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Phenomenological Philosophy and Reconstruction in Western Theism
This book is a contribution to the existing body of philosophical and theological thought. It is a personal account, not a historical or chronological one. The approach taken reflects the metamorphosis from a classical to a contemporary view of theology. The book is an excellent teaching tool, one, which faithfully reflects the word of God. It stresses that through personal engagement with the Spirit of God one may begin to understand religious experience, thereby enabling one's personal faith conviction. The primary purpose of theological study is spiritual growth, while intellectual understanding is of secondary importance. The deepening of theological understanding, it appears, has been a...
A Future for Disbelief
Influenced by the ressourcement partisans of Vatican II as well as by the 'dehellenization' of Western philosophy advocated by his teacher and mentor, Leslie Dewart, Savage came to the conclusion that existential phenomenological philosophy provided a method by which his spiritual life was both revitalized and evolutionary. Here he is able to continuously construct his present and future life-world in which are incorporated his relationship with God and with his faith community.
The Catholic Faith and the Social Construction of Religion
The intent behind this book is to provide grist for the mill for research students and other interested readers. Chapter one, by author Allan Savage, presents an understanding of the social construction of religious activity, which maintains that social construction of religion arises from a dialectical engagement within the world from a phenomenological philosophical point of view. Co-author Peter Stuart presents a classical and traditional point of view, and readers expecting academic accord between the authors will be disappointed. A further rationale for writing this book is that both Savage and Stuart desire to express their personal convictions in the public forum. Both have interests ...
A Phenomenological Understanding of Certain Liturgical Texts
This book examines the philosophical premises underlying the language used in liturgical prayers. Scholastic philosophy, the dominant philosophical perspective in the West, is no longer satisfactory for contemporary religious formulation. Phenomenological philosophy appears to be replacing scholastic philosophy in forming and understanding personal and communal religious beliefs. The Collects of the Anglican and Roman Catholic Eucharistic liturgies for Advent and Lent were examined, re-written and "field tested." The focus group, for field testing, was composed of individuals who formally engage in research into spirituality and religious experiences. A Phenomenological Understanding of Certain Liturgical Texts encourages further investigation into the growing use of phenomenology in liturgical understanding based on a discernible trend in this direction.
The "avant-garde" Theology of George Tyrrell
My contention for many years has been that theological problems are first, and principally philosophical problems and need to be addressed as such. It is unfortunate that, at this time, in the development of religious ideas in the Western context, the place of philosophy in relation to theology seems to have been usurped to a great extent by sociology and psychology. I hold that the needed scientific philosophy must be a reasoned philosophy, but one that is not necessarily rooted in Greek classical thought.
VATICAN II: Theology in a Secular World
Allan Savage seeks to facilitate access to some of the most progressive thoughts and debates that have been expressed within the Roman Catholic Church. The Twentieth Century Encyclopedia of Catholicism (edited by Christopher Hollis and published by Hawthorn Books, New York, 1966) is composed of scholarly publications of prominent Catholic theologians of the 1950's. Many of these articles were discussed during the Second Vatican Council which was convened by Pope John XXIII and held from October, 1962 until August, 1965. However, the encyclopedia of 150 volumes covers topics ranging from the meaning of faith and the nature of mysticism to cosmology and sexual morality. The sheer volume of subjects treated and positions taken may discourage the new scholar who faces laborious searches through the two volume index of the encyclopedia.
