
Special Guest: Matt Fradd.
Sponsored By:
Links:
- How To Be Happy: Saint Thomas’ Secret to a Good Life: Matt Fradd: 9781645851318: Amazon.com: Books — In How to Be Happy, author Matt Fradd relies on the help of St. Thomas Aquinas to show what will—and what won't—bring us happiness in this life.
- How to Be Happy: Saint Thomas’ Secret to a Good Life – St. Paul Center — “In a couple of my books, I tried to show that St. Thomas Aquinas is both easy to understand and practical; in this book, Matt Fradd makes him really easy to understand and really practical.” Peter Kreeft, Author of Summa of the Summa, A Shorter Summa, and Practical Theology
- St. Thomas Aquinas On Happiness | With Matt Fradd - YouTube — Matt Fradd joins me today to discuss what St. Thomas Aquinas has to say about being happy. Though he is a towering theological figure, the angelic doctor has a lot to say on the topic. Matt lets us know some of the wisdom from this great saint.
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