Why the Church? (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780773517073)

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.

Author: Luigi Giussani
ISBN-10: 0773517073
ISBN-13: 9780773517073
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/02/2001
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.98h x 6.34w x 0.86d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2001 pg. 15