Title: Christian wisdom meets modernity /
Authors: Oakes, Kenneth,
Year: 2016
Subjects: Christian philosophy; Philosophy and religion.; Philosophy, Modern.; Christian philosophy; Philosophy and religion; Philosophy, Modern.
Abstract: The chapters in this volume are dedicated to the encounter between the presuppositions and claims of modern intellectual culture and the Christian confession that the crucified and resurrected Jesus is the power and wisdom of God and is the lord of history and of his church. The scholars contributing to this discussion do not assume that Christianity and modernity are two discrete entities which can be readily defined, nor do they presume that Christian wisdom and modernity meet each other only in conflict or by coincidence. They engage with a variety of great figures – Kierkegaard, Heidegger, Rahner, Przywara, Guardini, Karl Barth, and Karol Wojtyla – to illustrate the connection between modernism and Christian wisdom. The volume concludes with a programmatic statement for the renewal of Christian philosophy that has been able to retain the cosmo-theological vision as outlined by Mezei in the final chapter.
Contents: Why Kierkegaard is the culmination of the modern philosophical revolution -- Charles Baudelaire: from within the veil -- Martin Heidegger and hcristian wisdom -- Romano Guardini: liturgy, style, church -- Erich Przywara and the Analogia Entis: a genealogical diagnosis and metaphysical critique of modernity -- Karl Barth and modernity, with special reference to Nietzsche -- 'Sœur Thérèse, meet Prof. Dr. Husserl': on Hans Urs von Balthasar's theological phonomnology -- Karl Wojtyła's aims and methologgy -- The frace of being: Ferdinand Ulrich and the task of a faithful metaphysics in the face of modernity -- Christology and the Nihil: the wisdom of Cardinal Pierre de Bérulle and the Catholic encounter with modernity -- Imaginative conversation -- Renewing Christian philosophy: an outline.