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Between science and religion [electronic resource] : the engagement of Catholic intellectuals with science and technology in the twentieth century / Phillip M. Thompson.
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TextPublication details: Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2009.Description: 1 online resource (xxiii, 249 p.) : illISBN: - 9780739140208 (electronic bk.)
- 0739140205 (electronic bk.)
- 9786612494963
- 6612494964
- 0739130803 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780739130803 (cloth : alk. paper)
- Religion and science
- Catholic Church -- Doctrines
- Catholics -- Intellectual life
- Catholic learning and scholarship
- Modernism (Christian theology) -- Catholic Church
- RELIGION -- Christianity -- General
- RELIGION -- Christian Life -- Social Issues
- Maritain, Jacques
- Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre
- Lonergan, Bernard J. F
- Merton, Thomas
- Wissenschaft
- Methode
- Katholische Theologie
- Katholischer Theologe
- Theologische Erkenntnistheorie
- Wissenschaftstheorie
- Technikphilosophie
- Geschichte 1900-1985
- 261.5/5Â 22
- BX1795.S35Â T46 2009eb
Contents:
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.
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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.
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