Listening and Dialoguing with the World: A Philosophical and Theological-Spiritual Vision

In the monograph Listening and Dialoguing with the World: A Philosophical and Theological-Spiritual Vision, the authors reflect on the challenges and the opportunities facing believers and doubters of the transcendent today: the importance of silence; listening and dialogue; anatheism or rediscovering the true image of God; accepting or rejecting human physical limitations; confronting the human desire for immortality; contemplative attitudes towards the world and towards God; resilience as a challenge for the spirituality of our time; the chronological and kairological aspect of hope; the integrative approach. These themes are presented from a philosophical and theological-spiritual point of view in a critical and dialogical way, with the desire to lead to a more integrative perception of reality. The positive side of each challenge is that it forces us to integrate and transcend past patterns of thinking and acting. History  and the process of globalization are increasingly becoming a laboratory of uncharted new options for becoming more and more human and closer to every human being. The challenges listed here are thus also valuable opportunities for Christian thinkers to communicate the newness and freshness of the Gospel message in a life-giving way.