On human being
Subtitle: a spiritual anthropology
By: Olivier Clément ; foreword by George A. Maloney ; [translated by Jeremy Hummerstone]
Publisher: New City Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 155
ISBN-13: 9781565481435
Subjects: Man (Christian theology); Philosophical anthropology; Theological anthropology; Christianity
Work titles: Questions sur l'homme
Description: When the author of the widely-acclaimed Roots of Christian Mysticism thinks about human nature, its challenges, problems, joys and fulfillment, he does so with originality. At the same time, his thought is rooted in the experience of the early Christian centuries. The result is a book that sees humanity in fundamentally spiritual terms. Clement begins by exploring a response to the dysfunctional aspects of nature, and then looks at how we are persons made in the image of the divine and in communion with one another; in the light of what emerges, the author discovers fresh understandings of sexuality, politics, the role of humanity in the cosmos and the power of beauty; his discussion ends with facing our society's unmentionable question: death.
Notes: Originally published in French as: Questions sur l'homme by Editions Anne Sigier, Sainte-Foy, 1986.