ATTUALITÀ DELL’IMITAZIONE DI CRISTO

Discussion of Francesco Roat's book (Graphe.it editions, 2026) Introduction by the author: Marcello Girone Daloli This is a spiritual essay that revisits one of the fundamental texts of the Christian tradition, making it accessible and meaningful for the contemporary reader. Once the second most read book after the Bible, The Imitation of Christ is today an unknown work for many. Roat illuminates it with a thoughtful commentary that engages with Scripture, medieval mystics such as M. Eckhart and M. Porete, and modern voices such as E. Hillesum and T.S. Eliot. This essay by Roat is aimed at believers and non-believers alike, as well as those seeking tools to confront human finitude, selfishness, and the superficiality of the contemporary world. Francesco Roat, born in Trentino, a former secondary school literature teacher and editorial consultant, has been writing about cultural topics for decades in newspapers, weeklies, and magazines. In addition to several narrative works, he has published numerous essays. He is a dedicated scholar in the field of Christian religiosity and mysticism. For the series "Encounters with Applied Spirituality"