Abstract

BASUALTO PORRA, Lorena. The tension between bottom-up and top- down spiritualities. Paradoxes of the Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia.. Franciscanum [online]. 2018, vol.60, n.170, pp.153-182.  Epub Dec 26, 2020. ISSN 0120-1468.  https://doi.org/10.21500/01201468.3904.

This article analyzes the paradox that is found in Amoris Laetitia between a spirituality that goes bottom-up and a spirituality that goes top-down. Pope Francis tries to break this tension between the ideal and reality through a spirituality of the family that finds God in weaknesses, incapacities and even sin. Now then, when he makes reference to moral themes concerning spouses and families, he must start from a top-down perspective, that is, from a determined ideal that leaves out the phenomenological approach. However, the paradox finds ways of solutions through its conception of conscience and discernment.

Keywords : Family; spirituality; morality; conscience; discernment.

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