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The SCM Veritas Series brings to market original volumes engaging
in critical questions of pressing concern to theologians as well as
philosophers, biologists, economists, and representatives of other
disciplines. The Grandeur of Reason is the most spectacular Veritas
volume to date. It presents a world-class cast of contributors
debating the question of universalism. The book includes original
contributions by Stanley Hauerwas, John Milbank, Graham Ward,
Oliver O'Donovan and Peter Candler and a foreword by Angelo
Cardinal Scola. The Grandeur of Reason attempts to think through
the re-hellenization of Christian faith. The collection focuses on
the importance of Christian 'truth' and the tradition of how faith
and reason are bound together in the universal claim of the Gospel.
It points toward an authentic understanding of tolerance and
ecumenism. The aim of the volume is to establish a path of honest
intercultural communication in pursuit of universal truth, guided
by the "grandeur" of reason, and unashamedly grounded in the
cultural and historical tradition of Christianity. Conor Cunningham
is Assistant Director of the Centre for Philosophy and Theology at
the University of Nottingham. Peter M. Candler Jr. is Associate
Professor of Theology at
In recent philosophical discourse, there has been a proliferation
of work in the field of philosophy of religion, and in particular
at the intersection between epistemology and philosophy of
religion. Much of that interest has centred on the emergence of
what has come to be known as 'Reformed Epistemology'. The central
claim of Reformed epistemologists is that belief in God is properly
basic. The purpose of the arguments offered by Reformed
epistemologists is to oppose what Plantinga calls the 'de jure'
objection to theistic belief - the idea that it is somehow
irrational, a dereliction of epistemic duty, or in some other sense
epistemically unacceptable, to believe in God. This objection is
distinct from what Plantinga labels the 'de facto' objection - the
objection that, whatever the rational status of belief in God, it
is, in fact, a false belief. The primary goal of Reformed
epistemology, then, is to defend Christian belief against the de
jure objection, thereby showing that everything really depends on
the truth of Christian belief. This book demonstrates the
feasibility of combining the Reformed epistemologist's position
with an argument for theism that the author draws from Charles
Taylor's work. In it, he shows the value that would be added to the
Reformed epistemologist's position by such a combination.
The Veritas Series brings to market original volumes all engaging
in critical questions of pressing concern to both philosophers,
theologians, biologists, economists and more. This volume of essays
brings together a star cast of authors discussing the relationship
between belief and metaphysics and its significance from both a
theological and a philosophical point of view. The series aims to
illustrate that without theology, something essential is lost in
our account of such categories - not only in an abstract way but in
the way in which we inhabit the world. The Veritas Series refuses
to accept disciplinary isolation: both for theology and for other
disciplines.
The subtitle of Pound's book could have been 'Lacan with
Kierkegaard'. It stages an extraordinary dialogue between the two
thinkers, demonstrating the Kierkegaardian resonances of the key
Lacanian concepts. From now on, we know that the Freudian notion of
'trauma', its sexual references notwithst anding, belongs to the
domain of the divine. The book is a true event: after reading it,
neither Kierkegaard nor Lacan will remain the same in our
theoretical imaginary. You can ignore this book... if you want to
remain a happy idiot." - Slavoj i ek "Marcus Pound's first book is
the most important sustained reflection on the relation of Theology
and Psychoanalysis to date. His approach is admirably focussed,
since it compares the ideas of the theological founder of complex
motivational psychology - Soren Kierkegaard - with those of the
most sophisticated secular psychoanalytical theorist -Jacques
Lacan. In doing so Pound offers, in a short compass, both a
psychological deepening of theological orthodoxy and a theological
critique of psychoanalysis as such. Future engagement with this
area must begin with this lucid, subtle and brilliant treatise." -
John Milbank "The vitality of Christian theology today, its
creativity, its imaginative and scholarly engagement, are nowhere
more evident than in this book. Pound's presentation of an
interface between psychology and doctrine is as bold as it is
original. Kierkegaard meets Lacan, trauma is related to liturgy and
therapy to sacramentalism - all under the aegis of Aquinas This is
contemporary theology at its best - exploring new terrains and
forging distinctive relations between onetime strangers." - Graham
Ward
Transcendence and Phenomenology presents a definitive collection of
essays discussing the much debated turn to theology in philosophy,
most evident in phenomenology. Arguably the most pressing debate at
the interface of philosophy and theology, this collection of essays
makes a significant intervention in the on-going argument,
gathering together some of the finest phenomenologist s writing
today; Jean-Luc Marion, Jean-Yves Lacoste, Jean-Louis Chretien and
Michel Henry. It also presents major criticisms of phenomenology in
relation to theology, especially from John Milbank. This volume
will provide a framework for those new to the debate. Contributors
to this volume: JEAN-LUC MARION, MICHEL HENRY, RICHARD KEARNEY,
JEFF BLOECHL, RUDI VISKER, JEAN-YVES LACOSTE, LASZLO TENGELYI, JOHN
MILBANK, JEAN GREISCH, RUUD WELTEN, MAURO CARBONE. Dr Conor
Cunningham is Co Director of the Centre for Theology and Philosophy
at the University of Nottingham. Dr Peter Candler is Assistant
Professor of Theology at Baylor University in Texas.
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