Peace of Soul: Timeless Wisdom on Finding Serenity and Joy by the Century's Most Acclaimed Catholic Bishop Book

I am tempted to compare Fulton J. Sheen to Gearge Bernard Shaw, the author of Major Barbra. In the book, Shaw stipulates a number of ideologies which he supports. He delves into an array of topics including socialism, economic empowerment, confession, salvation army and religion as a whole.

Mr. Sheen also touches on these topics. He investigates them in detail. Also he looks at how man has transformed his behavior around such ideologies. He explores the reality of religion and compares them with secular justifications of the human behavior.

The difference between good and evil is studied. The world's indulgence of evil is considered in great detail. He believes that man should judge his behavior through the mirror of the bible. God in His wisdom has recorded a guideline to determine our actions. In contrast, secular education and philosophers also offer alternatives to which our behavior can be judged. Our environment, sexuality, the unconscious mind are some of the factors that determine our actions and destiny.

Fulton Sheen disagrees with the propounders of these philosophies especially Freud who argues that our actions are majorly determined by our sexuality. He gets his philosophy from the greek tragedy 'Oedipus'. He kills his father in order to marry his mother. The converse is known as the electra complex where the reverse happens with the daughter killing her mother to marry her father.

He also analyses phycoanalysis and the religious equivalent of confession thtouhh the examination of ones soul. He believes that the theory of psychoanalysis should not be limited to the examination of ones unconscious mind but to the examination of the conscious mind. Our actions are to be judged in light of God's word. Absolute freedom means absolute tyranny as stated by Dostoevsky and should be discouraged.

All in all, it is clear from Sheen's writings that every man is responsible for his or her actions.