Life's Great Questions

by Jean Vanier

Overview

From the mind of world-famous philosopher and humanitarian Jean Vanier comes this exploration of life’s greatest questions: Who are we? Why are we here? What is the purpose of life? With his characteristically deep yet accessible style, the L’Arche founder encourages you to delve more deeply into your own faith and spirituality and helps you to find your own answers to life’s great questions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781616369415
Publisher:	Franciscan Media
Publication date:	08/21/2015
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Jean Vanier is a philosopher, writer, religious and moral leader. In 2015 he was awarded the prestigious Templeton Prize. He is the founder of two major international community-based organizations, L’Arche, and Faith & Light, that exist for people with intellectual disabilities. The 135 L’Arche communities in 33 countries and 1,600 Faith & Light communities in 80 countries are living laboratories of human transformation. In and outside of these organizations, he has spent more than four decades as a deeply radical advocate for the poor and the weak in our society.

Table of Contents

Foreword Ronald Rolheiser ix

Introduction xiii

Chapter 1 Where Do Ideas Come From? 1

Chapter 2 What is Reality? 10

Chapter 3 Why is there so Much Suffering? 17

Chapter 4 Why is there Evil in the World? 26

Chapter 5 What Is the Nature of Reality? 34

Chapter 6 What Are We Living For? 42

Chapter 7 Why Is It So Hard to Be Good? 49

Chapter 8 How Do You Know That God Exists? 56

Chapter 9 How Can We Love? 61

Chapter 10 How Can We Be of Service to One Another and to the World? 69

Chapter 11 What Is the Nature of Love? 75

Chapter 12 How Does God Intervene in Human Affairs? 84

Chapter 13 If God Is Good and All-Powerful, How Can Evil Exist? 97

Chapter 14 Is Death the End of Everything? 101

Chapter 15 What Happens When We Die? 118

Chapter 16 Why Are We Here? 124

Chapter 17 What Matters in Death? What Matters In Life? 148

Biographical Sketches 166

Notes 170