The Two Wings of Catholic Thought: Essays on Fides Et Ratio

by Foster, David R.; Koterski, Joseph W.

• ISBN13: 9780813213026
• ISBN10: 0813213029
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: Catholic Univ of Amer Pr

Summary

-- Respected historian Helen F. Mulvey presents an engaging narrative about the life and work of Thomas Davis, a leading figure in the "Young Ireland" movement of the 1840s and a creator of the influential weekly newspaper Nation. The author discusses Davis's role in the evolution of Irish nationalism and reveals his importance to generations of nationalists.
-- Thomas Davis is a figure in Irish history of monumental and mythical proportions. Mulvey provides an illuminating, objective biographical study of Davis.
-- The book will be of interest to readers of Irish national history, and to those interested in the ongoing conflict in Northern Ireland.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
Joseph W. Koterski
David Ruel Foster
DOCTRINAL PERSPECTIVES
Can Philosophy Be Christian? The New State of the Question	3	(19)
Avery Cardinal Dulles
The Challenge to Metaphysics in Fides et ratio	22	(14)
Joseph W. Koterski
Person and Complementarity in Fides et ratio	36	(33)
Prudence Allen
Philosophari in Maria: Fides et ratio and Mary as the Model of Created Wisdom	69	(22)
David Vincent Meconi
IMPLICATIONS
The New Evangelization and the Teaching of Philosophy	91	(18)
Bishop Allen Vigneron
The Implications of Fides et ratio for Catholic Universities	109	(20)
David Ruel Foster
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
Fides et Ratio and Biblical Wisdom Literature	129	(34)
Joseph W. Koterski
The Medievalism of Fides et ratio	163	(14)
Michael Sweeney
Infides et Unratio: Modern Philosophy and the Papal Encyclical	177	(16)
Timothy Sean Quinn
Faith and Reason: From Vatican I to John Paul II	193	(18)
Avery Cardinal Dulles
Summary Outline of Fides et ratio	211	(12)
Fides et ratio: Index of Topics and Proper Names	223	(4)
List of Contributors	227	(4)
Selected Bibliography	231	(6)
Indexes	237