Faithful reading : new essays in theology in honour of Fergus Kerr, OP / edited by Simon Oliver, Karen Kilby, Tom O'Loughlin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Oliver, Simon.

Kilby, Karen.

O'Loughlin, Thomas.

Series:

T & T Clark theology Faithful reading

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kerr, Fergus.

Theologians--Biography.

Theologians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum International Pub., c2012.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Fergus Kerr, OP is one of the foremost Catholic theologians of his generation. His works are widely read by specialists and students in the UK, North America and across the world. His Theology after Wittgenstein is regarded as a seminal work in philosophical theology. His After Aquinas: Versions of Thomism and Twentieth Century Catholic Theologians are two of the finest student-focussed introductions to their topics currently available. The essays in this collection cover the two key areas of Kerrs contribution: the relationship between theology and philosophy, focusing particularly on Thomism

Contents:

Title page; Copyright page; Dedication page; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; Foreword; Chapter 1 What Lacks is Feeling: Hume versus Kant and Habermas; Introduction; Habermas and the Lack Within Reason: The Debate with Ratzinger and the Munich Jesuits; Questioning Discursive Neutrality; From Kant to Hume: The Alternative Mediation of Feeling; Feeling Against Fanaticism; The Elevation of the Natural; Chapter 2 Newman, Wittgenstein and Foundationalism; Wittgenstein on Foundations; Newman on the Possibility of Doubt; Foundationalism; Conclusion

Chapter 3 Overcoming Modern Epistemology1; 2; 3; Chapter 4 Augustine on Knowing God and Knowing the Self; Chapter 5 Culture, Faith and Reason; The Spectre of Relativism; Translating as an Exercise in Judgement; Judgement in Appropriating from other Cultures; Concluding Remarks; Chapter 6 Extending the Thomist Movement from the Twentieth to the Twenty-First Century: U; Introduction; Literary Thomism as a Literary Description of the Work of St. Thomas Aquinas: The Poetics of T; Literary Thomism as a Thomistic Poetical Theology; Preamble: Believing God; Faith; Conclusion; Chapter 8 Witness

Beginning ExplorationsWitness Exemplified: Explorations from the New Testament; Witness Exemplified: A Recent Example; The Politics of Martyrdom; Chapter 9 Gender in the Theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar; Male and Female According to Balthasar; Male and Female Put to Work Theologically; Conclusion; Chapter 10 Nuptial Mysteries; The Rise of Nuptial Mysticism; History and Ideology; Reasons for the Rise of Nuptial Mysticism; Homosexual Panic; Conclusion; Chapter 11 Discerning the Dynamics of Doctrinal Development: A Post-Foundationalist Perspective1; Introduction

Fergus Kerr among the Post-FoundationalistsDoctrine and History: The Limits of Homogeneous Evolution; From Building Structures to Tending the Web of Christian Practice, Form and Belief: A Post-Foundati; Concluding Illustration; A Different Concern: Continuity; Mutual Engagement; The Range of Antiquity; Has Orthodoxy a History?; Introduction; Tell it Slant: 2 Samuel 12:1-14; Success in Circuit: Notes on Aquinas and Dante; As Lightening to the Children Eased: Oblique Reference in Rahner; Infirm Delight: Deconstructing the Ruins; Conclusion; Chapter 14 Longing for Resurrection

Immortal LongingsAmbivalences; The Resurrection of the Body; Conclusion; Bibliography of works by Fergus Kerr, OP; Books; Edited Volumes; Chapters; Articles; Online; Popular magazine and Newspaper Articles; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-567-07392-0

1-280-57939-0

9786613609168

0-567-19846-4

OCLC:

787843496