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Christian de Cherge

A Theology of Hope

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

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Christian de Chergé, prior of the Cistercian community at Tibhirine, Algeria, was assassinated with six of his fellow monks in 1996. De Chergé saw his monastic vocation as a call to be a person of prayer among persons who pray, that is, among the Muslim friends and neighbors with whom he and his brothers shared daily life. De Chergé's writings bear witness to an original thinker who insists on the value of interreligious dialogue for a more intelligent grasp of one's own faith.Christian Salenson shows us the personal, ecclesial, and theological foundations of de Chergé's vocation and the originality of his life and thought. He shows how the experience of a small monastery lost in the Atlas Mountains of Algeria contributes importantly to today's theological debates.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2012-08-01
Mått140 x 216 x 13 mm
Vikt255 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieCistercian Studies Series
Antal sidor224
FörlagLiturgical Press
ISBN9780879072476
ÖversättareConic, Nada

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ContentsForeword viiIntroduction xi1. The Context 12. The Conditions of Christian de Chergé’s Theology 133. The Foundational Experiences 234. The Place of Islam in God’s Plan 335. The Dialogue with Islam 476. Reading the Qur'an 657. A Greater Christ 778. Communion of Saints and Community 959. The Quasi-Sacrament of Difference 11110. Eschatology 121Transition 13711. The Church of the Visitation 14112. Witness, or The Question of Martyrdom 15313. My Brother’s Keeper 16914. Praying among Others Who Pray 177Conclusion 193Appendix: The Testament of Christian de Chergé 197Bibliography 203

I highly recommend anyone interested in ecumenism or Christian and Islamic studies to read this book. Salenson weaves together not only a very good biographical story about Christian and his fellow monks but at the same time discusses how the Christian practices of prayer, lectio divina, eucharistic, sacraments, fasting, feasting, and almsgiving can be deepened by an openness to what Abbot de Chergé called 'radical hospitality' or 'friendship.' Today, as parts of the Church become more closed minded, more sectarian, more inward-looking, we need more words of wisdom from people such as Abbot de Chergé, who provide us with hope in this world which seems to lack hope.Fr. William C. Mills, Author of Encountering Jesus in the Gospels