Giussani, Luigi 1922–

PERSONAL: Born October 15, 1922, in Desio, Milan, Italy; son of Beniamino (a wood carver) and Angela (a textile worker; maiden name, Gelosa) Giussani. Education: Attended Diocesan Seminary of Milan and Theological Faculty of Venegomo. Religion: Catholic

ADDRESSES: Office—Comunione e Liberazione, Via Porpora 127, 20133 Milan, Italy; fax: +39-02-5661-0357. Agent—Ultreya SRL, Via Romilli 8, 20139 Milan, Italy.

CAREER: Berchet High School, Milan, Italy, religion teacher, 1954–64; Catholic University, Milan, teacher of theology, 1964–90; Comunione e Liberazione (ecclesial fraternity), Milan, leader. Member of Pontifical Council for the Laity and Congregation for the Clergy.

AWARDS, HONORS: National Catholic Culture Award, 1995.

WRITINGS:

IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION

Il senso religioso, 1986, translation published as The Religious Sense, Ignatius Press (Fort Collins, CO), 1990.

Perchè la chiesa, Jaca Book (Milan, Italy), Volume 1, 1990, Volume 2, 1992, translation published as Why the Church, McGill-Queen's University Press (Montreal, Quebec, Canada), 2000.

Il rischio educativo, SEI (Milan, Italy), 1995, translation published as The Risk of Education, Crossroad Publishing (New York, NY), 2001.

At the Origin of the Christian Claim, McGill-Queen's University Press (Montreal, Quebec, Canada), 1998.

OTHER

Grandi linee della teologia protestante americana, Jaca Book (Milan, Italy), 1969.

L'avvenimento Cristiano, Rizzoli (Milan, Italy), 1993.

Il senso di Dio e l'uomo moderno (title means "Religious Awareness in Modern Man"), Rizzoli (Milan, Italy), 1994.

Si puo' vivere così?, Rizzoli (Milan, Italy), 1994.

Il tempo e il tempio, Rizzoli (Milan, Italy), 1995.

Alla ricerca del volto umano, Rizzoli (Milan, Italy), 1995.

Realtà e giovinezza, la sfida, SEI (Milan, Italy), 1995.

Il cammino al vero è un'esperienza, SEI (Milan, Italy), 1995.

Si puo' veramente vivere così?, Rizzoli (Milan, Italy), 1996.

Le mie letture, Rizzoli (Milan, Italy), 1996.

Cara beltà, Rizzoli (Milan, Italy), 1996.

Porta la speranza, Marietti (Genoa, Italy), 1997.

Tu o dell'amicizia, Rizzoli (Milan, Italy), 1997.

Generare tracce nella storia del mondo, Rizzoli (Milan, Italy), 1998.

Vivendo nella carne, Rizzoli (Milan, Italy), 1998.

L'uomo e il suo destino: In cammino, Marietti (Genoa, Italy), 1999.

L'attrattiva Gesù, Rizzoli (Milan, Italy), 1999.

L'io, il potere, le opere, Marietti (Genoa, Italy), 2000.

Tutti la terra desidera il tuo volto, (Sao Paulo, Brazil), 2000.

Che cosa è l'uomo perche' te ne curi, (Sao Paulo, Brazil), 2000.

L'autocoscienza del cosmo, Rizzoli (Milan, Italy), 2000.

Affezione e dimora, Rizzoli (Milan, Italy), 2001.

Dal temperamento un metodo, Rizzoli (Milan, Italy), 2002.

Giussani's works have been translated into French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Russian, Lithuanian, Slovak, Hungarian, Polish, Czech, Romanian, Croatian, Slovenian, Greek, Albanian, Japanese, and Arabic.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Commonweal, March 13, 1998, Bernard G. Prusak, review of The Religious Sense, p. 24.