Galindo, David Rex. To Sin No More: Franciscans and Conversion in the Hispanic World, 1683- 1830. (Book Review)

This book is too important to be missed by readers who wish to understand the philosophy of Wojtyla.Particularly those who are interested in his ethics and anthropology since this brings fresh insights and implications to all his other works if one is only keen enough to observe those effects.In any case, this book is not for a beginner to read, as its dense discussion demands an intermediate understanding of metaphysics and phenomenology, to say the least.The publication of this book is timely in commemoration of the seven-hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the death of St. Thomas Aquinas.In contrast to other claims, in this newly translated work of Wojtyla, it has been clarified to whom Wojtyla went.It was not to Kant nor to Scheler.It was to Thomas.Wojtyla was clearly obedient to the call of Pope Pius XI in Studiorum Ducem when he said: "Go to Thomas, and ask him to give you from his ample store the food of substantial doctrine wherewith to nourish your souls unto eternal life." (Pius XI, Studiourm Ducem, n.28.)With Wojtyla defending the thoughts of Thomas Aquinas, and justifying its importance in the middle of contemporary ethical debates only proves further that the angelic doctor's teachings are ever medieval, ever new.