Living The Threshold. The Kairos of World Person and New Perspective for Hospitality

Keywords: phenomenology; extraneous; world person; Chiara Lubich

Abstract

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pepsi-2017-0005

Starting from the analysis of a phenomenological reading of the parable of the Good Samaritan and arriving at the idea of the World Person in Chiara Lubich, this article will discuss two topics: union in difference and the model of the neighbor in the Gospel. For Christians this is the confi rmation that the meeting with the stranger is possible. Christ founded a community that co-exists with the stranger. It is within this path that the intuition the figure of the World Person in Chiara Lubich arises. In the tension between interpretation and Truth, Lubich puts the question: was there anyone that went through the trial of doubt about the Truth, but has been able to create a new world? She says that was Jesus Forsaken, who opens up the possibility of differentiation without exclusion.

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Published
2019-04-04
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Articles