On Human Being: A Spiritual Anthropology (Theology and Faith) - Softcover

The English translation has a vigorous, poetic style that makes it highly readable.... The chapters on eros and human sexuality, on persons in communion, and on political theology ... are so rich that the reader will inevitably be drawn to Clement's earlier "The Roots of Christian Mysticism.'" -- Patrick Howell SJ ""Theological Studies""

Having fed on Clement's "The Roots of Christian Mysticism" and "Three Prayers," I was delighted to discover this work.... [Clement] is at once contemporary, visionary, and thoroughly rooted in tradition. Reading him is a wonderful preparation for prayer. -- David M. Denny ""Desert Call""

Rooted in the experience of the early Christian centuries, the author of the widely-acclaimed Roots of Christian Mysticism thinks about human nature, its challenges, problems, joys and fulfillment. Clement begins by exploring a response to the dysfunctional aspects of nature, and then looks at how we are persons made in the image of the divine and in communion with one another; in the light of what emerges, the author discovers fresh understandings of sexuality, politics, the role of humanity in the cosmos and the power of beauty; his discussion ends with facing our society's unmentionable question: death. Here is a fine book for all explorers into the deeper meaning of what it is to be human.