O Sentido do Natal: entre sombra e esperança
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O Sentido do Natal: entre sombra e esperan�a
de No�l Rigouin & Fr�d�rick Gouhier
O Sentido do Natal: entre sombra e esperan�a � uma jornada filos�fica e po�tica de quarenta cap�tulos que explora a festa mais universal do mundo atrav�s da condi��o humana.
Neste livro monumental, No�l Rigouin e Fr�d�rick Gouhier revelam o Natal como um espelho de luz e sombra, onde alegria e melancolia se encontram, mem�ria e desejo dialogam, e o sil�ncio da noite se mistura com a chama da esperan�a.
A obra regressa aos prim�rdios da celebra��o:
aos rituais do solst�cio de inverno,
�s Saturnais romanas,
ao culto de Mitra,
ao nascimento de Cristo,
e �s antigas tradi��es pag�s que deram origem
� �rvore de Natal, ao tronco de Yule, �s velas e aos gestos de partilha.
O livro percorre culturas e religi�es do mundo inteiro -
Hanukkah, Diwali, Vesak, Mawlid,
costumes africanos, asi�ticos, europeus e oce�nicos -
e mostra como o Natal se tornou uma linguagem universal de luz,
capaz de unir povos, cren�as e �pocas.
Ao longo da reflex�o surgem as vozes de grandes pensadores:
Pascal, Nietzsche, Simone Weil, Kierkegaard, Rilke, Ricoeur, Bachelard, Saint-Exup�ry,
que transformam o texto numa medita��o sobre a esperan�a fr�gil, vulner�vel, mas indestrut�vel.
S�o explorados temas profundos e humanos:
a maravilha da inf�ncia e a nostalgia da idade adulta,
a aus�ncia dos que partiram,
a for�a da mem�ria,
a �tica do presente,
o perd�o e a reconcilia��o,
o sil�ncio espiritual,
e a surpreendente capacidade humana
de reencontrar a bondade pelo menos uma vez por ano.
Os cap�tulos finais voltam-se para o futuro:
para a ecologia, a responsabilidade,
a necessidade de preservar a paz e a beleza,
e para a chama interior que devemos transmitir
�s pr�ximas gera��es.
Enquanto houver um fogo, uma can��o e o olhar de uma crian�a,
o mundo n�o perder� o sentido do Natal.
- Rigouin & Gouhier
O Sentido do Natal: entre sombra e esperan�a
� um livro profundo, po�tico e universal -
um ensaio filos�fico,
uma viagem pelas culturas do mundo,
uma medita��o espiritual.
Uma obra para crentes e n�o crentes,
para pensadores, buscadores e sonhadores,
para todos os que ainda acreditam
que uma pequena luz pode iluminar o mundo.
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