03048nam 2200661Ia 450 991095522410332120200520144314.0978661285497297807735815240773581529978128285497012828549769780773567092077356709710.1515/9780773567092(CKB)1000000000714010(SSID)ssj0000277083(PQKBManifestationID)11221984(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000277083(PQKBWorkID)10227161(PQKB)10675092(DE-B1597)657053(DE-B1597)9780773567092(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/gnfd5n(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/1/400656(MiAaPQ)EBC3331129(MiAaPQ)EBC3245384(Perlego)3550866(EXLCZ)99100000000071401019971010d1998 uy 0engur||#||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAt the origin of the Christian claim /Luigi Giussani ; translated by Viviane HewittMontreal McGill-Queen's University Pressc19981 online resource (xii, 125 pages)Translation of: All'origine della pretesa cristiana.9780773516274 0773516271 9780773517141 0773517146 Includes bibliographical references [109]-115) and indexes.Front Matter --Contents --Foreword --Preface --Introduction --The Religious Creativity of Man --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 --The Mystery of the Incarnation --Notes --Subject Index --Author IndexGiussani 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.ChristianityOriginChristianityOrigin.232/.8Giussani Luigi159648Hewitt Viviane1806968MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910955224103321At the origin of the Christian claim4356414UNINA