A experiência humana da morte e a esperança cristã no testemunho de Edith Stein = The Human Experience of Death and the Christian Hope in the Testimony of Edith Stein
Aware of its finitude, the human person carries within himself the will of eternity. With the perception of being finite, the human being understands that living entails dying. In different instances, contemporary society has avoided awareness of finitude, generating beings who act as unlimited. The...
| Subtitles: | The Human Experience of Death and the Christian Hope in the Testimony of Edith Stein |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | Portuguese |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2016
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Teocomunicação
Year: 2016, Volume: 46, Issue: 2, Pages: 165-173 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KDB Roman Catholic Church NBE Anthropology |
| Further subjects: | B
Death. Finitude. Eternity. Christian Hope. Edith Stein
B Morte. Finitude. Eternidade. Esperança Cristã. Edith Stein |
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| Summary: | Aware of its finitude, the human person carries within himself the will of eternity. With the perception of being finite, the human being understands that living entails dying. In different instances, contemporary society has avoided awareness of finitude, generating beings who act as unlimited. The search for the significance of death also provokes the questioning of the meaning of life. The present article addresses the human experience as pedagogy, a leading way to the meaning of death in the light of Christianity. In order to do this, it analyzes in the Christian essence the value of conversion, communion and eternal hope. As an illustration of this process, the text briefly investigates the experience of death in the testimony of conversion and martyrdom of the German philosopher EdithStein (1891-1942). Edith Stein has had her life interrupted at Auschwitz during World War II. The hybrid of Stein’s life and work carries the mark of the period between wars, pointing to the nonnegotiable value of human’s life and the truth of faith. United to the cross of Christ, comprehended as the Incarnated, Dead and Resurrected went along a meaningful path with the certainty that the glory of the resurrection passes through the saviour meaning of the cross. Consciente de sua finitude, a pessoa humana traz em si a vontade de eternidade. Com a percepção de ser finito, o ser humano compreende que o viver comporta o morrer. Em diferentes instâncias, a sociedade contemporânea tem evitado a consciência de finitude, gerando seres que agem como ilimitados. A busca pela significância da morte, provoca também, o questionamento sobre o sentido da vida. O presente artigo aborda a experiência humana como uma pedagogia, um caminho condutor ao sentido da morte à luz do cristianismo. Para isso, analisa na essência cristã o valor da conversão, da comunhão e da esperança eterna. Como ilustração desse processo, o texto faz uma breve investigação sobre a experiência da morte no testemunho de conversão e martírio da filósofa alemã Edith Stein (1891-1942). Edith Stein tem sua vida interrompida em Auschwitz durante a II Guerra Mundial. O híbrido vida e obra steiniana carrega a marca do período entre guerras, pontando para o valor inegociável da vida humana e pela verdade da fé. Unida a cruz de Cristo, a quem compreendeu como o Verbo Encarnado, Morto e Ressuscitado, percorreu o caminho do sentido com a certeza de que a glória da ressurreição, passa pelo significado salvífico da cruz. |
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| ISSN: | 1980-6736 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Teocomunicação
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.15448/1980-6736.2016.2.29243 |