Ressourcement A Movement for Renewal in Twentieth-Century Catholic Theology

by Flynn, Gabriel; Murray, Paul D.

• ISBN13: 9780199552870
• ISBN10: 0199552878
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-02-20
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Ressourcement: A Movement for Renewal in Twentieth-Century Catholic Theologyprovides both a historical and a theological analysis of the achievements of the renowned generation of theologians whose influence pervaded French theology and society in the period 1930 to 1960, and beyond. It considers how the principal exponents of ressourcement, leading Dominicans and Jesuits of the faculties of Le Saulchoir (Paris) and Lyon-Fourviere, inspired a renaissance in twentieth-century Catholic theology and initiated a movement for renewal that contributed to the reforms of the Second Vatican Council. The book assesses the origins and historical development of the biblical, liturgical, and patristic ressourcementin France, Germany, and Belgium, and offers fresh insights into the thought of the movement's leading scholars. It analyses the fierce controversies that erupted within the Jesuit and Dominican orders and between leading ressourcementtheologians and the Vatican. The volume also contributes to the elucidation of the complex question of terminology, the interpretation of which still engenders controversy in discussions of ressourcementand nouvelle theologie. It concludes with reflections on how the most important movement in twentieth-century Roman Catholic theology continues to impact on contemporary society and on Catholic and Protestant theological enquiry in the new millennium.

Author Biography

Gabriel Flynn is Lecturer in Systematic Theology at Mater Dei Institute, Dublin City University.

Paul D. Murray is Director of the Centre for Catholic Studies and Professor of Systematic Theology at Durham University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. vi
list of Contributors	p. xi
Abbreviations	p. xix
Introduction: The Twentieth-Century Renaissance in Catholic Theology	p. 1
The Ressourcement Movement: History and Context
Jansenism: An Early Ressourcement Movement?	p. 23
Nouvelle Théologie: A Return to Modernism?	p. 36
Gilson and the Ressourcement	p. 51
Maurice Blondel and Ressourcement	p. 65
A New 'Lyon School' (1919-1939)?	p. 83
Gagnebet's Hidden Ressourcement: A Dominican Speculative Theology from Toulouse	p. 95
The Traditionalist malgré lui: Teilhard de Chardin and Ressourcement	p. 111
L'Église a ravi son cæur. Charles Journet and the Theologians of Ressourcement on the Personality of the Church	p. 125
Humani Generis and Nouvelle Théologie	p. 138
Analogy of Truth: The Sacramental Epistemology of Nouvelle Théologie	p. 157
Nouvelle Théologie: Four Historical Stages of Theological Reform Towards Ressourcement (1935-1965)	p. 172
Ressourcement and the Enduring Legacy of Post-Tridentine Theology	p. 185
Central Figures of the Ressourcement
Marie-Dominique Chenu and Le Saulchoir: A Stream of Catholic Renewal	p. 205
Ressourcement, Ecumenism, and Pneumatology: The Contribution of Yves Congar to Nouvelle Théologie	p. 219
Henri de Lubac: Looking for Books to Read the World	p. 236
Danielou and the Twentieth-Century Patristic Renewal	p. 250
Henri Bouillard: The Freedom of Faith	p. 263
Balthasar and Ressourcement: An Ambiguous Relationship	p. 278
Louis Bouyer and the Unity of Theology	p. 289
Ressourcement as a Threefold Programme of Renewal
The Renewal of Biblical Studies in France 1934-1954 as an Element in Theological Ressourcement	p. 305
Ressourcement and the Renewal of Catholic Liturgy: On Celebrating the New Rite	p. 318
Knowing God in History and in the Church: Dei Verbum and 'Nouvelle Théologie'	p. 333
Ressourcement and 'the Church in the Modern World'
Ressourcement and the Retrieval of Thomism for the Contemporary World	p. 355
Ressourcement and Vatican II	p. 372
Ressourcement, Vatican II, and Eucharistic Ecclesiology	p. 392
The Theology of Karl Rahner: An Alternative to the Ressourcement?	p. 405
Benedict XVI: A Ressourcement Theologian?	p. 423
Lacan's Return to Freud: A Case of Theological Ressourcement?	p. 440
Expanding Catholicity through Ecumenicity in the Work of Yves Congar: Ressourcement, Receptive Ecumenism, and Catholic Reform	p. 457
Ressourcement Theology and Protestantism	p. 482
French Ressourcement Theology and Orthodoxy: A Living Mutual Relationship?	p. 495
Epilogue: 'Ressourcemenf in Retrospect	p. 508
Bibliography	p. 523
Name Index	p. 573
Subject Index	p. 576
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