Becoming human
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/catalog3948
- Author
- Vanier, Jean, 1928-2019
- Publication Date
- 1998
- Material Type
- Book : Paper
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)
- Call Number
- BD 450 V26 1998
- Author
- Vanier, Jean, 1928-2019
- Place of Publication
- Toronto ON
- Publisher
- Anansi
- Publication Date
- 1998
- Physical Description
- 166 [+1] p. ; 20.2 x 12.5 cm.
- Material Type
- Book : Paper
- Notes
- "[By] Jean Vanier".
- Includes bibliographical references.
- "This book is essentially five talks that I gave on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) radio program 'Ideas', the 1998 Massey Lectures, commissioned by the CBC and Massey College of the University of Toronto. I have made slight corrections and a few additions for greater clarity as a printed text". -- Intro. p. [1].
- "In this provocative work, Jean Vanier shares his profoundly human vision for creating a common good that radically changes our communities, our relationships, and ourselves. He proposes that by opening ourselves to outsiders, those we perceive as weak, different, or inferior, we can achieve true personal and societal freedom. Our society shuns weakness and glorifies strength. By embracing weakness, however, we learn new ways of living and discover greater compassion, trust, and understanding. This spirit of inclusion has extraordinary implications for the way we live our lives and build our communities". -- back cover.
- Contents: Introduction -- Loneliness -- Belonging -- From Exclusion to Inclusion : A Path of Healing -- The Path to Freedom -- Forgiveness -- Notes -- The CBC Massey Lecture Series.
- Series
- CBC Massey lecture series
- Subjects
- Philosophical anthropology
- Humanity
- Loneliness - Religious aspects - Christianity
- Disabled - Religious aspects - Christianity
- Forgiveness - Religious aspects - Christianity
- Community (Religion)
- Social isolation - Religious aspects - Christianity
- Social integration - Religious aspects - Christianity
- ISBN
- 0-88784-631-9
- Call Number
- BD 450 V26 1998
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)