
From Unity to Pluralism
The Internal Evolution of Thomism
Gerald A. McCool(Author)
Fordham University Press
Published on 1. January 1992
Book
Hardback
248 pages
978-0-8232-1241-5 (ISBN)
Description
Through an in-depth study of four key figures - Pierre Rousselot, Joseph Marechal, Jacques Maritain, and Etienne Gilson - From Unity to Pluralism traces the evolution of Thomism in the first half of the twentieth century. Through their work, Thomisism encountered contemporary thought and rediscovered its authentic roots, and the ideal of a univocal, unitary doctrine of Scholastic truth embodied in the unambiguous teachings of Thomas Aquinas, which had inspired the Thomist revival at the end of the nineteenth century, gradually gave way. The result is the emergence of pluralism within the system itself and the independent development of the theologies of Karl Rahner and Bernard Lonergan.
Reviews / Votes
"With this book and its companion, Nineteenth-Century Scholasticism, McCool has moved the discussion of the recent history of Thomism to a new level." -The Journal of ReligionMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Cloth
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
558 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8232-1241-5 (9780823212415)
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Person
Gerald A. McCool, S.J., Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University, is recognized historian of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Neo-Scholasticism. He has published extensively on Kleutgen, Liberatore, Rousselot, Marechal, Gilson, Maritain, Rahner, Lonergan, and other representatives of philosophy and theology in the tradition of St. Thomas. His Rahner Reader is widely used in American colleges and universities.