the engagement of Catholic intellectuals with science and technology in the twentieth centuryThompson, Phillip M.1959-creatortextbibliographyElectronic books.mduLanham, MdLexington Booksc20092009monographiceng

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1 online resource (xxiii, 249 p.) : ill.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.Phillip M. Thompson.Description based on print version record.Includes bibliographical references and index.Religion and scienceCatholic ChurchDoctrinesCatholicsIntellectual lifeCatholic learning and scholarshipModernism (Christian theology)Catholic ChurchMaritain, JacquesTeilhard de Chardin, PierreLonergan, Bernard J. FMerton, Thomas Geschichte 1900-1985 swd WissenschaftMethodeKatholische TheologieKatholischer TheologeTheologische ErkenntnistheorieWissenschaftstheorieTechnikphilosophieBX1795.S35 T46 2009eb261.5/5Thompson, Phillip M., 1959-Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2009(DLC) 2009014529(OCoLC)3185856299780739140208 (electronic bk.)0739140205 (electronic bk.)http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=332611http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=332611N$T10083020200709055300.0ocn659563600