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Rating: 
Summary: crystal clear
Review: If you love walking down the beach to ponder and to stop and pick up shells, bits of
glass, small beach wildflowers and remnants of the sea, you will equally enjoy reading
Christian Footings by Robert Imperato. Each section of this theological treasure is filled with
pearls of wisdom collected by the author over years of scholarly reflection. Whether a novice
or academic researcher, readers of Christian Footings will find complex theological
conversations synthesized, with Hemingway precision, into inviting thought provoking
concepts. Imperato fearlessly sets a course to explore the wide-open issues of Creation,
Revelation, Personalism, World Religions and Jesus. The gift this author presents to readers of
the text rests in his ability to define and clarify the scope of each topic in context with works by
leading experts like Rahner, Bernard of Clairvaux, Teihard de Chardin, and Merton. The result of this effort is a discourse rich in universal questioning yet direct in its
challenge to specific, personal, internal conflicts, which we must all resolve for ourselves. Whether undertaking a personal analysis on spirituality or critiquing a Gospel parable, Imperato
pushes the reader to recognize that "In each case the conventional mind set is challenged." (p.
53) As a professor of Religious Studies at Saint Leo University, Imperato's approach is less
systematic and more practical in helping others come to terms with contemporary theological
dialogue, grounded in historical accuracy. Christian Footings is a compass to those of us
courageous, would-be sailors - students and mentors alike - who set out to journey on life's
insistent call to be a participant. "We are part of the process and also hold the rudder, at least of humanity's future, in our hands."
(p. 9) JUDITH PRUITT St. Thomas University Miami, FL
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