Reflexions on Christian Humanism

Abstract

The author of this article reflects on Christian Humanism and the challenge that is
meant when proposing this in present cultural context. The first part emphasizes the
transition from Middle to Modern Ages and suggests hermeneutics of postmodernism
as expressed by “anthropological nihilism”. The second part focuses on the unprecedented
novelty of deifying human being, as a result of an unconceivable and excessive
love to God the Father. Then, Christian Humanism would consist of the experience
of man’s divine humanity, due to his insertion in Christ and the influence of the Spirit.
This experience lives through theological virtues, which purify idolatry and antropholatry,
leading to a paradoxical and mystical “faithful nihilism”