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Freedom, philosophy, and faith : the transformative role of Judeo-Christian freedom in Western thought / Montague Brown.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brown, Montague, 1952-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Liberty--Religious aspects--Catholic Church--History of doctrines.
- Liberty.
- Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.
- Thomas.
- Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430.
- Augustine.
- Liberty--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
- Physical Description:
- 287 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, [2011]
- Summary:
- Freedom, Philosophy, and Faith: The Transformative Role of Judeo-Christian Freedom in Western Thought highlights the essential role freedom plays in the Catholic intellectual tradition. Montague Brown argues that freedom, taken in its most essential form as understood by the Judeo-Christian tradition, has been transformative in all aspects of human thought, from metaphysics to politics. In particular, the book traces the fundamental role freedom plays in the thought of St. Augustine (as it transforms his Platonism) and in the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas (as it transforms his Aristotelianism). Brown introduces the topic of freedom in the rich context of the Judeo-Christian intellectual tradition of "faith seeking understanding" and traces the role of freedom in metaphysics, time and history, morality, marriage, economics, and politics. Through each topic, he delves deep into the thoughts of St. Augustine and St. Thomas, showing how their positions are superior to the materialist pluralism and idealist monism that inform much ancient and modern thought and which are clearly incompatible with freedom. His discussion is supplemented with more contemporary thinkers, including papal teaching. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- The voice of freedom
- Freedom and metaphysics
- Time and history
- Freedom and the moral life
- Marriage : heart of the free society
- Freedom, work, and prosperity
- Freedom and the political community
- Concluding reflections.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780739150900
- 0739150901
- 9780739170304
- 0739170309
- OCLC:
- 729344037
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