Javier Prades – författare

Generating Traces in the History of the World is a synthesis of Monsignor Luigi Giussani''s reflection on the Christian experience. His exploration of Christianity as an unforeseen and unforeseeable event in which the mystery became a man reveals how, by acknowledging this fact, an individual is simultaneously able to use reason and be moved by affection. Discussing the ways in which Christ continues to be present in history through the companionship of those whom He joins to himself in Baptism, Giussani illuminates how a sense of Christ''s mercy can overcome negativity and encourage a useful life. A profound and moving work, Generating Traces in the History of the World will interest all those who have been inspired by Giussani''s thought.

Generating Traces in the History of the World is a synthesis of Monsignor Luigi Giussani's reflection on the Christian experience. His exploration of Christianity as an unforeseen and unforeseeable event in which the mystery became a man reveals how, by acknowledging this fact, an individual is simultaneously able to use reason and be moved by affection. Discussing the ways in which Christ continues to be present in history through the companionship of those whom He joins to himself in Baptism, Giussani illuminates how a sense of Christ's mercy can overcome negativity and encourage a useful life. A profound and moving work, Generating Traces in the History of the World will interest all those who have been inspired by Giussani's thought.

Generating Traces in the History of the World is a synthesis of Monsignor Luigi Giussani''s reflection on the Christian experience. His exploration of Christianity as an unforeseen and unforeseeable event in which the mystery became a man reveals how, by acknowledging this fact, an individual is simultaneously able to use reason and be moved by affection. Discussing the ways in which Christ continues to be present in history through the companionship of those whom He joins to himself in Baptism, Giussani illuminates how a sense of Christ''s mercy can overcome negativity and encourage a useful life. A profound and moving work, Generating Traces in the History of the World will interest all those who have been inspired by Giussani''s thought.

La clave de bóveda del presente libro es el descubrimiento del sentido profundo del cristianismo como "acontecimiento" imprevisto e imprevisible: el anuncio de que el Misterio se ha hecho hombre en un lugar y un tiempo determinados. La modalidad elegida por Dios para entrar en relación con el hombre y salvarlo es un hecho histórico, un acontecimiento, y no un pensamiento o un vago sentimiento religioso. Este es el elemento en torno al que gira la reflexión sobre la experiencia humana presentada en estos textos, recopilados por sus autores alrededor de una serie de palabras-clave, ofreciendo así un conjunto orgánico y un recorrido unitario que abre la razón del hombre al reconocimiento de una Presencia excepcional a la par que íntegramente humana.Un acontecimiento que permanece en el tiempo a través de la Iglesia, es decir, de aquellos que Cristo incorpora a Sí por medio del Bautismo, hecho inaugural de un protagonista nuevo y de un pueblo nuevo en la historia. "El verdadero protagonista de la historia es el mendigo: Cristo, mendigo del corazón del hombre, y el corazón del hombre, mendigo de Cristo".