Neo-Thomism in action

law and society reshaped by Neo-Scholastic philosophy 1880-1960

In his encyclical Aeterni Patris (1879), Pope Leo XIII expressed the conviction that the renewed study of the philosophical legacy of Saint Thomas Aquinas would help Catholics to engage in a dialogue with secular modernity while maintaining respect for Church doctrine and tradition. As a result, the neo-scholastic framework dominated Catholic intellectual production for nearly a century thereafter. This volume assesses the societal impact of the Thomist revival movement, with particular attention...

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Engels | 331 pagina's (PDF, 16 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2021

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Cold war Mary

ideologies, politics, Marian devotional culture

One hardly known but fascinating aspect of the Cold War was the use of the holy Virgin Mary as a warrior against atheist ideologies. After the Second World War, there was a remarkable rise in the West of religiously inflected rhetoric against what was characterised as "godless communism". The leaders of the Roman Catholic Church not only urged their followers to resist socialism, but along with many prominent Catholic laity and activist movements they marshaled the support of Catholics into a spiritual...

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Engels | PDF, 27 MB | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2021

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Clare Carlisle Spinoza's religion

a new reading of the Ethics

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Engels | 272 pagina's | Princeton University Press, Princeton | 2021

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Mark A. Waddell Magic, science, and religion in early modern Europe

Engels | 220 pagina's | Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom | 2021

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