A Catholic modernity? : Charles Taylor's Marianist Award lecture

A Catholic modernity? : Charles Taylor's Marianist Award lecture / with responses by William M. Shea, Rosemary Luling Haughton, George Marsden, and Jean Bethke Elshtain; edited by James L. Heft.

This text offers a series of reflections on the state of Christianity, and especially Catholicism, in the world today. It offers a variety of reflections on the tensions between religion and modernity, and in particular on the role that Catholicism can and should play in contemporary society.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Taylor, Charles, 1931-
Other Authors: Heft, James, Shea, William M., 1935-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, c1999.
Subjects:
Catholic Church > Doctrines.
Catholic Church
Civilization, Modern.
RELIGION > Christianity > Catholic.
Civilization, Modern
Theology, Doctrinal
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / James L. Heft
  • A Catholic Modernity? / Charles Taylor
  • "A vote of thanks to Voltaire" / William M. Shea
  • Transcendence and the bewilderment of being modern / Rosemary Luling Haughton
  • Matteo Ricci and the prodigal culture / George Marsen
  • Augustine and diversity / Jean Bethke Elshtain
  • Concluding reflections and comments / Charles Taylor.

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