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A Face for GodReflections onTrinitarian Theologyfor our TimesMaria Clara LucchettiBingemer

978-1-934996-54-6Library BoundUS $ 28.99August 2013TraditioSeries

Since the dawn of time, humans have been seekingthe face of God. Our times are no dif ferent. We live in a

world in which we find the coexistence of secularismand atheism, and religious institutions with ancient rootsexisting alongside new religious movements thatformulate their own new synthesis in order to giveexpression to the reality of God. Within this pluralism,which points toward the never-ending search inthe human heart, a need emerges for a deepeningof the Christian conception of God.

A Face for Godis a spiritual and theological reflectionon contemporary beliefs about God. After addressingthe philosophical background of todays prevailingpost-modern attitudes and rapidly changing culturalexpressions, the author questions whether it is stillpossible to offer a profile and face for God, one withconsistency and personality, amid the ambiguous

religious feelings of our times.The author offers useful suggestions for enriching thesearch for, and the experience of, God in our lives bydrawing a profile and face of God through the Trinitarianunderstanding of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

Maria Clara Lucchett i

Bingemer is Brazilian. In 1975she graduated as a journalistat the Pontificia UniversidadeCatlica do Rio de Janeiro where

she also completed a Masterin Theology. She obtained herDoctoral Degree in Theologyat the Pontifical GregorianUniversity in Rome. She isregardedas an expert on layspirituality emerging from the

basic Christian communitiesin Latin America. Among herpublications are:Simone Weil:Una mstica en los lmites;

Un rostro para DiosandSentiry experimentar a Dios de un

modo femenino.

THEOLOGY