Why Priests?: A Failed Tradition, Library Edition

from nmele

The real question is, Why this book? Wills basic argument is that Jesus did not create a priesthood...duh! I don't know of any Scripture scholar who would argue that did, and many point out that Jesus challenged the power structures of his society, including the Levitical priesthood. Wills argume...

from joeydag

An interesting, revolutionary idea from an elderly Roman Catholic, but this is a very pedantic study of the idea of the priest in the church. I would have like a study to trace the development of priests in history rather than an analysis of the theology of the eucharist and Letter to the Hebrews...

from Doondeck

Wills goes to extraordinary length to establish his thesis that priests are unnecessary. Rendering Letter to Hebrews invalid and more than I ever wanted to know about Melchisidech. Not his best effort.

from CateK

A disappointing book. I was looking forward to a thoughtful, reasoned argument, and instead found a polemic, in the worst sense of the word.

from nbmars

Gary Wills is a self-professed Roman Catholic who knows a great deal about the bible and church history. He is Jesuit-educated, spent five years in a Catholic seminary, and genuinely likes many priests. However, in his latest book, Why Priests? A Failed Tradition, he challenges not only the autho...