Engaging the Times: The Witness of Thomism

by Joshua Schulz (Editor)

Overview

The essays in this volume commemorate the 70th anniversary of Jacques Maritain's Pour la Justice, in which the French Thomist and future drafter of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights grappled with the moral, political, and religious challenges facing Europe in the aftermath of World War II. During this time Maritain reflected on humanism, Christian philosophy, the relation between freedom, religion and politics, and increasingly, on education.

Several scholars reflect on the historical impact of Maritain's own writings during World War II, Vatican II, and the Spanish Civil war. In other sections, contemporary Thomists suggest ways a resurgent Thomism can engage with the pressing issues of our own day. Essays on Thomistic ethics address problems in bioethics, the philosophy of love, and the foundations of Natural Law, while others tackle perennial problems in metaphysics and epistemology, such as the problem of free will, subjectivity, and the role of creative intuition in aesthetics. Still other essays apply Maritain's work on education to current challenges facing religious universities today.

The contributors to this volume include: Noel Adams, Florian Michel, Sr. Anne Frances Ai Le, Brian Kemple, Stephen Chamberlain, Walter Schulz, Francisco Eduardo Plaza, James Jacobs, John Dunaway, Greg Kerr, Megan Furman, Karen Chan, Justin Gable, Federico Tedesco, Michael Torre, Richard Schenk, OP, and Gregory Reichberg.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780982711996
Publisher:	American Maritain Association
Publication date:	07/28/2017
Pages:	295
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Joshua Schulz is associate professor of philosophy at DeSales University

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction: Engaging the Times Joshua Schulz xi

I Maritain Engagé

The Nobility of Jacques Maritain's Witness and Work in World War II Michael D. Torre 3

Maritain and the Possibilities for Cooperation in a Still Divided World Richard Schenk, OP 30

Jacques Maritain Engagé in Social Questions: Early Years Between Revolution and Democratic Socialism Florian Michel 55

Maritain's Role in the American Civil Rights Movement John Dunaway 74

Jacques Maritain, Spain, and Holy War Gregory Reichberg 85

II Education and Culture

Market Pressures, Outcomes Assessment, and Catholic Higher Education: At the Crossroads-Again Noel Adams 103

Two Universal Principles of Education: Intuition and Love Walter Schultz 122

Interpreting the Times: The Philosopher's Understanding in Engaging the World Stephen Chamberlain 140

III Thomistic Anthropology

Jacques Maritain and Ens ut Primum Cognitum Brian Kemple 157

Subjectivity and the Prise de Conscience in Jacques Maritain Francisco Eduardo Plaza 174

Will the Real Agents Please Stand Up? Jacques Maritain and David Bently Hart on Science and Human Agency Gregory Kerr 185

The Body's Justice: A Hylomorphic View of the Genesis of Virtue Federico Tedesco 196

IV Ethics and Aesthetics

The Corrosive Effect of Doubt on the Natural Law James Jacobs 217

It is Right and Just: Ontological Poverty and the Duty of Religion Anne Francis Ai Le, OP 236

Revisionism or Within the Roman Catholic Ethical Tradition? John Paul II on Assisted Nutrition and Hydration Justin Gable, OP 246

Art and Morality: Nuancing the Divide through Creative Intuition Megan Furman 260

Mothers, Children, and their Common Good Karen Chan 269

About the Authors 281

Index 287