In 2005, Father Julián Carrón became the leader of the global ecclesial movement Communion and Liberation, following the death of the movement’s founder, Father Luigi Giussani. Disarming Beauty is the English translation of an engaging and thought-provoking collection of essays by one of the principal Catholic leaders and intellectuals in the world today. Adapted from talks given by Fr. Carrón, these essays have been thoroughly reworked by the author to offer an organic presentation of a decade-long journey. They present the content of his elaboration of the gospel message in light of the tradition of Fr. Giussani, the teachings of the popes, and the urgent needs of contemporary people.
Carrón offers a broad diagnosis of challenges in society and then introduces their implications in contexts such as families, schools, workplaces, and political communities. In a dialogue with his listeners, he inspires and encourages them to lay out a new path for the Catholic church and the world. Throughout his essays, Carrón addresses the most pressing questions facing theologians today and provides insights that will interest everyone, from the most devout to the firm nonbeliever. Grappling with the interaction of Christian faith and modern culture, Carrón treats in very real and concrete ways what is essential to maintaining and developing Christian faith, and he invites an ongoing conversation about the meaning of faith, truth, and freedom.
Daftar Isi
Foreword by Javier Prades
Part 1. The Context and the Challenges
1. Is a New Beginning Possible?
2. Truth and Freedom: A Paradigm
3. In Collapse of the Self-Evident, a Subject Is Generated
4. The Challenge of True Dialogue after the Charlie Hebdo Attacks
Part 2. An Event of Rebirth
5. Christianity Faced with the Challenges of the Present
6. The Religious Sense, Verification of the Faith
7. The Eternal Mystery of Our Being
8. Broadening Reason
9. Freedom is the Most Precious Gift Heaven Gave to Humanity
Part 3. An Educational Emergency
10. Introduction to Total Reality
11. The “Hot Point”
12. A Communication of Yourself
13. “Lady, Your Beauty Was a Ray of Heavenly / Light to My Thinking”
14. With the Audacity of Realism
15. Crisis: A Challenge to Change
16. In Politics, Too, the Other Is a Good
Conclusion: How does a Presence Come to Be?
Notes
Sources
Index
Tentang Penulis
Julián Carrón is a Catholic priest and theologian from Spain. He is president of the Fraternity of Communion and Liberation and professor of theology at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan. He is the editor of Christ, God’s Companionship with Man by Luigi Giussani.