Toward a Christian Conception of History
Published on 1. February 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
438 pages
978-0-7618-2140-3 (ISBN)
Description
Meyer Cornelis Smit (1918-1981) taught history and philosophy in the Free University at Amsterdam for a quarter century. Toward a Christian Conception of History presents the harvest of his scholarly output. The relation between God and history and the problems inherent in articulating that relation in a manner consistent with historic Christian belief and modern ideas of historical existence is the central theme of Smit's writing. Smit discusses the influence of one's world view on the practice and appreciation of history, the significance of the question of the meaning of history as an answer to the a-historical-mindedness of our time, and the fundamental flaw of the modernist theory of knowledge and philosophy of science.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Lanham, MD
United States
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
633 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7618-2140-3 (9780761821403)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
M. C. Smit
Content
Chapter 1 Editor's Foreword
Chapter 2 Catholic Conceptions of History:
Chapter 3 Preface
Chapter 4 Introduction
Chapter 5 Nature and the Supernatural
Chapter 6 Fall and Redemption
Chapter 7 Christianity and History
Chapter 8 Dualism and Connection
Chapter 9 World History and Progress
Chapter 10 The Problem of Christian Philosophy
Chapter 11 The Problem of Christian Historical Science
Chapter 12 Toward a Reformed Conception of History:
Chapter 13 Protestant Conceptions of History
Chapter 14 The Current Crisis in Catholic Thought
Chapter 15 Calvinism and Catholicism on Church and State
Chapter 16 Nationalism and Catholicism
Chapter 17 The Divine Mystery in History
Chapter 18 The Character of the Middle Ages
Chapter 19 Culture and Salvation
Chapter 20 The Sacred Dwelling Place
Chapter 21 A Turnabout in Historical Science?
Chapter 22 The Meaning of History
Chapter 23 New Perspectives for a Christian Conception of History?
Chapter 24 The Value of History
Chapter 25 The Time of History
Chapter 26 Approaches to the Reformation
Chapter 27 The First and the Second History
Chapter 28 Toward a Reordering of Knowledge
Chapter 29 Bibliography
Chapter 30 Index of Names
Chapter 31 Index of Subjects
Chapter 2 Catholic Conceptions of History:
Chapter 3 Preface
Chapter 4 Introduction
Chapter 5 Nature and the Supernatural
Chapter 6 Fall and Redemption
Chapter 7 Christianity and History
Chapter 8 Dualism and Connection
Chapter 9 World History and Progress
Chapter 10 The Problem of Christian Philosophy
Chapter 11 The Problem of Christian Historical Science
Chapter 12 Toward a Reformed Conception of History:
Chapter 13 Protestant Conceptions of History
Chapter 14 The Current Crisis in Catholic Thought
Chapter 15 Calvinism and Catholicism on Church and State
Chapter 16 Nationalism and Catholicism
Chapter 17 The Divine Mystery in History
Chapter 18 The Character of the Middle Ages
Chapter 19 Culture and Salvation
Chapter 20 The Sacred Dwelling Place
Chapter 21 A Turnabout in Historical Science?
Chapter 22 The Meaning of History
Chapter 23 New Perspectives for a Christian Conception of History?
Chapter 24 The Value of History
Chapter 25 The Time of History
Chapter 26 Approaches to the Reformation
Chapter 27 The First and the Second History
Chapter 28 Toward a Reordering of Knowledge
Chapter 29 Bibliography
Chapter 30 Index of Names
Chapter 31 Index of Subjects