The Meaning of Birth - Softcover

Giussani, Luigi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1639821058 ISBN 13: 9781639821051

Publisher: Slant Books, 2021

Synopsis

In 1980, two men sit down to record a conversation. They have much in common: both are passionate, articulate thinkers. But their differences are just as striking: Giovanni Testori is a well-known writer-and an openly gay man. Luigi Giussani is a Catholic priest who has attracted so many students with his striking way of re-proposing the Christian message that he's unwittingly started a movement (which came to be known as Communion and Liberation).

 

Testori, who has recently returned to the Catholic faith, begins with a provocative suggestion: modern people have lost contact with the existential and religious experience of birth, of an origin in love-the love of one's parents and the love of God. From here, the dialogue ranges widely, taking on the root causes of modern despair and alienation, the link between suffering and hope, the significance of memory, and what it means to encounter the presence of God in one another.

 

Profound but accessible, The Meaning of Birth is a resonant and bracing exploration of life's most fundamental questions.

About this title

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 over twenty languages.

Giovanni Testori (1923-1993) was a novelist, playwright, essayist, and art historian.

Edition details

• Publisher: Slant Books
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1639821058
• ISBN 13: 9781639821051
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 108