In his two previous books translated into English, Patience with
God and Night of the Confessor, best-selling Czech author and
theologian Tomas Halik focused on the relationship between faith
and hope. Now, in I Want You to Be, Halik examines the connection
between faith and love, meditating on a statement attributed to St.
Augustine-amo, volo ut sis, "I love you: I want you to be"-and its
importance for contemporary Christian practice. Halik suggests that
because God is not an object, love for him must be expressed
through love of human beings. He calls for Christians to avoid
isolating themselves from secular modernity and recommends instead
that they embrace an active and loving engagement with nonbelievers
through acts of servitude. At the same time, Halik critiques the
drive for mere material success and suggests that love must become
more than a private virtue in contemporary society. I Want You to
Be considers the future of Western society, with its strong
division between Christian and secular traditions, and recommends
that Christians think of themselves as partners with nonbelievers.
Halik's distinctive style is to present profound insights on
religious themes in an accessible way to a lay audience. As in
previous books, this volume links spiritual and
theological/philosophical topics with a tentative diagnosis of our
times. This is theology written on one's knees; Halik is as much a
spiritual writer as a theologian. I Want You to Be will interest
both general and scholarly readers interested in questions of
secularism and Christianity in modern life.
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