Nouvelle théologie and sacramental ontology
Subtitle: a return to mystery
By: Hans Boersma.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 325
ISBN-13: 9780199229642
Subjects: Nouvelle théologie (Catholic theology) -- History; Sacraments -- Catholic Church -- History of doctrines -- 20th century
Description: In the decades leading up to the Second Vatican Council, the movement of nouvelle théologie caused great controversy in the Catholic Church and remains a subject of vigorous scholarly debate today. In Nouvelle théologie and Sacramental Ontology Hans Boersma argues that a return to mystery was the movement's deepest motivation. Countering the modern intellectualism of the neo-Thomist establishment, the nouvelle theologians were convinced that a ressourcement of the Church Fathers and of medieval theology would point the way to a sacramental reintegration of nature and the supernatural. In the context of the loss suffered by both Catholics and Protestants in the de-sacramentalizing of modernity, Boersma shows how the sacramental ontology of nouvelle théologie offers a solid entry-point into ecumenical dialogue. --From publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-315) and indexes.