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    Christian Friendship: Engaging the Tradition, Transforming the Culture
    Christian Friendship: Engaging the Tradition, Transforming the Culture
    Christian Friendship: Engaging the Tradition, Transforming the Culture
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    Christian Friendship: Engaging the Tradition, Transforming the Culture

    By John P. Bequette

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    In response to a contemporary cultural situation in which human dignity is gravely threatened, Christian Friendship proposes a recovery of friendship as a new way of re-establishing the interpersonal communion that characterizes the human person created in the image of God. The author seeks to recover a genuine understanding of friendship by exploring ancient philosophy and the Catholic theological tradition. By examining the writings of Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Augustine, Anselm, and others, Christian Friendship proposes a new way for Catholics to address the cultural issues besetting the Christian community today.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCascade Books
    Release dateApr 24, 2019
    ISBN9781532654473
    Christian Friendship: Engaging the Tradition, Transforming the Culture
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    John P. Bequette

    John P. Bequette is Professor of Theology at the University of Saint Francis in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He has published several books and numerous articles. His most recent publication is an edited volume Companion to Medieval Christian Humanism (2016).

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