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Jean-Luc Barre - Jacques And Raissa Maritain: Beggars For Heaven - 9780268021832 - V9780268021832
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Jacques And Raissa Maritain: Beggars For Heaven

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Description for Jacques And Raissa Maritain: Beggars For Heaven Hardcover. Offering an objective account of the life of French philosopher Jacques Maritain and his wife Raissa, this book focuses not only on their philosophical work, but also on their pursuit of social justice, their opposition to the Vichy, their battle against intellectual repression in the church, and their contemplative life of prayer and devotion. Translator(s): Doering, Bernard E. Num Pages: 536 pages, 43 halftones. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 37. Weight in Grams: 943.

This biography of French philosopher Jacques Maritain and his wife Raïssa offers a fascinating story of perhaps the most influential French theologian of the twentieth century.

This award-winning book, written by Jean-Luc Barré at the request of the Maritain Archives in Kolbsheim, France, and published in France in 1995, was the first biography of noted French philosopher Jacques Maritain and his wife Raïssa. Drawing on the wealth of Maritain materials at the Kolbsheim archives, many of which are unpublished, Barré offers a clear and objective account of the remarkable lives and intellectual pursuits of the Maritains. Noted scholar and translator ... Read more

Jacques and Raïssa Maritain: Beggars for Heaven focuses not only on the Maritains' philosophical work, but also on their pursuit of social justice, their opposition to the Vichy, their battle against intellectual repression in the church, and their contemplative life of prayer and devotion. Barré places a particular emphasis on the Maritains' close and supportive friendships with novelists, poets, painters, and musicians who were considered revolutionary at the time. Doering's translation will appeal not only to scholars but also to anyone interested in intellectual history generally and the intellectual history of modern Catholicism in particular.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
528
Place of Publication
Notre Dame IN, United States
ISBN
9780268021832
SKU
V9780268021832
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Ref
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About Jean-Luc Barre
Jean-Luc Barré, a journalist and historian, is the author of several books, including Le Seigneur-Chat: Philippe Berthelot, 1866–1934. Bernard E. Doering (1924–2016) was professor emeritus of Romance languages and literatures at the University of Notre Dame.

Reviews for Jacques And Raissa Maritain: Beggars For Heaven
"[Jacques and Raïssa Maritain's] lives spanned the period running from the Dreyfus case in 1894 to the death of Jacques Maritain in 1973. And since they had been involved, personally and intellectually, in all the agitations of this momentous period in both French and world history, this account of their lives offers a fascinating panorama of the clashing ideas and ... Read more

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