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Characters In Search Of Their Author: The Gifford Lectures, 1999-2000
Ralph McInerny
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Paperback. In these essays, first delivered as lectures at the University of Glasgow in 1999-2000, Ralph McInerny discusses natural theology. The first five lectures ask "Whatever Happened to Natural Theology?" and the other five lectures explore "The Recovery of Natural Theology". Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: HP; HRAB; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 157 x 10. Weight in Grams: 254.
In Characters In Search of Their Author, the Gifford Lectures delivered at the University of Glasgow in 1999-2000, Ralph McInerny discusses natural theology as it can be discussed in the present philosophical climate. The first five lectures ask "Whatever Happened to Natural Theology?", and trace the fate of philosophical efforts to establish the existence and nature of God in modern times. In the second set of lectures, dealing with "The Recovery of Natural Theology," McInerny defends the viability of the philosophical effort against certain dominant trends in contemporary philosophy. It has been the practise of Gifford Lecturers to write a ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
152
Place of Publication
Notre Dame IN, United States
ISBN
9780268022785
SKU
V9780268022785
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About Ralph McInerny
Ralph McInerny is Michael P. Grace Professor of Medieval Studies and director of the Jacques Maritain Center, University of Notre Dame. He is the author of numerous works in philosophy, literature, and journalism, including A First Glance at St. Thomas Aquinas, also published by the University of Notre Dame Press.
Reviews for Characters In Search Of Their Author: The Gifford Lectures, 1999-2000
“McInerny has done an excellent job of identifying and rejecting a number of widely current assumptions about the natural-theology tradition as found in Thomas Aquinas and still articulated in Catholic doctrine. For all Protestants, McInerny’s fine discussion of preliminary issues is an opportunity to reevaluate whether our objections to natural theology are genuine objections to the classical view articulated by ... Read more