William J. O’Malley, S.J., è un eminente educatore la cui carriera ha incluso l'insegnamento del latino, dell'inglese e della teologia in diverse istituzioni prestigiose. Con una vasta esperienza, ha pubblicato quaranta libri, centinaia di articoli e numerosi drammi e musical, apportando contributi significativi all'educazione religiosa. La sua opera è contraddistinta da profonde intuizioni su temi spirituali ed educativi. L'approccio di O'Malley unisce l'indagine intellettuale all'applicazione pratica, affermandolo come una figura influente nel campo dell'educazione.
O'Malley looks at 'down-to-earth' holiness and calls on us to live for God on the spot where we're standing. To be holy, he argues, is to be fully human and fully alive, and he draws on the lives of Jesus and the saints to inspire us to be what we already are - the children of God.
God Questions challenges all adults to reflect honestly on their faith and sets out important questions that can open a discussion with their children or students. Based on the structure of Meeting the Living God, this book gives adults, especially parents and teachers, the tools with which to discuss the important questions of faith and belief with young people. As the author notes, this shared quest will be meaningful to both parent/teacher and youngster "only if the question of the child's belief or disbelief in God is more important than whether he or she chooses to be a Democrat or a Republican."
How do you make yourself an adult rather than just hoping it happens to you? Own Yourself explores the ethical and moral issues that young people will need to address as adults in "the real world." It not only analyses the truths about being a decent human, it questions whether they "ring true"do they lead to a richer, worthier human life? In learning that no one can legitimately objectify a human being, Own Yourself guides us in owning our potential as humans and setting it in motion toward its richest kind of fulfillment.
Wychowałem się w wierze katolickiej - co tydzień chodziłem do kościoła i przyjmowałem sakramenty. Tak naprawdę nic mnie to wszystko nie obchodziło. Sting Zdumienie i zachwyt rzadko nam dziś towarzyszą. Natomiast w dzieciństwie - motylek, tęcza, miękka skóra mamy, pierwsza łza - wszystko czego doświadczaliśmy zdumiewało i zachwycało. Jest to tzw. efekt 'wow', którego znaczenie w naszym życiu podkreśla o.William O`Malley. Efekt ten powinien prowadzić do refleksji nad kondycją człowieka, przeżywaniem wiary oraz rozumieniem Boga i nas samych. Autor przedstawia wiele przykładów z historii, nauki i literatury skłaniających do okrzyku: 'wow! Nigdy nie myślałem o tym w ten sposób.' Przede wszystkim odwołuje się do wiary katolickiej, by pokazać, że można w niej odkryć coś nowego i dynamicznego.