Work of love: a theological reconstruction of the communion of saints

Synopsis

Leonard Delorenzo's Book Addresses The Idea Of The Communion Of Saints, Rather Than Individual Saints, With The Conviction That What Makes The Saints Holy And What Forms Them Into A Communion Is One And The Same. Work Of Love Investigates The Issue Of Communication Within The Communio Sanctorum And The Fullness Of Christian Hope In The Face Of The Meaning-or Meaninglessness-of Death. Chapter 1. Indefinite Article. Looking Backward -- The Development Of A Doctrine -- The Orthodoxy Of The Body Of The Faithful -- State Of The Communion -- The Diagnosis -- Looking Forward -- Chapter 2. Solitary Confinement. Regarding Christian Hope -- Forgetting Death -- Interlude: Transgressing The Forbidden, Seeing The Invisible -- The Rilkean Opening -- The View From Heidegger -- Remembering The Forgotten Death -- Chapter 3. Word Of Life. Toward A Christian Account Of Death And Communication -- Karl Rahner: A Theology Of Death Within Christian Eschatology -- Joseph Ratzinger: Communication Within Salvation History -- Hans Urs Von Balthasar: Heeding Absolute Communication -- Given To Nothing: Creation And Resurrection -- The Word Of Life -- Chapter 4. Dispossessing Desire. Becoming Fully Human -- Encountering The Risen Christ: The Beginning Of A New End -- At The End Of All Exploring: What Augustine Found -- Ontology By Desire -- Desiring God -- Chapter 5. Bodily Memory. A Fool's Errand? -- Ordering The Commedia -- The Communicative Nature -- The Space Of Freedom -- The Church's Oblation -- Ascension, Assumption, And The Resurrection Of The Body -- Chapter 6. Work Of Love. Hastening To Wholeness -- The Coming Of The Lord -- A Beautiful Pattern: The Aesthetic Pedagogy Of The Book Of Exodus -- Interlude: Glory As Dwelling, Dwelling As Communion -- Thérèse Of Lisieux And The Beauty Of The Earth -- Teresa Of Avila And The Beauty Of Carmel -- Mother Of Teresa And The Beauty Of Calcutta -- Dorothy Day And The Beauty Of New York -- The Intermediate State And The Beauty Of Wholeness -- Liturgical Training And The Beauty Of Prayer -- God's People And The Beauty Of Particularity. Leonard J. Delorenzo. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.