The Religious Sense

by Giussani, Luigi; Zucchi, John

• ISBN13: 9780898702781
• ISBN10: 089870278X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1990-04-01
• Publisher: Ignatius Pr

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.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction
Preface
The First Premise: Realism	p. 3
The Second Premise: Reasonableness	p. 12
The Third Premise: The Impact of Morality on the Dynamic of Knowing	p. 23
The Religious Sense: The Starting Point	p. 34
The Religious Sense: Its Nature	p. 45
Unreasonable Positions Before the Ultimate Question: Emptying the Question	p. 59
Unreasonable Positions Before the Ultimate Question: Reduction of the Question	p. 70
Consequences of the Unreasonable Positions Before the Ultimate Question	p. 80
Preconception, Ideology, Rationality, and the Religious Sense	p. 94
How the Ultimate Questions Arise: The Way of the Religious Sense	p. 100
The Experience of the Sign	p. 110
The Adventure of Interpretation	p. 120
An Education in Freedom	p. 125
Reason's Energy Seeks to Penetrate the Unknown	p. 132
The Hypothesis of Revelation: Conditions for Its Acceptability	p. 141
Notes	p. 147
Subject Index	p. 155
Author Index	p. 163
Permissions	p. 165
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