{"product_id":"freedom-grace-and-destiny","title":"Freedom, Grace, and Destiny","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Romano Guardini\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFreedom, grace, destiny: \u003c\/b\u003ethese realities form the basic pattern of existence. Yet the modern world has witnessed a radical diminishment, if not an outright loss, of any sense for the unity of existence—even among Christians. This disunity is evident in how “the believer no longer stands with his faith amid the concrete, actual world, and he no longer rediscovers that world in his faith.” In three compelling essays, Guardini closely examines the core concepts of freedom, grace, and destiny, treating the presence of each in everyday experience and then considering them in terms of divine revelation and the illumination it sheds upon the mystery of being. The result is a reunification of what had been fragmented and the realization “that all divisions have only a methodological value and that what really exists is the world and man in the world, as called by God and judged and redeemed.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhere the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. \u003c\/i\u003e(1 Corinthians 3:17)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrace is no adventitious thing, the presence or absence of which leaves the essential character of man’s life undisturbed. On the contrary, it is only by means of grace that man becomes what according to the Divine will he ought to be. \u003c\/i\u003e(Romano Guardini)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eFirst appearing in English translation in 1961, \u003ci\u003eFreedom, Grace, and Destiny \u003c\/i\u003estands as a timely recollection of what it means to be human. Moreover, in rescuing these elemental concepts from their modern “distorted, discarded, or diluted” forms—in Flannery O’Connor’s evaluation—Guardini has admirably fulfilled his goal: the presentation of the pattern of Christian existence as a whole.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eRomano Guardini\u003c\/b\u003e (1885–1968) was a Catholic priest, professor, and author, whose intellectual disciples include Josef Pieper, Luigi Giussani, and Joseph Ratzinger. He was professor of theology and philosophy at the University of Berlin, University of Tübingen, and University of Munich. Guardini’s many published works include: \u003ci\u003eThe Conversion of Augustine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Humanity of Christ\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Last Things\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1685952259\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53100037308783,"sku":"978-1685952259","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/5337\/6879\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--898.jpg?v=1781124817","url":"https:\/\/www.heavenlychristiangifts.com\/products\/freedom-grace-and-destiny","provider":"Heavenly Christian Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}