At the origin of the Christian claim / Luigi Giussani ; translated by Viviane Hewitt ; revised by John Zucchi.
| Author/creator | Giussani, Luigi author |
| Other author | Zucchi, John, editor |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | New revised edition. |
| Publication | Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2026] |
| Copyright Date | ©2026 |
| Description | xii, 118 pages ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | All'origine della pretesa cristiana. English |
| Contents | Man's religious creativity -- The need for revelation -- The enigma as a fact within the human trajectory -- How the problem arose in history -- A profound certainty in time -- The pedagogy of Christ's self-revelation -- The explicit declaration -- Christ's conception of life -- Facing the claim. |
| Abstract | "In At the Origin of the Christian Claim Luigi Giussani examines Christ's "claim" to identify himself with the mystery that is the ultimate answer to our search for the meaning of existence. Giussani argues that if we accept the hypothesis that the mystery entered the realm of human existence and spoke in human terms, the relationship between the individual and God is no longer based on a moral, imaginative, or aesthetic human effort but instead on coming upon an event in one's life. Thus the religious method is overturned by Christ: in Christianity it is no longer the person who seeks to know the mystery but the mystery that makes himself known by entering history. At the Origin of the Christian Claim presents an intriguing argument supported with ample documentation from the gospels and other theological writings."-- Provided by publisher. |
| General note | Translation of: All'origine della pretesa cristiana. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Other forms | Issued also in electronic format. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Giussani, Luigi. All'origine della pretesa cristiana. English. At the origin of the Christian claim. New revised edition. Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2026 0228027454 9780228027454 |
| ISBN | 9780228027430 |
| ISBN | 0228027438 |
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