NLN 2010 - ISBN 978-80-7422-051-7
Obsah:
• Na počátku bylo oslovení
• Bůh bydlí v možnosti
• Bůh bydlí v příběhu
• Svět je divadlo
• Lze žít víru bez víry?
• Povinnost křesťana být někdy ateistou
• Bůh a létavice
• Bůh na nádvoří pohanů
• Více než strážný na svítání
• Bůh bydlí ve svobodě
• O víře, nevěře a moci odpouštět
• Velký bratr je upírem svobody, Bůh její krví
• Přátelství s neznámým
• Uprostřed temnot
• Vstupuji do hry
V souboru 15 esejů autor dále rozvíjí svou filozofii dialogu víry a nevíry. Jednou z inspirací jeho úvah byla výzva současného papeže Benedikta, aby ti, kteří nemohou přijmout Boha, se přesto snažili žít „jako kdyby Bůh byl“. Tomáš Halík se ptá, co vlastně rozlišuje život věřících a nevěřících a zda i věřící nemohou chápat víru jako hypotézu, kterou musí neustále ověřovat vlastním životem.
Theatre for Angels
In this collection of 15 essays, the author builds upon his previous books, further developing his philosophy of dialogue between faith and unbelief. His reflections were inspired, among other things, by the appeal of Pope Benedict XVI, inviting those who cannot accept a faith in God to nevertheless try to live “as if God existed”. Halik asks what it is that actually distinguishes the lives of believers from the lives of unbelievers, and whether it would also be possible for believers to understand faith as a hypothesis they have to keep verifying through their own lives. The book was published the same year that the author won the Romano Guardini prize, a prestigious European award for “outstanding merits in interpreting contemporary society.” The author, in his reply to the question what it means to live as if God existed, offers the answer: to live as a truly free human being. “At times, does the Church not resemble a rich young man who, although observing all the commandments, was not able to give up the wealth in his possession, his certitudes? There are many passages in the Gospel where Jesus claims that only a man who has given away everything he has becomes free to be followed. Maybe this does not only apply to material possessions; our spiritual wealth may also be a part of the certitudes that we must give up to be free for any further journey, free for faith as the way of following.”
