Christian Footings: Creation, World Religions, Personalism, Revelation, and Jesus

By Robert Imperato

Christian Footings is an examination of presuppositions for Catholic thought as well as an introduction to the most important Catholic thinkers of our time. The book begins with a grounding in the earth's movement toward higher consciousness and the pointers toward God in creation via the thought of Teilhard de Chardin. This book looks at the question of the relationship between Christianity and world religions to discover what is specifically developed within Christianity. The two concepts that emerge are Person and Word. This text will introduce students to the writings of such key Catholic authors as Teilhard, Merton, Balthasar, Panikkar, Schillebeeckx, and others through the use of an anthology of selections from their writing.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 076181857X
• ISBN13: 9780761818571
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: University Press Of America
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.1" x 0.4" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

textbook for class

I purchased Christian Footings for class, and it was less expensive than going through the campus bookstore or many other sites. The item arrived promptly and in perfect condition.

crystal clear

If you love walking down the beach to ponder and to stop and pick up shells, bits ofglass, small beach wildflowers and remnants of the sea, you will equally enjoy readingChristian Footings by Robert Imperato. Each section of this theological treasure is filled withpearls of wisdom collected by the author over years of scholarly reflection. Whether a noviceor academic researcher, readers of Christian Footings will find complex theologicalconversations synthesized, with Hemingway precision, into inviting thought provokingconcepts. Imperato fearlessly sets a course to explore the wide-open issues of Creation,Revelation, Personalism, World Religions and Jesus. The gift this author presents to readers ofthe text rests in his ability to define and clarify the scope of each topic in context with works byleading experts like Rahner, Bernard of Clairvaux, Teihard de Chardin, and Merton. The result of this effort is a discourse rich in universal questioning yet direct in itschallenge to specific, personal, internal conflicts, which we must all resolve for ourselves. Whether undertaking a personal analysis on spirituality or critiquing a Gospel parable, Imperatopushes the reader to recognize that "In each case the conventional mind set is challenged." (p.53) As a professor of Religious Studies at Saint Leo University, Imperato's approach is lesssystematic and more practical in helping others come to terms with contemporary theologicaldialogue, grounded in historical accuracy. Christian Footings is a compass to those of uscourageous, would-be sailors - students and mentors alike - who set out to journey on life'sinsistent call to be a participant. "We are part of the process and also hold the rudder, at least of humanity's future, in our hands."(p. 9) JUDITH PRUITT St. Thomas University Miami, FL