An avant-garde theological generation : the nouvelle theologie and the french crisis of modernity / Jon Kirwan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kirwan, Jon, author.

Series:

Oxford theology and religion monographs.

Oxford Theology and Religion Monographs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church--Doctrines.

Catholic Church.

Nouvelle théologie (Catholic theology)--History.

Nouvelle théologie (Catholic theology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (326 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Summary:

This study examines the Fourviere Jesuits and Le Saulchoir Dominicans, theologians and philosophers who comprised the influential reform movement the nouvelle theologie. Led by Henri de Lubac, Jean Danielou, Yves Congar, and Marie-Dominique Chenu, the movement flourished from the 1930s until its suppression in 1950.

Contents:

Modern French intellectual generations

1893-1914: sedimented generations in a divided France

The first ressourcement: the generations of 1890 and 1912

1920s: the formation of the generation of 1930

1930s: the crisis of humanism and the generation of 1930

The Catholic generation of 1930

1940s: the triumph of the generation of 1930

1960s: the global triumph of the generation of 1930.

Notes:

This edition previously issued in print: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-255127-2

0-19-185983-4

0-19-255126-4