Between Science and Religion - The Engagement of Catholic Intellectuals with Science and Technology in the Twentieth Century (Hardcover, New)

In exploring the role of Catholic intellectuals in engaging science and technology in the twentieth century, this book initially provides a background context for this evolution by examining the Modernism crisis in the first chapter. In order to unpack the subsequent evolution, Thompson then concentrates in separate chapters on the distinctive contributions of four specific Catholic intellectuals, Jacques Maritain (1882 1973), Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881 1955), Bernard Lonergan (1904 1984), and Thomas Merton (1915 1968). All of these intellectuals experienced some degree of official restraint in their efforts but through their distinctive intellectual trajectories, they contributed to a different engagement of the Church with science and technology. In the final chapters, the book first reviews the changes within the institutional Church in the twentieth century toward science and technology. Finally, it then applies some key ideals of the four intellectuals to anneal and extend John Paul II's approach of "critical openness" to suggest how the Church can now engage science and technology."

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2009
First published:	July 2009
Authors:	Phillip M Thompson
Dimensions:	240 x 163 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	298
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-7391-3080-3
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Impact of science & technology on society Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church > General Books > Christianity > Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church Promotions
LSN:	0-7391-3080-3
Barcode:	9780739130803

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