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The "Abba School" is the Focolares interdisciplinary study center, which aims at unfolding the doctrine and cultural potentiality that is implicit in the Focolares spirituality. An introduction to the Abba School collects some of the first-fruits of this study: a talk by Focolare foundress Chiara Lubich on the principal cornerstones of a "Theology and Philosophy of Unity"; an introduction to an original methodology of theology that derives from the Abba School (Piero Coda, professor of fundamental of the mystical experience lived by Chiara Lubich (Gerard Rosse, a prominent French Bible scholar); a glimpse of the "reverse side" of unity, that is, some incisive ideas on the reality of hell (Hubertus Blaumeiser, professor at the Gregorian University in Rome), and a talk centered on Jesus forsaken, a key element of the spirituality of the Focolare (Guiuseppe M. Zanghi, editor-in-chief of the Nuova Umanita review).
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Chiara Lubich (1920-2008) was born in Italy. An internationally renowned religious leader and writer, she received the Templeton Prize for the Progress of Religion and the UNESCO Peace Prize. She published over thirty books in dozens of languages with more than one million copies sold. She founded and presided the Focolare Movement until her death on March 14 2008. Chiara and her gospel-based spirituality have inspired millions. The Focolare Movement stands at the forefront of ecumenical and interfaith dialogue.
