| Summary: | The purpose of this thesis is to study the main developments of the contemporary theology about work and its contributions relation to the role of this activity in christian spiritual life.
We will begin our investigation with the work and articles of M.D. Chenu, Gustave Thils, Cardinal Wyszynski, P. Todolí, H. Rondet and Ph. Delhaye, who have been, and partly still are, the founders of the study of work theology.
Secondly, we will make an analysis of this topic in the Second Vatican Council: preparation, discussion, meetings, schemes and official Council documents. We will pay special attention to Gaudium et Spes.
We will carry on with our study by revising Laborem exercens along with other Saint John Paul II's documents, where a step forward in spiritual work teaching is taken.
Eventually we will take into account the publications of José Luis Illanes, as his spiritual teachings offer us one of the most luminous experiences about work spirituality. As an appendix, we attach an interview with Dr. Illanes.
We will follow this index along this thesis: The work, person's action, leads the man and his world to God; the man takes part in the Creation's work, in the redemption's mystery with the Cross of Christ and in the Eucharist's mystery. Summing up, the christian, by his everyday work, joins and identifies with Christ.
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