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Broken Hearts and New Creations

by James Alison

ISBN13: 9781441107114
ISBN10: 1441107118
Condition: Standard

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Trade Paperback

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Following Aquinas and Girard, Alison plumbs the depth of human nature to demonstrate that religious truths are truths we must experience in our own lives.

Introduction1. Befriending the Vacuum2. How does Girard affect our reading of the Bible3. The Priestly Pattern of Creation4. How can we open up Christological and Ecclesiastical Habits?5. Wisdom, Vanity and Desire6. Love Your Enemy7. Discipleship and the Shape of Belonging8. Sacrifice Law and the Catholic Faith9. The Changes in Tone of the Voice of God10. Living the Magnificat11. The Pain and the Endgame12. Letter to a Young Gay Catholic13. Wrath and the Gay Question14. God and Desire15. Is it ethical to be a Catholic? The gay perspective16. Brokeheart Mountain: Reflections on monotheism, idolatry and the kingdom

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ISBN:: 9781441107114
Binding:: Trade Paperback
Publication date:: 05/06/2010
Publisher:: Continuum
Pages:: 292
Height:: .95IN
Width:: 5.44IN
Thickness:: .75
Number of Units:: 1
Author:: James Alison
Subject:: Theology
Subject:: Religion Western-Theology