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Risto Saarinen, ThD, PhD, is professor of ecumenical theology at the University of Helsinki and a member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters. He served as research professor at the Centre d'Etudes Oecumeniques in Strasbourg from 1994 to 1999.
A gift to theology and to the ecumenical movement.Catholic Books
Review
A wonderful and necessary book, weaving together discourses which
often remain apart. Saarinen integrates philosophical and
sociological with theological approaches, thus coming up with a
comprehensive presentation - last not least of great ecumenical
relevance. The book gets to the core of Christianity which truly
lies in God's giving!Oswald Bayer, Tübingen University, Germany
In this book, Risto Saarinen has a great many balls in the air:
Derrida et al on gift, eucharistic sacrifice, the state of
ecumenism, New Testament lexicography, how to avoid Pelagianism,
Martin Luther, and many more. Just when you think a ball has been
dropped, a hand reaches out and snags it. Saarinen's conceptual
juggling is at once subtle and precise. Perhaps the central
achievement is to show how different many gifts or exchanges look
when considered from the viewpoint of the giver rather than from
the viewpoint of the recipient.Robert W. Jenson, Senior Scholar for
Research, Center for Theological Inquiry, Princeton
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