Finding God in All Things Essays in Honor of Michael J. Buckley, S.J.

by Himes, Michael J.; Pope, Stephen J.

• ISBN13: 9780824516291
• ISBN10: 082451629X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-10-01
• Publisher: Herder & Herder

Summary

These essays deal with four major themes: the relationship between belief and unbelief, the connection between religion and science, the interpenetration of theology and spirituality, and the nature and value of higher education within the Catholic contextthemes that reflect the persistent quest to discern the presence and action of God within the multiple dimensions of human existence.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. 8
Introduction	p. 9
Does God Exist? Reflections on the Fundamental Question of Theology	p. 15
Beyond Idolatry: On "Naming" the One - God	p. 28
The Dialectic of Faith and Atheism in the Eighteenth Century	p. 38
Among Strangers and Friends: Thinking of God in Our Current Confusion	p. 53
Jesus Research and Faith in Jesus Christ	p. 68
Heaven and Earth Are Filled with Your Glory: Atheism and Ecological Spirituality	p. 84
On the Difficulties of Dialogue between Natural Science and Christian Theology	p. 105
Spirit and Matter: An Essay in Theology, Philosophy, and the Natural Sciences	p. 127
Evolutionary Contingency and Cosmic Purpose	p. 140
Faith Reflects on the Evolving Universe: Divine Action, the Trinity, and Time	p. 162
Religion, Science, and Bioethics	p. 183
The Crisis of Transcendence and the Task of Theology	p. 197
"Bright Darkness" and Christian Transformation: Gregory of Nyssa on the Dynamics of Mystical Union	p. 215
Cassian's Hero and Discernment: Some Reflections	p. 231
Finding God in All Things: Jonathan Edwards and Ignatius Loyola	p. 244
Priest, Community, and Eucharist	p. 262
The Catholic University under the Sign of the Cross: Christian Humanism in a Broken World	p. 279
A Catholic/Jesuit University?	p. 299
Aiming High: Reflections on Buckley's Theorem on Higher Education	p. 318
Catholic Universities: A View from Christian Ethics	p. 340
Epilogue: Eucharisticon Fraternitatis	p. 359
Contributors	p. 369
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