Angelo Scola

Quotidianamente gli organi di informazione riferiscono di brutali violenze, discriminazioni, prepotenze subite in molte aree del mondo dai cristiani, perseguitati per il solo fatto di essere cristiani. Il fenomeno ha assunto dimensioni drammaticamente imponenti: Sono convinto che la persecuzione contro i cristiani oggi sia piu forte che nei primi secoli della Chiesa. Oggi ci sono piu cristiani martiri che a quell'epoca ha detto e continua a ripetere papa Francesco, sollecitando tutti a sostenere e aiutare questi fratelli e sorelle ingiustamente colpiti. Questo libro raccoglie le Lettere aperte indirizzate da figure note della Chiesa italiana e del mondo della cultura ai cristiani perseguitati, per far giungere loro - ovunque si trovino - sostegno, vicinanza, gratitudine e ammirazione. Quasi una preghiera corale, un libro di legami e affetti, che include anche brevi testimonianze di uomini e donne perseguitati a causa della loro fede in Cristo. Gli autori: Giulio Albanese, Ignazia Angelini, Luigino Bruni, Marco Burini, Gemma Capra, Franco Cardini, Giuseppe dalla Torre, Cristiana Dobner, Guido Dotti, Chiara Giaccardi, Mauro Magatti, Ermenegildo Manicardi, Mary Melone, Francesco Montenegro, Giovanni Cesare Pagazzi, Antonio Riboldi, Davide Rondoni, Angelo Scola, Maria Voce.

In this fascinating and rare little book, a leading Italian feminist philosopher and the Archbishop of Milan face off over the contemporary meaning of the biblical commandment not to kill. The result is a series of erudite and wide-ranging arguments that move from murder and suicide to just war and drone strikes, from bioethics and biopolitics to hermeneutics and philology, from Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer to Hannah Arendt and Michel Foucault, from Torah and Scripture to art and literature, from the essence of human dignity and the paradoxes of fratricide to engagements with Levinasian ethics. Less a direct debate than a disputation in the classical sense, Thou Shalt Not Kill proves to be a searching meditation on one of the unstated moral premises shared by otherwise bitterly opposed political factions. It will stimulate the mind of the novice while also reminding more advanced readers of the necessity and desirability of thinking in the present.

In this fascinating and rare little book, a leading Italian feminist philosopher and the Archbishop of Milan face off over the contemporary meaning of the biblical commandment not to kill. The result is a series of erudite and wide-ranging arguments that move from murder and suicide to just war and drone strikes, from bioethics and biopolitics to hermeneutics and philology, from Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer to Hannah Arendt and Michel Foucault, from Torah and Scripture to art and literature, from the essence of human dignity and the paradoxes of fratricide to engagements with Levinasian ethics. Less a direct debate than a disputation in the classical sense, Thou Shalt Not Kill proves to be a searching meditation on one of the unstated moral premises shared by otherwise bitterly opposed political factions. It will stimulate the mind of the novice while also reminding more advanced readers of the necessity and desirability of thinking in the present.

This volume by Angelo Scola, a longtime friend of Balthasar and a leading scholar of his work, provides the most penetrating introduction to the vast writings of the great Catholic theologian available anywhere. Scola beautifully captures Balthasar's "theological style" and offers a reading of Balthasar that passes through the most important phases of his writings: theological, philosophical, and artistic. Intended to serve as an examination of the "form" of Balthasar's philosophical and theological approach rather than as a detailed overview of his themes and theses, this study will be an invaluable aid to students and scholars seeking to understanding the complex body of Balthasar's work. From the critics: "Balthasar's thought is complex, and Angelo Scola gives us a helpful guide." - "New Oxford Review." "An invaluable introduction to the theological style which permeates Balthasar's writings...A "must" for the serious student of Balthasar, Scola's text represents an invaluable addition to college and university libraries." - Catholic Library World.