Ever Ancient, Ever New: Ruminations on the City, the Soul, and the Church

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Rowman & Littlefield, 2007 - 352 páginas
More than any other thinker in the twentieth century, Ernest L. Fortin, A.A. (1923-2002) resuscitated the study of political philosophy for Catholic theology. Fortin's interests and accomplishments were vast, ranging from the Church Fathers, to Dante and Aquinas, to modern rights, American democracy, and Catholic social justice. His dispassionate scholarly heft was animated by a pressing drive to understand and rise above the crises of our times, and it was applied with a gingerly and accessible touch. Consequently, Fortin's writings are among the most lucid, perceptive, and enjoyable that one will ever read. Ever Ancient Ever New is the fourth and final volume of Ernest Fortin's collected essays, compiled and edited after his death by his archivist and student Michael Foley. While it echoes the themes of the earlier three volumes-showcasing the essays that made Fortin such an authority in his field-Ever Ancient Ever New also includes articles never before published as well as articles on topics not represented in the earlier collections. Ever Ancient Ever New is indispensable for anyone wishing to continue their education in the wit and wisdom of Ernest Fortin or to begin learning from him for the first time.

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THE REBIRTH OF PATRISTIC STUDIES
3
THE CHURCH FATHERS AND THE TRANSMISSION OF THE CHRISTIAN MESSAGE
13
THE NATURE OF THE CHRISTIAN MESSAGE
31
THE RHETORIC OF THE CHURCH FATHERS
47
SAINT AUGUSTINE AND THE NEOPLATONIC DOCTRINE OF THE SOUL LETTER 13711
59
THE CITY OF GOD
71
TRANSLATIO STUDII
85
THOMAS AQUINAS AS A POLITICAL THINKER
93
HOLINESS OF THE CHURCH AND MINISTERIAL HOLINESS
229
CHRISTIAN MISSION AND SPIRITUALITY ROMAN CATHOLICS AND METHODISTS IN DIALOGUE
237
ECUMENISMWHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
245
PUBLIC THEOLOGY A RESPONSE TO MAX STACKHOUSE
253
RELIGIOUS CONSCIOUSNESS A RESPONSE TO ROBERT BELLAH
261
THE ENLIGHTENMENT AND FREEDOM CRITICAL REMARKS ON ERNEST VAN DEN HAAGS THE DESOLATION OF REALITY
267
RELIGION AND THE AMERICAN REGIME
273
COMMENT ON HUGHES REGARDING THE STRAUSSVOEGELIN CORRESPONDENCE
277

DANTE AND AVERROISM
103
THE NEW MORAL THEOLOGY GENESIS AND PRESENT STATE
113
CHRISTIANITY AND THE ENLIGHTENMENT A FOREWORD
131
THE ENLIGHTENMENT AND THE CHURCH THE CHANGING CONFIGURATIONS
137
A TOCQUEVILLIAN PERSPECTIVE ON RELIGION AND THE AMERICAN REGIME
147
HUMANAE VITAES SILVER JUBILEE TWENTYFIVE YEARS LATER
163
MEN OF LETTERS THE LITTLEKNOWN CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN LEO STRAUSS AND ERIC VOEGELIN
167
WHY I AM NOT A THOMIST
175
PHILOSOPHY AND DEMOCRATIC EDUCATION
183
THE NEW CATHOLIC COLLEGE
189
AN ACADEMIC APPROACH TO THE TEACHING OF THEOLOGY
199
MORAL VALUES
205
THE ANGUISH OF UNITY A ROMAN CATHOLIC PERSPECTIVE
211
THE ECUMENICAL VENTURE
217
ARISTOTLE AND THE SOCIOBIOLOGISTS AN OLD CONTROVERSY REVIVED
281
Jean Bethke Elshtain Augustine and the Limits of Politics
289
Harry A Wolfson The Philosophy of the Church Fathers
292
Jaroslav Pelikan The Christian Tradition
297
HY Jung The Crisis of Political Understanding
300
Arthur Stephen McGrade The Political Thought of William of Ockham
301
David Hollenbach Justice Peace and Human Rights
303
PEP RALLIES
311
AN INTELLECTUAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY
319
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE PUBLISHED WORK OF ERNEST FORTIN
329
INDEX
343
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