Is It Possible to Live This Way?
An Unusual Approach to Christian Existence
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2009
- Category
- General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780773535152
- Publish Date
- Sep 2009
- List Price
- $22.95
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780773535145
- Publish Date
- Sep 2009
- List Price
- $75.00
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Description
This volume of Is It Possible to Live this Way, a translation of Luigi Giussani's Si Può Vivere Così?, addresses the virtue of charity. A compilation of Giussani's conversations with young people who have chosen the path of the consecrated life in the Church - that is, have chosen to live their lives in the world according to the "evangelical counsels" of poverty, chastity, and obedience - it proposes an unusual yet reasonable approach to living as a Christian. 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.
About the authors
Monsignor Luigi Giussani (1922-2005) was the founder of the Catholic lay movement Communion and Liberation in Italy. His works are available in fifteen languages and include the trilogy The Religious Sense, At the Origin of the Christian Claim, and Why th
John Zucchi is professor in the Department of History and Classical Studies at McGill University.