El sentido religioso

The religious sense is the first volume of the Basic Course of Christianity, in which Luigi Giussani summarizes his itinerary of thought and experience. The book identifies in the religious sense the very essence of rationality and the root of human consciousness. According to the author, the religious sense is situated at the level of the elemental experience of each man, in which the self asks questions about the meaning of life, of reality, of everything that happens. With a close but deep style, Giussani leads the reader to discover the original sense of dependence, which is the greatest evidence for man of any time. Christianity has to do with the religious sense precisely because it is proposed as an unpredictable, but fully reasonable, response to man's desire to live discovering and loving his own destiny. Luigi Giussani, founder of the Communion and Liberation movement, has marked an era in Christian education, and this is undoubtedly one of his fundamental books, which has profoundly influenced the lives of several generations and continues to be a decisive point of reference for thousands of people in the world. This new edition includes a foreword by Jorge Mario Bergoglio.