The question of Christian philosophy today / edited by Francis J. Ambrosio.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ambrosio, Francis J.

Series:

Perspectives in continental philosophy 1089-3938 ; no. 9.

Perspectives in continental philosophy, 1089-3938 ; no. 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity--Philosophy.

Christianity.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 366 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, [1999]

Summary:

Based on papers delivered at a conference held at Georgetown University in Fall, 1993, The Question of Christian Philosophy Today probes different issues confronting Christian philosophy at the brink of the twenty-first century, from traditionalism to postmodernism. Together with excerpts from the question and answer session, each paper and the concluding round table discussion are here preserved in five distinct sections. The work, taken as a whole, is an exemplar of the meaning and spirit of where we can locate Christian philosophy today, and what we can expect for its future.

Contents:

I Evoking the Question

1. Back to the Future? / William J. Richardson 3

II Encountering the Tradition

2. History of Philosophy as Tutor of Christian Philosophy / Marilyn McCord Adams 37

3. Secular Philosophy and Its Origins at the Dawn of the Modern Age / Louis Dupre 61

4. Original Sin: A Study in the Interaction of Philosophy and Theology / Robert Merrihew Adams 80

5. The Problem of Christian Philosophy / Adriaan Peperzak 111

6. A Theological View of Philosophy: Revelation and Reason / David Tracy 142

III Of What Avail?

7. Lonergan and the Measures of God / Patrick A. Heelan, S. J. 165

8. Metanoetics: Elements of a Postmodern Christian Philosophy / John D. Caputo 189

9. "Divine Woman/Divine Women": The Return of the Sacred in Bataille, Lacan, and Irigaray / Amy Hollywood 224

10. "Christian Philosophy": Hermeneutic or Heuristic? / Jean-Luc Marion 247

IV Philosophizing as a Christian

11. Philosophy and Existence / Jean Ladriere 267

V A Concluding Roundtable Discussion

VI In Response

12. On Seeing Fra Angelico's San Marco Annunciation: The Place of Art / Francis J. Ambrosio 313.

Notes:

"Presented at a symposium held at Georgetown University, September 24-26, 1993"--Introd.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

082321981X

0823219828

OCLC:

42683164