The History of Salvation

Gianluigi PASQUALE, holds a PhD in Theology from the 'Pontificia Università Gregoriana' in Rome and a PhD in Philosophy from Venice's 'Ca' Foscari' University. He is a professor at the 'Lateranense' and 'Antonianum' Pontifical Universities in Rome and at the affiliated 'Laurentianum' Capuchin Theological Studium in Venice, of which he is also President. He is an adjunct professor at the 'San Lorenzo Giustiniani' School of Religious Sciences of the 'Studium Generale Marcianum' in Venice and a guest professor at the 'Redemptoris Mater' Theological Studium in Berlin, Germany. He has published articles in Italian, German, English, French and Spanish on a number of specialized journals. He has recently published the following monographs: La teologia della storia della salvezza nel secolo XX (The theology of the history of salvation in the 20th century), Dehoniane, Bologna, 2002, which has been translated into Croatian; Oltre la fine della storia. La coscienza cristiana dell'Occidente (Beyond the end of history. The Christian consciousness of the western world), Bruno Mondadori, Milan, 2004; Aristotle and the Principle of Non-Contradiction, Academia Verlag, Sankt Augustin, 2006. He is responsible for the Italian Capuchins' Cultural Service and is the director of the book series 'I Mistici Francescani' (Edizioni Francescane, Padua) and 'Le Lettere di Padre Pio' (Edizioni San Paolo, Cinisello Balsamo-Milan), for which he has already published eight books that have been translated into nine different languages.