Disarming Beauty: Essays on Faith, Truth, and Freedom

Disarming Beauty is the English translation of an engaging and thought-provoking collection of essays by one of the principal Catholic leaders and intellectuals in the world today. Adapted from talks given by Fr. Carr#65533;n, these essays have been thoroughly reworked by the author to offer an orga...

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Main Author: Carrón, Julián (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Notre Dame IN University of Notre Dame Press 2017
In:Year: 2017
Series/Journal:Catholic Ideas for a Secular World
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Catholicism / Culture / Society
IxTheo Classification:KDB Roman Catholic Church
Further subjects:B Christianity and culture
B Electronic books
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
Print version: Carrón, Julián: Disarming Beauty : Essays on Faith, Truth, and Freedom. - Notre Dame : University of Notre Dame Press,c2017. - 9780268101978
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Summary:Disarming Beauty is the English translation of an engaging and thought-provoking collection of essays by one of the principal Catholic leaders and intellectuals in the world today. Adapted from talks given by Fr. Carr#65533;n, these essays have been thoroughly reworked by the author to offer an organic presentation of a decade-long journey. They present the content of his elaboration of the gospel message in light of the tradition of Fr. Giussani, the teachings of the popes, and the urgent needs of contemporary people.
Cover -- Disarming Beauty -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- Foreword -- PART 1 The Context and the Challenges -- CHAPTER 1 Is a New Beginning Possible? -- CHAPTER 2 Truth and Freedom: A Paradigm -- CHAPTER 3 In the Collapse of the Self-Evident, a Subject Is Generated -- CHAPTER 4 The Challenge of True Dialogue after the Charlie Hebdo Attacks -- PART 2 An Event of Rebirth -- CHAPTER 5 Christianity Faced with the Challenges of the Present -- CHAPTER 6 The Religious Sense, Verification of the Faith -- CHAPTER 7 The "Eternal Mystery of Our Being" -- CHAPTER 8 Broadening Reason -- CHAPTER 9 Freedom Is the Most Precious Gift Heaven Gave to Humanity -- PART 3 An Educational Emergency -- CHAPTER 10 Introduction to Total Reality -- CHAPTER 11 The "Hot Point" -- CHAPTER 12 A Communication of Yourself -- PART 4 A New Protagonist on the World Scene -- CHAPTER 13 "Lady, Your Beauty Was a Ray of Heavenly / Light to My Thinking" -- CHAPTER 14 With the Audacity of Realism -- CHAPTER 15 Crisis: A Challenge to Change -- CHAPTER 16 In Politics, Too, the Other Is a Good -- Conclusion: How Does a Presence Come to Be? -- Notes -- Sources -- Index.
ISBN:0268102007