Is It Possible to Live This Way? : An Unusual Approach to Christian Existence

Giussani, Luigi/ Zucchi, John

McGill-Queen's University Press（2009/09発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 160 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780773535145
• DDC分類 230

Full Description

This volume of Is It Possible to Live this Way, a translation of Luigi Giussani's Si Può Vivere Così?, addresses the virtue of charity. A compilation of Giussani's conversations with young people who have chosen the path of the consecrated life in the Church - that is, have chosen to live their lives in the world according to the "evangelical counsels" of poverty, chastity, and obedience - it proposes an unusual yet reasonable approach to living as a Christian. As in all his works, Giussani encourages young people to be serious about their own existence and loyal to their experience. The conversations reported here are fascinating and insightful, providing support for a way of life that today is frequently questioned, rejected, or censured.

Contents

Note on the Translation; By Way of Introduction 1 Charity 1 The Intimacy of a Presence That Faith Recognizes; 2 Charity: Gift of the Self, Moved; 3 Perfect Like Your Heavenly Father; 4 Morality Is to Imitate God in Charity; Assembly on Charity 2 Sacrifice 1 The Value of Sacrifice; 2 What Sacrifice Consists of; 3 The Truest Sacrifice Is to Recognize a Presence; 4 The Sacrifice of Faith and the Charism; Assembly on Sacrifice 3 Virginity 1 Called for a Task; 2 Through Sacrifice, the Hundred-Fold; Assembly on Virginity Notes; Index to Volumes 1, 2, and 3