On the 28th of June, the Isidro Alves auditorium of the Catholic University of Portugal (UCP) – Braga Regional Center will host the presentation of the book “The Proposal of Christian Hope Today” by Vítor José Novais, professor at the Faculty of Theology and Rector at the Conciliar Seminary of São Pedro and São Paulo, at 21:30.

This session will count with the presence of Jorge Teixeira da Cunha, professor at the Faculty of Theology of the UCP, to make known the respective work, published by UCP Editora, and, also, with that of Fernando Soares for the reading of parts of "Os portals of the mystery of the second virtue”, written by Charles Péguy.

The event will culminate with a musical moment provided by José Miguel Ferreira.

Entry is free.

SYNOPSIS

 

As an ethical category, hope assumes itself as a decisive and structuring element that impels human beings to the desire for renewal, leading them to act, to question themselves and to restructure themselves as individuals. It is hope that configures our entity, which allows us to overcome difficulties, discover and build new paths and different perceptions of reality. Waiting is not, therefore, an attitude of optimism towards the future; rather, it is an inquiring and transfiguring attitude of the present, envisioning, already in the present, a future that one hopes to achieve. The novelty of this work consists precisely in looking at hope as a meaning, style and impetus for the regeneration of the moral proposal. Based on some fundamental moral categories, our study intends to be a source of inspiration for the transformation of the believer's being and acting.