Bridging the Sacred and the Secular - Selected Writings of John Courtney Murray

Informationen zum Autor John Courtney Murray! one of the century's foremost theologians! was the author of We Hold These Truths (Sheed & Ward! 1960)! The Problem of God! Yesterday and Today (Yale University Press! 1964)! and The Problem of Religious Freedom (The Newman Press! 1965). J. Leon Hooper! SJ! is a senior research fellow at Woodstock Theological Center! Georgetown University. He is the editor of Religious Liberty: Catholic Struggles with Pluralism (Westminster/John Knox Press! 1993) and author of The Ethics of Discourse: The Social Philosophy of John Courtney Murray (Georgetown University Press! 1986). Klappentext This collection brings together for the first time the theological essays of a 20th-century philosopher renowned for his defense of civil religious freedom. In this volume of essays! previously scattered among various periodicals over the course of thirty eyars! J. Leon Hooper! SJ! presents a selection of Murray's theological writings that outlines and highlights the integrity of Murray's moves toward a public theological discourse. Zusammenfassung John Courtney Murray! S J (1904-1967)! is most renowned for his ethical writings. This title presents a selection of Murray's theological writings that not only outlines and highlights the integrity of Murray's moves towards a public theological discourse but also contributes to the post-conciliar task of integrating the secular and the sacred.

Product details

• Authors: J. Leon Hooper, John C. Murray, John Courtney Murray
• Assisted by: J. Leon Hooper (Editor), Leon J. Hooper (Editor)
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.1995
• EAN: 9780878405718
• ISBN: 978-0-87840-571-8
• No. of pages: 392
• Series: Moral Traditions Series; Moral Traditions series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Christianity, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, History of Western philosophy