Ressourcement: a movement for renewal in twentieth-century catholic theology

A historical and a theological analysis of the most important movement in twentieth-century Roman Catholic theology. Ressourcement: A Movement for Renewalin Twentieth-Century Catholic Theology provides both a historical and a theological analysis of the achievements of the renowned generation of theologians whose influence pervaded French theology and society in the period 1930 to 1960, and beyond. It considers how the principal exponents of ressourcement, leading Dominicans and Jesuits of the faculties of Le Saulchoir (Paris) and Lyon-Fourvire, inspired a renaissance intwentieth-century Catholic theology and initiated a movement for renewal thatcontributed to the reforms of the Second Vatican Council. The book assesses the origins and historical development of the biblical, liturgical, and patristic ressourcement in France, Germany, and Belgium, and offers fresh insights into the thoughtof the movement's leading scholars. It analyses the fierce controversies thaterupted within the Jesuit and Dominican orders and between leading ressourcement theologians and the Vatican. The volume also contributes to the elucidation of the complex question of terminology, the interpretation of which still engenders controversy in discussions of ressourcement and nouvelle thologie. It concludes with reflections on how the most important movement intwentieth-century Roman Catholic theology continues to impact on contemporarysociety and on Catholic and Protestant theological enquiry in the new millennium. Ressourcement: A Movement for Renewal in Twentieth-Century Catholic Theology represents the definitive academic 'handbook' for the English-speaking world, for a long time to come, on one of the most important and influential movements in 20th century Catholic theology. The remarkable breadth of topics treated and the impressive variety and consistently high quality of scholars involved bespeaks the significant ongoing impact of the ressourcement movement oncontemporary Catholic as well as Protestant theology. This volume will need to belong to the working libraries of all theologians, Catholic or Protestant, who continue to reflect on how one of the most important theological movementsof the 20th century continues to impact the theological inquiries and perspectives of thenew millennium. INDICE: Introduction: The twentieth-century renaissance in Catholic theology I:The ressourcement movement: history and context Jansenism - an early ressourcement movement? Nouvelle thologie: a return to Modernism? Gilson and the ressourcement Maurice Blondel and ressourcement A new Lyon School (1919-39)? Gagnebet's hidden ressourcement: a Dominican speculative theology from Toulouse The traditionalist in spite of himself: Teilhard de Chardin and ressourcement L'glise a ravi son coeur: Charles Journet and the theologians of ressourcement on the personality of the church Humani Generis and nouvelle thologie Analogy of truth: the sacramental epistemology of nouvelle thologie Nouvelle thologie: four historical stages of theological reform towards ressourcement (1935-65) Ressourcement and the enduring legacy of post-Tridentine theology II: Central figures of the ressourcement Marie-Dominique Chenu and Le Saulchoir: a stream of Catholic renewal Ressourcement, ecumenism, and pneumatology: the contribution of Yves Congar to nouvelle thologie Henri de Lubac: looking for books toread the world Danilou and the twentieth-century patristic renewal Henri Bouillard: the freedom of faith Balthasar and ressourcement: an ambiguous relationship Louis Bouyer and the unity of theology III: Ressourcement as a threefold programme of renewal The renewal of biblical studies in France 1934-54 as an element in theological ressourcement Ressourcement and the renewal of Catholic liturgy: on celebrating the New Rite Knowing God in history and in the church:Dei Verbum and 'nouvelle thologie' IV: Ressourcement and 'the Church in the Modern World' Ressourcement and the retrieval of Thomism for the contemporary world Ressourcement and Vatican II Ressourcement, Vatican II, and eucharistic ecclesiology The theology of Karl Rahner: an alternative to the ressourcement? Benedict XVI: a ressourcement theologian? Lacan's return to Freud: a case of theological ressourcement? Expanding Catholicity through Ecumenicity in the Work of Yves Congar: Ressourcement, Receptive Ecumenism, and Catholic Reform Ressourcement theology and Protestantism French ressourcement theology and Orthodoxy: a living mutual relationship? Epilogue: Ressourcement in retrospect

• ISBN: 978-0-19-955287-0
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 608
• Fecha Publicación: 08/12/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés