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Gioia, Br Luigi

 
9781472951007: Touched by God: The way to contemplative prayer
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ISBN 10: 147295100X ISBN 13: 9781472951007
Editorial: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2018

Sinopsis

Luigi Gioia's second spiritual book deals with the art of contemplation.

Say it to God: In Search of Prayer was chosen as the 2018 Archbishop of Canterbury's Lent Book and welcomed by many as an honest, accessible guide to freshen their practice of prayer in the midst of busy modern life. In Touched by God, Gioia moves on to explore the art of contemplation. He points out that contemplation is not a more advanced way of praying but a silent and loving attentiveness to God which has nothing in common with disembodied, a historical and impersonal forms of spirituality.

Contemplation begins when we are touched by God through Scripture and become aware of his presence in us. Gioia shows how this happens concretely in the lives of the characters of the Gospel of John, his chosen guide to learn how to welcome God in our lives and interact with him. Gioia's way to contemplation takes the reader not only through Scripture but also through plays and novels where God is never mentioned or is seen as absent, distant or even as an enemy.

By engaging with both religious and non-religious authors the reader can discover that contemplation is not some kind of spiritual wonderland but coexists with doubts, thrives in the middle of struggles, is discovered even in suffering, dissolves guilt and leads to authentic self-knowledge and compassion for every human being.

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Luigi Gioia is Professor of Systematic Theology at the Pontifical University of Sant'Anselmo in Rome and Research Associate of the Von Hügel Institute (Cambridge). He has preached spiritual retreats in the UK, France, USA, Canada, Australia, Korea, China, Philippines and he has published widely in scholarly reviews. He is currently Theologian in Residence at St Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue in New York City.

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Editorial
Bloomsbury Continuum
Año de publicación
2018
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
147295100X
ISBN 13 
9781472951007
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
208
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