by Rafael Ruiz | May 6, 2025 | Affectivity, Literature and emotional education, Pope Francis, Spirituality
What the algorithm cannot achieve The Encyclical Dilexit nos, “He Loved Us…”, by Pope Francis, is surprising from its very wording: on the human and divine love of the heart of Jesus. It is one thing to know, theologically, that Jesus Christ is true God and true...
by Rafael Ruiz | Jun 9, 2024 | Affectivity, Family and Society, Literature and emotional education
This new article in the series Literature and Feelings deals with taste, will and desire, starting with Michael Ende’s The Neverending Story. Table of contents Between taste and will Freedom Beyond Taste and Desire in Michael Ende Thinking about what you want...
by Rafael Ruiz | Apr 18, 2024 | Affectivity, Coping with death, Covid-19, Family and Society, Literature and emotional education
Literature, this time with Ivan Ilyich, teaches us once again that life is worth living. The experience of the last epidemic that has struck the whole world and that still continues to plague us has allowed us to think about many things: many that we thought were...
by Rafael Ruiz | Jul 13, 2015 | Uncategorized
Prof. Rafael Ruiz Rafael Ruiz. Associate Professor of American History at the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP).