From Unity to Pluralism: The Internal Evolution of Thomism

by Gerald A. McCool

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780823212415
Publisher:	Fordham University Press
Publication date:	01/01/1992
Pages:	248
Product dimensions:	6.25(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

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.

Editorial Reviews

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 Religion

Traces how the 20th century revival of the medieval philosophy of Thomas Aquinas and the scholastic doctors, attempting to restore unity and pre-rationalist purity to Catholic thought, itself fragmented and died out. Focuses on four theologians: Pierre Rousselot, Joseph Marechal, Jacques Maritain, and Etienne Gilson. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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