Creative Fidelity

by Gabriel Marcel, Robert Rosthal (Translator)

Overview

These lectures and essays were regarded by Marcel as the best introduction to his thought. Creative Fidelity not only deals with perennial themes of faith, fidelity, belief, incarnate being, and participation, but also includes chapters on religious tolerance and orthodoxy and an important critical essay on Karl Jaspers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780823221837
Publisher:	Fordham University Press
Publication date:	04/01/2002
Edition description:	2
Pages:	261
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Robert Rosthal teaches philosophy at the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina.

Editorial Reviews

Those who read Marcel many years ago will be struck by how like a fresh breeze his thought seems now, and those coming to him for the first time are to be envied.

First Things

Philosopher Gabriel Marcel has been described as a Christian existentialist, reflective empiricist, and a "neo-Socratic." This volume contains 13 essays (originally published in France in 1940) on such topics as faith, fidelity, belief, incarnate being, and religious tolerance. Translator Rosthal's (philosophy, U. of North Carolina, Greensboro) introduction discusses Marcel's life, compares his thought with that of other philosophers, and examines the major themes in his writing. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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