The religious sense / Luigi Giussani ; translated by John Zucchi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Giussani, Luigi, author.

Contributor:

Zucchi, John, translator.

Standardized Title:

Senso religioso. English

Language:

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

Religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 178 pages)

Edition:

New revised edition.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2023]

Language Note:

Translated from the Italian.

Summary:

"The Religious Sense, the fruit of many years of dialogue with students, is an exploration of the search for meaning in life. Luigi Giussani shows that the nature of reason expresses itself in the ultimate need for truth, goodness, and beauty. These needs constitute the fabric of the religious sense, which is evident in every human being everywhere and in all times. So strong is this sense that it leads one to desire that the answer to life's mystery might reveal itself in some way. 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. In this second edition, John Zucchi offers a new translation of one of Giussani's seminal works."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Foreword

Preface

The First Premise: Realism

The Second Premise: Reasonableness

The Third Premise: The Impact of Morality on the Dynamic of Knowing

The Religious Sense: The Starting Point

The Religious Sense: Its Nature

Unreasonable Positions before the Ultimate Question: Emptying the Question

Unreasonable Positions before the Ultimate Question: Reduction of the Question

Consequences of the Unreasonable Positions before the Ultimate Question

Preconception, Ideology, Rationality, and the Religious Sense

How the Ultimate Questions Arise: The Way of the Religious Sense

The Experience of the Sign

The Adventure of Interpretation

An Education in Freedom

Reason’s Energy Seeks to Penetrate the Unknown

The Hypothesis of Revelation: Conditions for Its Acceptability

Notes

Subject Index

Author Index

Permissions

Notes:

Translation of: Il senso religioso.

First edition 1997, revised from a translation published in 1990 by Ignatius Press.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Aug 2023)

Other Format:

Print version: Giussani, Luigi. Senso religioso. English. Religious sense.

ISBN:

9780228016229

0228016223

OCLC:

1350095386