Culture and the Thomist tradition : after Vatican II / Tracey Rowland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rowland, Tracey, 1963-

Series:

Radical orthodoxy series.

Radical orthodoxy series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.

Thomas.

Catholic Church--Doctrines.

Catholic Church.

Christianity and culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Thomism's influence upon the development of Catholicism is difficult to overestimate - but how secure is its grip on the challenges that face contemporary society? Culture and the Thomist Tradition examines the crisis of Thomism today as thrown into relief by Vatican II, the twenty-first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church. Following the Church's declarations on culture in the document Gaudium et spes - the Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World - it was widely presumed that a mandate had been given for transposing ecclesiastical culture into the

Contents:

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; Part I CULTURE AS A THEOLOGICAL PROBLEM; Part II MODERNITY AND THE THOMIST TRADITION; Part III A POSTMODERN DEVELOPMENT OF THE TRADITION; NOTES; ABBREVIATIONS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-215) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-134-40582-0

1-134-40583-9

0-415-30527-6

0-203-71205-6

1-280-07158-3

9780203712054

OCLC:

437080475