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"Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred let me sow love,
Where there is injury, pardon . . .
For it is in giving that we receive,
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned
And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life".
This famous prayer, traditionally attributed to Saint Francis,
has traveled the world, winning hearts and inspiring minds with its
simple and persuasive witness to the power of unconditional love.
As Leonardo Boff shows in his moving reflections, this love not
only brings each person the promise of eternal salvation, but also
provides the basis for social peace, redeems the world, and
constitutes the hidden meaning of the universe.
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Virtues (Hardcover)
Leonardo Boff; Translated by Alex Guilherme
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Saint Joseph (Hardcover)
Leonardo Boff; Translated by Alex Guilherme
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"Cry of the Earth, Cry of the Poor" represents Leonardo Boff's most
systematic effort to date to link the spirit of liberation theology
with the urgent challenge of ecology. Focusing on the threatened
Amazon of his native Brazil, Boff traces the ties that bind the
fate of the rain forests with the fate of the Indians and the poor
of the land. In this book, readers will find the keys to a new,
liberating faith.
In a series of clear, short chapters, Leonardo Boff unpacks the
mysteries of Trinitarian faith, showing why it makes a difference
to believe that God is communion rather than solitude. Instead of
God as solitary ruler standing above a static universe, Christian
belief in the Trinity means that at the root of everything there is
movement, an eternal process of life, outward movement, and love.
Boff shows how the Holy Trinity is, among other things, the
image of the perfect community and the image of the church in its
ideal form: not a hierarchy of power, but a community of diverse
gifts and functions.
Ideal for study or personal reflection.
The increasing awareness of environmental issues as ultimately
moral issues has led to the intersection of religion and
environment. Sacramental Commons presents a unique way of looking
at this topic by relating the Christian word "sacrament" (signs of
divine presence) to the term "commons" (shared place and shared
goods, among people and between people and the natural world),
suggesting that local natural settings and local communities can be
a source for respect and compassion. Sacramental Commons uses
Earth-oriented biblical teachings, and ideas from such thinkers as
Hildegard, St. Francis, John Muir, and Black Elk, to provide
insights about divine immanence in creation, human commitments to
creation, and human accountability to the Spirit, Earth, and biotic
community. It extends the concept of "natural rights" beyond humans
to include all nature, and affirms intrinsic value in ecosystems in
whole and in part. Sacramental Commons declares that the Earth
commons and its goods should be shared equitably by human
communities and individuals living in interdependent relationships
with other members of the community of life. It suggests essential
values that will stimulate care for the commons, and embodies them
in principles of an innovative Christian Ecological Ethics.
The increasing awareness of environmental issues as ultimately
moral issues has led to the intersection of religion and
environment. Sacramental Commons presents a unique way of looking
at this topic by relating the Christian word 'sacrament' (signs of
divine presence) to the term 'commons' (shared place and shared
goods, among people and between people and the natural world),
suggesting that local natural settings and local communities can be
a source for respect and compassion. Sacramental Commons uses
Earth-oriented biblical teachings, and ideas from such thinkers as
Hildegard, St. Francis, John Muir, and Black Elk, to provide
insights about divine immanence in creation, human commitments to
creation, and human accountability to the Spirit, Earth, and biotic
community. It extends the concept of 'natural rights' beyond humans
to include all nature, and affirms intrinsic value in ecosystems in
whole and in part. Sacramental Commons declares that the Earth
commons and its goods should be shared equitably by human
communities and individuals living in interdependent relationships
with other members of the community of life. It suggests essential
values that will stimulate care for the commons, and embodies them
in principles of an innovative Christian Ecological Ethics.
Leonardo Boff is one of the founders of Liberation Theology. He
remains a seminal thinker within Christian Theology. First
published in Portuguese under the title, Civilizacao Planetaria,
Global Civilisation is a philosophical and theological enquiry into
the various elements of the globalisation process, including market
forces, politics, military force, technology and science,
communication and spirituality. Boff understands that the process
of globalisation affects all spheres of human life, and it
represents a new phase in human evolution and a new stage for Earth
itself. In the present we will walk a difficult path since
globalisation represents a 'revolution' in which a number of
issues, such as consciousness, the meaning of life, holiness, the
economy, politics, culture, work standards and ethics, are being
redefined. However, Boff presents a very optimistic future for
humankind, as he envisages that the Earth will become the 'true
home' for all human beings. The book is divided into two main
parts; in the first part Boff deals with the 'Rise of a New Global
Civilisation', and in the second part he discusses 'The New World
Order and Christianity'.
Leonardo Boff is one of the founders of Liberation Theology. He
remains a seminal thinker within Christian Theology. First
published in Portuguese under the title, "Civilization Planetaria,
Global Civilization is a philosophical and theological enquiry into
the various elements of the globalisation process, including market
forces, politics, military force, technology and science,
communication and spirituality. Boff understands that the process
of globalisation affects all spheres of human life, and it
represents a new phase in human evolution and a new stage for Earth
itself. In the present we will walk a difficult path since
globalisation represents a 'revolution' in which a number of
issues, such as consciousness, the meaning of life. holiness, the
economy politics, culture, work standards and ethics, are being
redefined. However, Boff presents a very optimistic future for
humankind, as he envisages that the Earth will become the 'true
home' for all human beings.
When Christopher Columbus arrived in the New World in 1492, there
began a new way of the cross, traced for five hundred years in the
lives of the poor and oppressed peoples of the Americas. These
short meditations on the stations--by such figures as Gustavo
Guiterrez, Enrique Dussel, Leonardo Boff, Helder Camara, Elsa
Tamez, and Jon Sobrino--reflect on the passion of Christ against
the background of conquest. They write, as Virgil Elizondo says in
his preface, to "invite our readers to take this journey with us,
to share our suffering, to experience our crucifixion, and to taste
in anticipation our Easter joy. We invite all--rich and poor, black
and brown and white, clerics and lay people--to a profound
conversion that will stimulate us to build a better world in the
Americas, a world of the new humanity enjoying justice, freedom,
and love."
An action plan, based on Christianity, to study and understand the
challenges and ramifications of the global ecological crisis known
as one of the major liberation theologians, Leonardo Boff has long
seen the terrible cost of the ecological crisis to the poor. In
this engaging brief, he outlines a new vision for human stewardship
of the earth. This is an ideal first step to take for individuals
and groups to study ecology in a Christian context, and to
understand that ecology is no longer a luxury for a few, but an
imperative for everyone working for a more just world.
Description: In Saint Joseph Leonardo Boff seeks to provide a
vigorous critique and theological analysis of Saint Joseph and in
so doing attempts to undo historical misconceptions,
misunderstandings, and cliches that surround the figure of Joseph.
The book provides a comprehensive view of the topic as it takes
into account biblical references, including the apocrypha, church
tradition, papal edicts, liturgical expressions, and various
viewpoints proposed by theologians. Boff is also concerned with
updating the figure of Saint Joseph; his first step in this
direction is to provide a clear understanding of the life of Joseph
as an artisan, husband, father, and educator. He then deals with
the issue of the importance of Saint Joseph for current issues
concerning family and fatherhood. Lastly, Boff argues that Saint
Joseph helps us to understand new facets of the mystery of God, and
the author does this through his argument concerning the order of
hypostatic union, where, according to his argument, there is a
relation between Jesus and the Son, Mary and the Holy Spirit, and
Joseph and the Father. Boff seeks here to fill a gap in the
theological literature, given that theologians have concentrated
their efforts on Jesus and the Son and Christology, and Mary and
the Holy Spirit and Mariology; but these same theologians have, by
and large, given very little time to the figure of Saint Joseph and
the Father and Josephology. About the Contributor(s): Leonardo Boff
was born in Brazil in 1938 and received a doctorate from the
University of Munich in Germany in 1970. For the following 20 years
he worked as Professor of Theology at the Franciscan School for
Philosophy and Theology in Petropolis, Brazil. During the 1970s, he
and Gustavo Gutierrez helped to define Liberation Theology. Since
1993 he has been a professor at the State University of Rio de
Janeiro, where he is now Emeritus Professor of Ethics, Philosophy
of Religion, and Ecology. He is also a member of the International
Earth Charter Commission. Boff is the author of more than 70 books,
including Jesus Christ Liberator: A Critical Christology for Our
Time. In 2001 he was awarded the Right Livelihood Award (which is
considered to be the ""alternative"" Nobel Prize) by the Swedish
Parliament. Alexandre Guilherme, the translator, does research and
teaches at the University of Durham, UK.
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