Communio Issue
Deus Caritas Est: A Symposium
Recreated cover based on Communio’s historical design.
Table of Contents
Articles in this issue
The Unity of Love and the Face of Man: An Invitation to Read Deus caritas est
"Love is one. Eros and agape cannot be set against each other."
The Redemption of Eros: Philosophical Reflections on Benedict XVI’s First Encyclical
“God is charity, then, because the world is dear to him. It represents, in some respect, a goodness and beauty that God himself ‘desires.’”
Why Begin With Love? Eros, Agape, and the Problem of Secularism
“Benedict’s particular construal of the eros-agape relationship is uniquely suited to provide a Christian response to secularism that neither preserves Christian distinctiveness at the cost of its worldly mission, nor emphasizes the Church’s worldly mission at the expense of its identity as Christian .”