Is it possible to live this way? [electronic resource] : an unusual approach to Christian experience. Volume 1, Faith / Luigi Giussani.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Giussani, Luigi.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian youth--Religious life.

Christian youth.

Faith.

Spiritual life--Catholic Church.

Spiritual life.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (176 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As in all his works, Giussani encourages young people to be serious about their own existence and loyal to their experience. The conversations reported here are fascinating and insightful, providing support for a way of life that today is frequently questioned, rejected, or censured.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""A Note on the Translation""; ""By Way of Introduction""; ""1 Faith""; ""1 A Way of Knowing that Implicates Reason""; ""2 The Dynamic of Faith Assembly""; ""2 Freedom""; ""The Five Passages of Faith""; ""1 What is Freedom?""; ""2 How Freedom Moves""; ""3 The Conditions of Freedom Assembly""; ""3 Obedience""; ""1 The Reasonable Consequence of Faith""; ""2 True Obedience is a Friendship Assembly""; ""Notes""

Notes:

Translation of: Si puo vivere cosi?

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0-7735-7776-9

1-282-86460-2

9786612864605

0-7735-7470-0

OCLC:

892947671