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Cette annee 2010 marque le centenaire de la celebre revue Recherches de Science Religieuse et lui donne l'occasion de revenir sur son histoire passee et presente, tout en ouvrant des chemins prospectifs a l'oree d'un siecle nouveau. Pour celebrer l'evenement, cet ouvrage commemoratif rassemble des contributions d'auteurs reconnus dans de nombreux domaines de la theologie et des sciences religieuses. Mais faire memoire n'est pas seulement ausculter un passe, fut-il riche, il s'agit egalement de risquer un regard sur le present et l'avenir. C'est donc par un diagnostic du present que s'ouvre ce recueil, diagnostic varie dans ses approches, qu'elles soient theologiques, sociologiques ou histori...
Originally published: Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, c1981.
Aidan Nichols opens his major two-colume study of theology and culture with a powerful statement of the 'intelligent conservatism' which he sees, not as one way of being Catholic among others, but as the very teaching of Jesus Christ. The 'intelligent conservative' is, indeed, the 'scribe of the Kingdom' described in our Lord's parable; 'Every scribe who has bene trained for the kingdom of heaven is like a housekeeper who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old'. (Mt 13:52.) Fr Nichols distinguishes three elements in thsi approach. First, it combines openned to the new with fidelity to the old, and in this sense its enemies are, on the one hand, the followers of the late Archb...
Theology and the University presents a compelling argument as to why theology still matters. It considers how theology has been marginalised in the academy and in public life, arguing that doing so has serious repercussions for the integrity of the academic study of religion. The chapters in this book demonstrate how theology, as the only discipline which represents religion from within, provides insight into aspects of religion which are hidden from the social sciences. Against a backdrop of heated debates on the role of the humanities in the university, the book highlights the specific contribution of theological education and research to the work of a university, providing essential infor...
Calvin's Ladder traces the theme of participation in early Christian spirituality, then reveals how Calvin reworks it into the heart of his Protestant manifesto on theology. --from publisher description
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