Why the Church?
Description
Giussani begins by focusing on the Church as a community composed of people who are aware of themselves as defined by the gift of the Spirit, from which they derive a new conception of existence, the fruit of conversion. He then describes the Church's developing self-awareness of its dual elements of the human and divine. Concerned with verifying the Church's claim to embody Christ, Giussani situates the locus of verification in human experience, arguing that a different type of life is born in those who try to live the life of the Church. Why the Church? is a seminal study that will engage both the scholar and the general reader.
Details
- Author(s)
- Luigi Giussani
- Format
- Paperback | 288 pages
- Dimensions
- 152 x 229 x 21.84mm | 430.91g
- Publication date
- 02 Mar 2001
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Publication City/Country
- Montreal, Canada
- Language
- English
- ISBN10
- 0773517073
- ISBN13
- 9780773517073
- Bestsellers rank
- 385,270