Name: Touch the Wounds: On Suffering, Trust, and Transformation
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Author: Tomas Halik

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Touch the Wounds: On Suffering, Trust, and Transformation

Type

Physical Book

Author

Tomas Halik

Publisher

University Of Notre Dame Press

Language

English

Pages

170

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9780268204907

Touch the Wounds: On Suffering, Trust, and Transformation

Tomas Halik (Author) · University Of Notre Dame Press · Paperback

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Synopsis "Touch the Wounds: On Suffering, Trust, and Transformation"

In this masterfully written book, Tomás Halík calls upon Christians to touch the wounds of the world and to rediscover their own faith by loving and healing their neighbors.One of the most important voices in contemporary Catholicism, Tomás Halík argues that Christians can discover the clearest vision of God not by turning away from suffering but by confronting it. Halík calls upon us to follow the apostle Thomas's example: to see the pain, suffering, and poverty of our world and to touch those wounds with faith and action. It is those expressions of love and service, Halík reveals, that restore our hope and the courage to live, allowing true holiness to manifest itself. Only face-to-face with a wounded Christ can we lay down our armor and masks, revealing our own wounds and allowing healing to begin.Weaving together deep theological and philosophical reflections with surprising, trenchant, and even humorous commentary on the times in which we live, Halík offers a new prescription for those lost in moments of doubt, abandonment, or suffering. Rather than demanding impossible, flawless faith, we can look through our doubt to see, touch, and confront the wounds in the hearts of our neighbors and-through that wounded humanity, which the Son of God took upon himself-see God.

Tomas Halik

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Tomáš Halík (Prague, June 1, 1948) is a Czech Catholic priest, philosopher, and university professor. During the communist regime, he was ordained as a priest in secrecy in 1978 and worked in the "underground Church", closely collaborating with Cardinal Tomášek. After the fall of communism, he became an advisor to President Václav Havel and was the General Secretary of the Czech Bishops' Conference (1990-1993).

He is a professor of sociology at Charles University in Prague, chaplain of the university chapel, and president of the Czech Christian Academy since 1990. Among his most notable works are "Patience with God" (2009) and "I Want You to Be" (2016), both belonging to the genre of theology and religious philosophy. In 2014, he was awarded the Templeton Prize for his contributions to interreligious dialogue and his work in promoting understanding among different cultures and religions.

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