To give one's life for the work of another
By: Luigi Giussani ; preface by Julián Carrón
Contributors: Carrón Pérez, Julián, writer of preface
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Published: 2022
Place of publication: Montreal; Kingston; London; Chicago
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780228010500; 9780228010494
Subjects: Spiritual exercises; Spiritual life; Catholic Church; Exercices spirituels; Vie spirituelle; Église catholique; Comunione e liberazione
Description: "Father Luigi Giussani engaged tirelessly in educational initiatives throughout the course of his life. Much of his thought was communicated through the richness and rhythm of oral discourse, preserved as audio and video recordings in the archive of the Fraternity of Communion and Liberation in Milan. This volume presents the last three spiritual exercises of the Fraternity of Communion and Liberation, drawing from the transcripts of these recordings. In these exercises Giussani investigates the rise of ethics and the decline of ontology that have accompanied modernity and the spread of rationalism. Bearing up against old age and illness, he resisted the urge to withdraw, instead finding new avenues of communication and the technological means to reach all corners of the movement. To Give One's Life for the Work of Another explores the nature of God, the powerful human experience of self-awareness, and the fundamental components of Christianity, in the unmistakable voice of a consummate teacher. At a time when young people are abandoning the church and questioning the value of faith, Father Giussani's method of judging and verifying Christianity as an experience is a timeless intervention."--
Table of contents: title: Cover; title: TO GIVE ONE'S LIFE FOR THE WORK OF ANOTHER; title: Title; title: Copyright; title: Contents; title: Preface: "Christ Is the Life of My Life"; title: Editorial Note; title: YOU OR ABOUT FRIENDSHIP (1997); title: Introduction; title: "God Is All in All"; title: 1. A New Beginning: Ontology; title: 2. Two Temptations: Nihilism and Pantheism; title: 3. The Existence of the I; title: 4. Asking for Being; title: 5. The Choice of Extraneousness; title: "Christ Is All and in All"; title: 1. Nature and Destiny of the Person; title: 2. The Imitation of Christ; title: 3. God is Father; title: 4. Jesus' Behaviour towards the Father; title: 5. From Friendship to Morality; title: 6. Light, Strength, and Help; title: 7. Within the World History: Ecumenism and Peace; title: Assembly; title: Christ the Life of Life; title: 1. "He Did and Taught"; title: 2. An Event in the Present; title: THE MIRACLE OF A CHANGE (1998); title: God and Existence; title: 1. A Problem of Knowledge; title: 2. Experience and Reason; title: 3. Three Serious Reductions; title: 4. The Corruption of Religiosity; title: 5. Tradition and Charism; title: Faith in God Is Faith in Christ; title: 1. A New Mentality; title: 2. A Faith Emptied Out: The "Five Withouts" of Modern Rationalism; title: 3. A New Morality; title: Assembly; title: "Only Wonder Leads to Knowing"; title: CHRIST IS ALL AND IN ALL (1999); title: A Decisive Word for Existence; title: 1. The Need for and Evidence of Belonging; title: 2. The Denial of Belonging and its Consequences; title: 3. The Historicity of Belonging; title: If One Is in Christ, He Is a New Creation; title: 1. The Event of a New Humanity; title: 2. The Aim of Belonging; title: Assembly and Synthesis; title: SPEECHES AND GREETINGS (2000-2004); title: 2000 "What Is Man and How Does He Come to Know It?"; title: 2001 "Abraham: The Birth of the I"; title: 2002 "The Life I Now Live in the Flesh, I Live by Faith in the Son of God"; title: 2004 "The Destiny of Man"; title: Notes