Where are the helpers?
Subtitle: charity and spirituality
By: Paul Josef Cordes ; foreword by Pope Benedict XVI ; with contributions by Pope Benedict XVI ... [et al.] and witnesses of charitable engagement worldwide as presented by Alexander Smoltcyzk ; translated with the assistance of James D. Mixson.
Contributors: Benedict XVI, Pope, 1927-; Smoltczyk, Alexander, 1958-; Mixson, James D.
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Notre Dame, Ind
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
ISBN-13: 9780268023690
Subjects: Catholic Church. -- Pope (2005- : Benedict XVI); Catholic Church -- Doctrines; Love -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church
Work titles: Helfer fallen nicht vom Himmel.
Description: "On December 25, 2005, Pope Benedict XVI published Deus caritas est ("God Is Love"), the first encyclical of his papacy. In Part I, Benedict XVI analyzes human and divine love in terms of eros and agape; presenting love as a fundamental force, Benedict argues that in the Christian, biblical understanding, love is a single reality with many dimensions. He declares to the world that "the love which God lavishes upon us and which we in turn must share with others" also carries cultural, political, and legal implications, arising from the fact that "love of God and love of neighbor" are "inseparable" and form a single commandment." "Caritas, the "practice" of love of neighbor, is the theme of the second part of the encyclical. As Cardinal Cordes explains, "the encyclical represents the Magna carta of our work: to orient and to inspire the charitable work of the Catholic Church." In this volume, Cardinal Cordes offers his own studies and other reflections that investigate the meaning of Christian help, comment on the theological, spiritual, and canonical guidelines of Deus caritas est, and illustrate concrete ways to help the needy and, in doing so, experience the goodness of God."--Jacket.
Table of contents: title: A glimpse of heaven / Paul Josef Cordes; title: On the encyclical God is love / Pope Benedict XVI; title: Religion : the Cinderella of charitable programs / Paul Josef Cordes; title: Concepts of anthropology and motivation / Udio Di Fabio; title: Working in the name of the Christian faith / Paul Josef Cordes; title: I want to be with you : witnesses of engagement worldwide / presented by Alexander Smoltczyk, [et al.]; title: A paradigm shift : the aims of caritas and its agents / Paul Josef Cordes; title: Loopholes in the law : where is caritas in canon law? / Paul Josef Cordes; title: The church, love, and power / Manfred Løtz; title: The American proposition and the future of Catholic charity / Charles J. Chaput.