Civil Economy

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The Law, Jesus the “serial transgressor” and the dynamic tension that sets us free

The Law, Jesus the “serial transgressor” and the dynamic tension that sets us free

Economy of Joy/9 - Christianity loses its transformative power if the Gospel is turned into a manual for “binding” instead of “unbinding” by Luigino Bruni published in Avvenire on 01/07/2024 At the heart of the Jubilee and its humanism is the shabbat, the Sabbath, which we have been repeating, wi...
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The importance of knowing when to stop before reaching the point of no return

The importance of knowing when to stop before reaching the point of no return

Economy of joy 8 / Nebuchadnezzar's long-cherished dreams of power and our struggle to recognize the moment when we begin to believe we are invincible by Luigino Bruni published in Avvenire on June 17, 2025 «Do not imagine yourselves to be above other men, for your profiles are worn down by the f...
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What makes the world go round?

What makes the world go round?

It is important to occasionally practice empathy with strangers who rush past us on the streets of our lives. It helps us reconcile ourselves with life and work, and develop a sense of brotherhood. by Luigino Bruni published in Messaggero di Sant'Antonio on 03/06/2025 The other day, on my way to wor...
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The Good Fight of Ernesto Buonaiuti

The Good Fight of Ernesto Buonaiuti

Novecento - Two volumes bring attention back to the modernist priest and allow for the relaunch of the appeal for the revision of the excommunication, starting from the reading of the dogma as the result of historical evolution by Luigino Bruni published in Agorà Avvenire on 08/06/2025 «Has Chris...
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It is time to free our hearts from the slavery of wanting to be perfect

It is time to free our hearts from the slavery of wanting to be perfect

Economy of Joy 7/ The Sabbath of the Jubilee helps us understand when we are becoming our own pharaohs. To learn how to let all our beauty blossom by Luigino Bruni published in Avvenire on June 3, 2025 The sabbatical culture, which is the foundation of the Jubilee, contains a very important anthr...
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Beatitudes, “Shabbat of the Gospel” that opens a new time here and now

Beatitudes, “Shabbat of the Gospel” that opens a new time here and now

Economy of joy 6/ With the Holy Year, we rediscover the law impressed by God in the rest from our servitude, which dominates the flow of life by Luigino Bruni published in Avvenire on May 20, 2025 «If God exists, today he needs someone who, if he cannot say who he is, at least says who he is not....
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Returning to the questions raised by Rerum Novarum, challenging the “religion” of the new capitalism

Returning to the questions raised by Rerum Novarum, challenging the “religion” of the new capitalism

The relationship between private good and common good, the nature of business and capitalism: in choosing the name Leo, the Church recognizes the need to engage with major economic issues by Luigino Bruni published in Avvenire on 11/05/2025 Pope Francis' first programmatic document was the choice...
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True freedom is always a gift. The Jubilee helps us understand this

True freedom is always a gift. The Jubilee helps us understand this

Economy of Joy 5/ - The Holy Year as a favorable time to remember our own liberation and become liberators for others by Luigino Bruni published in Avvenire on 06/05/2025 Freedom is a special good. We love many things, but what we love is beautiful and good if and because we are free. And if we a...