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Fr Lenti, who has published a variety of articles on Salesian topics and on Don Bosco in "Journal of Salesian Studies" and in "Ricerche Storiche Salesiane", taught Sacred Scripture for 20 years, and for 32 has been teaching at the Institute of Salesian Spirituality at Berkeley, in the United States.
Of this most recent work the author says: ""I call this survey, Don Bosco, History and Spirit-`History,` because Don Bosco`s life and work were played out in the context of the fateful events that created a new religious and political world, and thereby also shaped his thinking and action; `Spirit,` because through discernment, interpretation and acceptance he discovered the meaning of this new world and courageously responded to its challenges: his vocation. These chapters were born, so to speak, in the classroom. For the present purpose the material had to undergo considerable revision and re-writing for greater readability, and a number of chapters had to be expanded with Appendices".
The first three volumes in the series survey the life and times of John Melchior Bosco up to 1864 and will be available in October. The next four which describe Don Bosco`s life and work in the period following the unification of Italy, the institutional developments and organisation of the Salesian Society with the approval of the Holy See should be out during 2008.
The series is being published by the Salesian Pontifical University publishing house - LAS.
Published 07/06/2007
