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About the Author
Roger W. Nutt
is Provost of Ave Maria University, where he is also Professor of Theology and Co-Director of the Aquinas Center for Theological Renewal. He is the author of many articles and book chapters on Christology and Sacramental Theology. His books include Thomas Aquinas: De Unione Verbi Incarnati, General Principles of Sacramental Theology, and To Die Is Gain: A Theological (re-)Introduction to the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick for Clergy, Laity, Caregivers, and Everyone Else. He is also co-editor of many volumes on the theology of St. Thomas Aquinas, including Thomism and Predestination: Principles and Disputations; Thomas Aquinas and the Greek Fathers; Thomas Aquinas, Biblical Theologian; and Thomas Aquinas and the Crisis of Christology.
What People Are Saying
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“This is an important book about an important, but poorly understood, sacrament. What could be more significant than serious illness and the proximity of death? What could be more important than bringing the healing grace of Christ to the seriously ill? Dr. Nutt has written a book that is theologically sound, pastorally sensitive, and spiritually rooted in the hope of Christ’s Resurrection and ours. While based on the most solid scholarship it is easily accessible to the average reader. We all know someone—not to mention ourselves—who needs a deeper understanding of the great gift of the Anointing of the Sick.”
Ralph Martin
Sacred Heart Major Seminary
“In To Die Is Gain, Dr. Roger Nutt offers his reader an impressive and theologically insightful account of the nature of the Sacrament of Anointing and its broader place in a Catholic understanding of life and death in Jesus Christ. Beginning with the universal experience of death, Nutt traces the outlines of a Christian anthropology of death within the frame of the paschal mystery, illuminating the fittingness of the signs and effects of the Sacrament of Anointing in light of this salvific reality. This book will no doubt be of great value to all who desire to deepen their appreciation for the theological and pastoral significance of the Church’s sacramental encounter with the perennial realities of sin and death that mark the human experience.”
Fr. Reginald Lynch, OP
Dominican Province of St. Joseph
“This is simply the best book I've read on the Anointing of the Sick. The author is a scholar’s scholar, but he writes here with clarity and practicality that both pastors and lay readers will appreciate. The anointing—which is perhaps the most neglected and misunderstood sacrament—should be an important element in any serious Catholic’s spirituality. Read this book, and your gain will be incalculable.”
Scott W. Hahn
Franciscan University of Steubenville
“This is an important book about an important, but poorly understood, sacrament. What could be more significant than serious illness and the proximity of death? What could be more important than bringing the healing grace of Christ to the seriously ill? Dr. Nutt has written a book that is theologically sound, pastorally sensitive, and spiritually rooted in the hope of Christ’s Resurrection and ours. While based on the most solid scholarship it is easily accessible to the average reader. We all know someone—not to mention ourselves—who needs a deeper understanding of the great gift of the Anointing of the Sick.”
Ralph Martin
Sacred Heart Major Seminary
“In To Die Is Gain, Dr. Roger Nutt offers his reader an impressive and theologically insightful account of the nature of the Sacrament of Anointing and its broader place in a Catholic understanding of life and death in Jesus Christ. Beginning with the universal experience of death, Nutt traces the outlines of a Christian anthropology of death within the frame of the paschal mystery, illuminating the fittingness of the signs and effects of the Sacrament of Anointing in light of this salvific reality. This book will no doubt be of great value to all who desire to deepen their appreciation for the theological and pastoral significance of the Church’s sacramental encounter with the perennial realities of sin and death that mark the human experience.”
Fr. Reginald Lynch, OP
Dominican Province of St. Joseph
“This is simply the best book I've read on the Anointing of the Sick. The author is a scholar’s scholar, but he writes here with clarity and practicality that both pastors and lay readers will appreciate. The anointing—which is perhaps the most neglected and misunderstood sacrament—should be an important element in any serious Catholic’s spirituality. Read this book, and your gain will be incalculable.”
Scott W. Hahn
Franciscan University of Steubenville
“This is an important book about an important, but poorly understood, sacrament. What could be more significant than serious illness and the proximity of death? What could be more important than bringing the healing grace of Christ to the seriously ill? Dr. Nutt has written a book that is theologically sound, pastorally sensitive, and spiritually rooted in the hope of Christ’s Resurrection and ours. While based on the most solid scholarship it is easily accessible to the average reader. We all know someone—not to mention ourselves—who needs a deeper understanding of the great gift of the Anointing of the Sick.”
Ralph Martin
Sacred Heart Major Seminary
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