Gift and the Unity of Being - Softcover

Lopez, Antonio

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0227174275 ISBN 13: 9780227174272

Publisher: James Clarke & Co, 2014

Synopsis

Starting from both our originary experience of being given to ourselves and Jesus Christ’s archetypal self-donation, 'Gift and the Unity of Being' elucidates the sense in which gift is the form of being’s unity, while unity itself constitutes the permanence of the gift of being. In dialogue with ancient and modern philosophers and theologians, López offers a synthetic, rather than systematic, account of the unity proper to being, the human person, God, and the relations among them. The book shows how contemplation of the triune God of love through Jesus Christ in the Holy Spirit allows us to discover the eternal communion that being is and to which finite being is called. It also illustrates the sense in which God’s gratuitousness unexpectedly offers the human person the possibility to recognize and embrace his origin and destiny, and thus he is given to see and taste in God’s light the ever-fruitful, dramatic, and mysterious positivity of being.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations
Preface
Introduction
I. Gift’s Originary Experience
II. Concrete Singularity
III. Reception and Reciprocity
IV. The Son’s Gift of Self
V. The Unpreceded Giver
VI. Gift’s Unifying Memory
VII. The Unexpected Gift
Envoi
Bibliography

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About the Author

Rev. Antonio Lopez, FSCB, is Provost/Dean and Associate Professor of Theology at the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family in Washington, DC. He is author of the book Spirit's Gift: The Metaphysical Insight of Claude Bruaire.

About this edition

• Publisher: James Clarke & Co
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0227174275
• ISBN 13: 9780227174272
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368