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From Unity to Pluralism
Gerald A. McCool
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Description for From Unity to Pluralism
paperback. "With this book and its companion, Nineteenth- Century Scholasticism, McCool has moved the discussion of the recent history of Thomism to a new level."-The Journal of Religion Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 387.
Through an in-depth study of four key figures – Pierre Rousselot, Joseph Marechal, Jacques Maritain, and Etienne Gilson – From Unity to Pluralism traces the evolution of Thomism in the first half of the twentieth century. Through their work, Thomisism encountered contemporary thought and rediscovered its authentic roots, and the ideal of a univocal, unitary doctrine of Scholastic truth embodied in the unambiguous teachings of Thomas Aquinas, which had inspired the Thomist revival at the end of the nineteenth century, gradually gave way. The result is the emergence of pluralism within the system itself and the independent development of the ... Read more
Through an in-depth study of four key figures – Pierre Rousselot, Joseph Marechal, Jacques Maritain, and Etienne Gilson – From Unity to Pluralism traces the evolution of Thomism in the first half of the twentieth century. Through their work, Thomisism encountered contemporary thought and rediscovered its authentic roots, and the ideal of a univocal, unitary doctrine of Scholastic truth embodied in the unambiguous teachings of Thomas Aquinas, which had inspired the Thomist revival at the end of the nineteenth century, gradually gave way. The result is the emergence of pluralism within the system itself and the independent development of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780823212422
SKU
V9780823212422
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About Gerald A. McCool
Gerald A. McCool, S.J., Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University, is recognized historian of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Neo-Scholasticism. He has published extensively on Kleutgen, Liberatore, Rousselot, Marechal, Gilson, Maritain, Rahner, Lonergan, and other representatives of philosophy and theology in the tradition of St. Thomas. His Rahner Reader is widely used in American colleges and universities.
Reviews for From Unity to Pluralism
"With this book and its companion, Nineteenth-Century Scholasticism, McCool has moved the discussion of the recent history of Thomism to a new level." -The Journal of Religion