Between science and religion the engagement of Catholic intellectuals with science and technology in the twentieth century - Thompson, Phillip M., 1959- (Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, 2009)
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Keywords: 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; Electronic books