
The Religious Sense
McGill-Queen's University Press
Published on 16. October 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
184 pages
978-0-7735-1626-7 (ISBN)
Description
Giussani challenges us to penetrate the deepest levels of experience to discover our essential selves, breaking through the layers of opinions and judgments that have obscured our true needs. Asserting that all the tools necessary for self-discovery are inherent within us, he focuses primarily on reason, not as narrowly defined by modern philosophers, but as an openness to existence, a capacity to comprehend and affirm reality in all of its dimensions. Part of the so-called new religious revival, The Religious Sense avoids any sentimental or irrational reduction of the religious experience. It is a forthright and refreshing call to reassess our lives.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Montreal
Canada
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Weight
232 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7735-1626-7 (9780773516267)
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Persons
Monsignor Luigi Giussani (1922-2005) was the founder of the Catholic lay movement Communion and Liberation in Italy. His works are available in over twenty languages and include the trilogy The Religious Sense, At the Origin of the Christian Claim, and Wh CA