Being before God offers a thorough account of Cornelio Fabro's Thomistic reading of Soren Kierkegaard's theology, speaking both to systematic theology and Kierkegaard studies.
Italian Stigmatine priest and Thomist philosopher Cornelio Fabro is well known for his work on the metaphysics of Thomas Aquinas. Yet despite also authoring many studies on Soren Kierkegaard, Fabro remains virtually unknown among Kierkegaard scholars outside of Italy. Being before God sheds light on the influence of Kierkegaard's writings on Fabro's Thomism and provides a detailed historical account of Fabro's contributions to Kierkegaard studies and systematic theology. Drawing upon rare archival material, including materials that have never been translated into English, Joshua Furnal speaks to Kierkegaard's relationship to Catholic theology, the Kierkegaardian aspects of Fabro's Thomism, and Fabro's Thomistic approach to Kierkegaard in turn. Being before God also highlights how Fabro's work brings together ideas from both Aquinas and Kierkegaard to broaden the horizon of contemporary theology.
Through his meticulous research, Furnal contends that, despite his lack of modern recognition, Fabro remains one of the most important European interpreters of Kierkegaard in the twentieth century.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"No one has explored Fabro's appropriation of Kierkegaard in depth. Furnal's recovery of Fabro's thought is thorough, compelling, and important. In this regard the book has no rival." -Lee C. Barrett, author of Kierkegaard on God's Will and Human Freedom
"If you have ever simply assumed that an impasse between Thomists and Kierkegaard is inevitable, then you need to read this book." -Joel D. Rasmussen, author of Between Irony and Witness
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Für Beruf und Forschung
Für höhere Schule und Studium
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Höhe: 229 mm
Breite: 152 mm
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978-0-268-20987-2 (9780268209872)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Joshua Furnal is a permanent lecturer in systematic theology at St. Patrick's Pontifical University in Maynooth, Ireland. He is the author of Catholic Theology after Kierkegaard and an English translator of Cornelio Fabro's writings.
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Cornelio Fabro's Intellectual Development
2. The Kierkegaardian Inheritance of Fabro's Thomistic Leap
3. The Kierkegaardian Inheritance of Fabro's Theological Anthropology and Moral Psychology
4. Fabro's Thomistic Approach to Kierkegaard's Fundamental Theology
5. The Passion of Devotion: Juxtaposing Kierkegaard's Theology of Creation and Theological Anthropology
6. Untying Knots: The Ecumenical Aspects of Kierkegaard's Christology, Mariology, and Eschatology
7. Reconsidering Kierkegaard's Relation to Catholicism
Conclusion. Kierkegaard's Enigmatic Relevance for Fabro
Concluding Archival Postscript. The Transnational Impact of Fabro
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