Is It Possible to Live this Way, a translation of the first part of Luigi Giussani's Si Può Vivere Così?, addresses the virtue of hope. 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.
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- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-162)
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 234/.23
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 22
- General Note
- Translation of: Si può vivere così? Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 9780773534469 9780773574717
- LCCN
- BX2350.3
- LCCN Item number
- M36 2008 v. 2
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- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaBNVSL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (x, 162 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
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- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00223757 (OCoLC)753315545 (CaOOCEL)427938
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Title proper/short title
- Hope
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Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- Note on the Translation 8
- By Way of Introduction 10
- 1 Hope 14
- 1 Certainty Regarding the Future 19
- 2 The Dynamic of Hope 28
- 3 Towards the Possession of an Arduous Good 35
- Hope: Assembly 49
- 2 Poverty 97
- From Hope, Poverty 97
- 1 Do Not Hope for Future Happiness Based on a Particular Present Possession 98
- 2 Poverty, Law of the Dynamic of Knowledge 110
- 3 Trust 114
- The Path from Faith to Trust 114
- 1 Trust Is to Entrust Yourself to Someone 121
- 2 The Corollaries of Trust 125
- 3 The Greatest Banquet in the History of the House 130
- 4 Awareness of Time 134
- Trust: Assembly 145
- Notes 166