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9781421434230 Academic Inspection Copy

Pascal and Theology

  • ISBN-13: 9781421434230
  • Publisher: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By Jan Miel
  • Price: AUD $69.99
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  • Local release date: 14/05/2020
  • Format: Paperback 238 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Literature: history & criticism [DS]
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Originally published in 1970. The question of man's freedom to exercise his will'as active an issue among twentieth-century philosophers and theologians as it was in the Jesuit and Jansenist camps known to Pascal'is basic to this study. Pascal's theological thinking, which Professor Miel demonstrates to be the source of unity and coherence in virtually all phases of his thought, is preoccupied by a concern for man's limitations. In his analysis of Pascal's theology, Miel is concerned not only with characterizing Pascal's theological position but also with evaluating it in terms of the history of the church. In a concise and lucid review of the Christian doctrine of grace from the pre-Augustinians through the Renaissance, the author identifies the intellectual-theological atmosphere that created the need for Pascal's strong defense of Augustinian theology. Miel considers Pascal's +ëcrits sur la gr+óce, Lettres provincials, and Pens+¬es as well as shorter compositions and correspondence. He establishes the content of Pascal's vision of grace and free will, noting both its originality and its sense of history. Most importantly, he asserts that Pascal's affirmation of Jansenism predated his association with Port Royal and, indeed, was basic to all his adult thought and work. The author finds in the writings of Pascal a style that anticipates twentieth-century theology, a sophistication that belies charges of Pascal's theological na+»vet+¬, and a concern to uphold rather than to undermine doctrinal traditions of the church.

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