Christian Footings: Creation, World Religions, Personalism, Revelation, and Jesus [Paperback]

Christian Footingsis 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. The author 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. This revision of the very successful first edition ofChristian Footingscontains an expanded and updated chapter on Jesus, the focal figure of Christianity.Robert Imperatois professor of religion at Saint Leo University, Saint Leo, Florida. His other books arePortraits of Jesus: A Reading Guide(University Press of America, 2008),Early and Medieval Christian Spirituality(University Press of America, 2003),Christian Footings(University Press of America, 2000), andMerton and Walsh on the Person(Liturgical Publications, 1988). His first interests in religion were stimulated by yoga, which he practiced while studying for a Masters Degree in developmental psychology at Columbia University. His religious formation has roots in the seven years he spent as a non-professed monk at the Abbey of Gethsemani followed by formal study of theology at Fordham University, where he received an M.A. and Ph.D.

Chapter 1 Preface to the Revised Edition
Chapter 2 Introduction
Chapter 3 I. Creation: Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Chapter 4 II. Christianity and World Religions
Chapter 5 III. Personalism: Thomas Merton
Chapter 6 IV. Revelation
Part 7 Anthology
Chapter 8 VI. Creation: Pierre Teilhardls1