On Heaven and Earth is an open and expansive dialogue between Jorge Mario Bergoglio and Abraham Skorka, a Rabbi and biophysicist, in which they share their thoughts on religion, reason, and the challenges the world faces in the 21st Century. For years Cardinal Bergoglio (then Archbishop of Buenos Aires) and Rabbi Skorka were tenacious promoters of interreligious dialogues on faith and reason. They both sought to build bridges between Catholicism, Judaism and the world at large. On Heaven and Earth brings together a series of these dialogues where both men talk about various theological and world issues including God, fundamentalism, atheism, abortion, homosexuality, euthanasia, same sex marriage and globalization. From these personal and accessible dialogues comes a first-hand view of the man who is now Pope to 1.2 billion Catholics around the world.
By:
Jorge Mario Bergoglio
Imprint: Bloomsbury
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 216mm,
Width: 135mm,
Weight: 281g
ISBN: 9781472909459
ISBN 10: 1472909453
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 23 September 2014
Audience:
General/trade
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Professional and scholarly
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ELT Advanced
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Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
How We Experience Dialogue by Abraham Skorka The Façade as Mirror by Jorge Bergoglio 1 On God 2 On the Devil 3 On Atheists 4 On Religions 5 On Religious Leaders 6 On the Disciples 7 On Prayer 8 On Guilt 9 On Fundamentalism 10 On Death 11 On Euthanasia 12 On the Elderly 13 On Women 14 On Abortion 15 On Divorce 16 On Same-Sex Marriage 17 On Science 18 On Education 19 On Politics and Power 20 On Communism and Capitalism 21 On Globalisation 22 On Money 23 On Poverty 24 On the Holocaust 25 On the 1970s 26 On Some Historical Facts: The Conquest, Socialism, and Peronism 27 On the Arab-Israeli Conflict and Other Conflicts 28 On Interreligious Dialogue 29 On the Future of Religion
Jorge Mario Bergoglio was born in Buenos Aires in 1936. He was elected Archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998 and was created cardinal by Pope Jean Paul II in 2001 with the title of cardinal priest of San Roberto Bellarmino, a church served by Jesuits. He was elected the 266th Pope in March 2013. Rabbi Abraham Skorka was born in Buenos Aires in 1950. He is Rector of the Latin American Rabbinical Seminary and has published numerous articles in the fields of Talmudic and Biblical research.
