A Theology For Artisans Of A New Humanity: The Community Called Church; Grace And The Human Condition; Our Idea Of God; The Sacraments Today; Evolution And Guilt
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Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
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What does it mean to construct a living theology in a world desperately in need of transformation? Juan Luis Segundo's monumental five-volume series, A Theology for Artisans of a New Humanity, answers that question with breathtaking intellectual force, presenting a comprehensive theological vision rooted in the lived realities of Latin America. The series chronicles the full arc of Catholic social and doctrinal thought across five interconnected volumes — The Community Called Church, Grace and the Human Condition, Our Idea of God, The Sacraments Today, and Evolution and Guilt — weaving together ecclesiology, anthropology, sacramental theology, and eschatology into a unified and radical call for human liberation. Written in collaboration with the Peter Faber Center of Montevideo, this series stands as a cornerstone of Liberation Theology, establishing Segundo as one of the most penetrating theological minds of the twentieth century. His style is at once rigorous and pastoral, arguing that faith is not a static inheritance but a dynamic, evolving engagement with history and society. Scholars, clergy, and engaged laypeople alike continue to return to these volumes for their rare combination of doctrinal depth and prophetic urgency — a testament to a thinker who dared to ask whether the Church could truly become an artisan of a new humanity.
Author: Juan Luis Segundo, S.J.
Format: Paperback
Published: 1973, Orbis Books
Genre: Religion
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
What does it mean to construct a living theology in a world desperately in need of transformation? Juan Luis Segundo's monumental five-volume series, A Theology for Artisans of a New Humanity, answers that question with breathtaking intellectual force, presenting a comprehensive theological vision rooted in the lived realities of Latin America. The series chronicles the full arc of Catholic social and doctrinal thought across five interconnected volumes — The Community Called Church, Grace and the Human Condition, Our Idea of God, The Sacraments Today, and Evolution and Guilt — weaving together ecclesiology, anthropology, sacramental theology, and eschatology into a unified and radical call for human liberation. Written in collaboration with the Peter Faber Center of Montevideo, this series stands as a cornerstone of Liberation Theology, establishing Segundo as one of the most penetrating theological minds of the twentieth century. His style is at once rigorous and pastoral, arguing that faith is not a static inheritance but a dynamic, evolving engagement with history and society. Scholars, clergy, and engaged laypeople alike continue to return to these volumes for their rare combination of doctrinal depth and prophetic urgency — a testament to a thinker who dared to ask whether the Church could truly become an artisan of a new humanity.