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A theological journey : christian faith and human salvation / Ghislain Lafont ; translanted by John J. Burkhard.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lafont, Ghislain.
- Standardized Title:
- Promenade en theologie. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Theology--History.
- Theology.
- History.
- Church history.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 151 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Collegeville, Minn. : Liturgical Press, [2007]
- Summary:
- Beginning with the earliest proclamation of the Gospel up to the present, Benedictine theologian Ghislain Lafont traces the development of the Christian faith. In A Theological Journey, now available in this superb translation by Jonh Burkhard, O.F.M. Conv., Lafont explores key doctrines of the faith as they developed in answer to the needs and questions of people in each age. He then engages the questions and risks of today's world, inviting us to consider our place as Christians in history and in an increasingly globalized world. In the final analysis, Lafont's theological journey aims at inspiring us to hope in the midst of a world marked by conflict, pain, and suffering.
- Contents:
- Part 1 Introduction: The Road Traveled 1
- From Salvation to Reflection 1
- Our Proposed Itinerary 5
- Chapter 1 The Scriptures 7
- Scriptural Principles 7
- Awaiting Christ 7
- Saint Paul 10
- The Synoptic Gospels 12
- Saint John 13
- Chapter 2 The Period of the "Fathers" and of the "Councils': Spiritual Worship and Mystical Theology 15
- The Encounter with Hellenistic Culture 15
- Christ 17
- Understanding the Scriptures 19
- The Divine Names 20
- The Contribution of Philosophy 21
- The Way to Orthodoxy 22
- The Question of Evil 23
- The Church 25
- Chapter 3 The Middle Ages: The Road to Christian Humanism 29
- The Renewal of the Old Paradigm 30
- Jesus' Humanity in Its Weakness 30
- The Movement of the "Spiritual Franciscans" 32
- Saint Bonaventure (1221-1274) 32
- Acclimation to the New Thinking 34
- Human Autonomy 34
- The Scope of Language 35
- Aristotle 36
- Averroist Thought in the Universities 37
- St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) 37
- The Question of Evil 39
- Confrontation 40
- Evaluation by the Church 41
- Christian Reflection: Setting Off the Human 42
- Chapter 4 The Modern Period: The Enigma of Motion 45
- A Decisive Turning Point 45
- Transition from Antiquity to Modernity 45
- A Hypothesis Regarding Modernity 48
- Stages of Modernity 48
- Triumphant and Wretched Modernity 50
- Triumphant Modernity 50
- The Nominalist Option 50
- The New Shape of the World 51
- The Mastery of the Human 51
- The Awareness of Time and History 53
- The Social Contract 55
- Theology that is Rational 56
- Wretched Modernity 58
- The Anti-Modern Reform 59
- The Modernity of the Reform 60
- Conclusion to Triumphant and Wretched Modernity 62
- Dialectical Modernity 63
- The Return of Theology 63
- Dialectical Materialism 65
- Catholicism in Disarray 68
- Conclusion: Critical Modernity 70
- Part 2 Theology in Outline 73
- An Overview of the Route Traveled 73
- A Hypothesis: Desire, Tragedy, and "Tragic Misfortune" 76
- Chapter 5 Time and Divine Covenant 79
- Christianity and a Space for Memory 79
- The End-Time 80
- Anthropology 81
- Tragedy, Love, and Death 81
- "Tragic Misfortune": Human Failure 83
- Christ 85
- The Death and Resurrection of Christ: Tragedy 85
- The Impact of Human Failure and the Nature of Redemption: "Tragic Misfortune" 86
- God 87
- The Language of Revelation and Trinitarian Love 89
- The Limits of Talk about "Kenosis" 90
- Brief Reflections on the Suffering of God 91
- Church and the World 94
- Liturgy 94
- Ethics 95
- Chapter 6 Creation and Being 101
- Metaphysics 106
- Creation 109
- The Being of God 110
- The Sacraments 113
- Conclusion: Open to the Future 117
- Toward a World in the Form of Christendom 119
- Toward a World in the Form of Globalization 121
- Appendix 1 A Glossary of Terms 127
- Appendix 2 Writings in English by and about Ghislain Lafont, O.S.B. 137.
- Notes:
- "A Michael Glazier book."
- "Writings in English by and about Ghislain Lafont, O.S.B.": pages 137-138.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-143) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9780814652138
- 0814652131
- OCLC:
- 122261690
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