Between science and religion
Subtitle: the engagement of Catholic intellectuals with science and technology in the twentieth century
By: Phillip M. Thompson.
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
ISBN-13: 9780739130803; 9780739140208
Subjects: Catholic Church -- Doctrines; Religion and science; Catholics -- Intellectual life; Catholic learning and scholarship; Modernism (Christian theology) -- Catholic Church
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The transformation; title: Charting a course; title: The church enters the twentieth century; title: The threat of modernism; title: The crisis within the church; title: The legacy of modernism; title: Jacques Maritain's search for wisdom; title: A relentless quest; title: The destruction of the medieval synthesis; title: A philosophy of nature; title: Science and society; title: A postscript on evolution; title: Pierre Teilhard de Chardin's discovery of the divine in the universe the quest for the absolute; title: The mature vision; title: Cultural challenges; title: The problem of being between religion and science; title: Bernard Lonergan's cognitive project; title: Intellectual formation; title: The role of Aquinas; title: The cognitive project; title: A critique of science and technology; title: Thomas Merton's contemplative critique; title: How to understand Merton; title: Technology invades the cloister; title: A prophetic assessment of the techno-scientific culture; title: Balance and the future of humanity; title: The transformative century; title: Boundary testing; title: The winding path; title: Progeny; title: The way forward : critical openness; title: Guideposts for the journey.