Between science and religion
Thompson, Phillip M., 1959-
Between science and religion the engagement of Catholic intellectuals with science and technology in the twentieth century / [electronic resource] : Phillip M. Thompson. - Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2009. - 1 online resource (xxiii, 249 p.) : ill.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- The transformation -- Charting a course -- The legacy of modernist crisis -- The threat of modernism -- The crisis within the church -- The legacy of modernism -- Jacques Maritain's search for wisdom (1882-1973) -- A relentless quest -- The destruction of the medieval synthesis -- A philosophy of nature -- Science and society -- A postscript on evolution -- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955) and the operation of the divine in the universe -- The quest for the absolute -- The mature vision -- Cultural challenges -- The problem of being between religion and science -- Bernard Lonergan's (1904-1984) cognitive project -- Intellectual formation -- The role of Aquinas -- An integrated vision -- A critique of science and technology -- Thomas Merton's (1915-1968) contemplative critique -- How to understand Merton -- Technology invades the cloister -- A prophetic assessment of the techno-scientific culture -- Balance and the future of humanity -- The transformative century -- Boundary testing -- The winding path -- Progeny -- The path of critical openness -- Guideposts for the journey -- Concluding reflections.
9780739140208 (electronic bk.) 0739140205 (electronic bk.)
Maritain, Jacques
Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre
Lonergan, Bernard J. F.
Merton, Thomas
Catholic Church--Doctrines.
Geschichte 1900-1985
Religion and science.
Catholics--Intellectual life.
Catholic learning and scholarship.
Modernism (Christian theology)--Catholic Church.
Wissenschaft
Methode
Katholische Theologie
Katholischer Theologe
Theologische Erkenntnistheorie
Wissenschaftstheorie
Technikphilosophie
Electronic books.
BX1795.S35 / T46 2009eb
261.5/5
Between science and religion the engagement of Catholic intellectuals with science and technology in the twentieth century / [electronic resource] : Phillip M. Thompson. - Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2009. - 1 online resource (xxiii, 249 p.) : ill.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- The transformation -- Charting a course -- The legacy of modernist crisis -- The threat of modernism -- The crisis within the church -- The legacy of modernism -- Jacques Maritain's search for wisdom (1882-1973) -- A relentless quest -- The destruction of the medieval synthesis -- A philosophy of nature -- Science and society -- A postscript on evolution -- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955) and the operation of the divine in the universe -- The quest for the absolute -- The mature vision -- Cultural challenges -- The problem of being between religion and science -- Bernard Lonergan's (1904-1984) cognitive project -- Intellectual formation -- The role of Aquinas -- An integrated vision -- A critique of science and technology -- Thomas Merton's (1915-1968) contemplative critique -- How to understand Merton -- Technology invades the cloister -- A prophetic assessment of the techno-scientific culture -- Balance and the future of humanity -- The transformative century -- Boundary testing -- The winding path -- Progeny -- The path of critical openness -- Guideposts for the journey -- Concluding reflections.
9780739140208 (electronic bk.) 0739140205 (electronic bk.)
Maritain, Jacques
Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre
Lonergan, Bernard J. F.
Merton, Thomas
Catholic Church--Doctrines.
Geschichte 1900-1985
Religion and science.
Catholics--Intellectual life.
Catholic learning and scholarship.
Modernism (Christian theology)--Catholic Church.
Wissenschaft
Methode
Katholische Theologie
Katholischer Theologe
Theologische Erkenntnistheorie
Wissenschaftstheorie
Technikphilosophie
Electronic books.
BX1795.S35 / T46 2009eb
261.5/5
