Avant-Garde Theological Generation - The Nouvelle Theologie and the French Crisis of Modernity

This study examines the Fourvi¿ Jesuits and Le Saulchoir Dominicans, theologians and philosophers who comprised the influential reform movement the nouvelle th¿ogie. Led by Henri de Lubac, Jean Dani¿u, Yves Congar, and Marie-Dominique Chenu, the movement flourished from the 1930s until its suppression in 1950.

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1: Modern French Intellectual Generations


• 2: The First Ressourcement: The Generations of 1890 and 1912


• 3: 1920s: The Formation of the Generation of 1930


• 4: 1930s: The Crisis of Humanism and the Generation of 1930


• 5: The Catholic Regeneration of 1930


• 6: 1940s: The French Triumph of the Génération de Crise


• 7: 1960s: The Global Triumph of the Génération de Crise


• Bibliography

About the author

Jon Kirwan is Assistant Professor of Dogmatics at St Patrick's Seminary and University. Specializing in systematic and historical theology, his main research interests lie in the area of French Catholic thought from 1890 to 1950 and the ressourcement of the nouvelle théologie and its engagements with Aquinas.

Summary

This study examines the Fourvière Jesuits and Le Saulchoir Dominicans, theologians and philosophers who comprised the influential reform movement the nouvelle théologie. Led by Henri de Lubac, Jean Daniélou, Yves Congar, and Marie-Dominique Chenu, the movement flourished from the 1930s until its suppression in 1950.

Product details

• Authors: Jon Kirwan, Jon (St Patrick''s Seminary and University Kirwan
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.03.2018
• EAN: 9780198819226
• ISBN: 978-0-19-881922-6
• No. of pages: 336
• Series: Oxford Theology and Religion Monographs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic, France, PHILOSOPHY / General, RELIGION / Ecumenism & Interfaith, RELIGION / Christian Theology / History, Theology, Christian theology, c 1930 to c 1939, Philosophy of religion, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, c 1940 to c 1949, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), C 1945 To C 1960