A novel treatment of a group of early Christian authors, demonstrating that their behavior and self-presentation were shaped by the norms of Roman intellectual culture, and not simply by factors internal to Christianity.
An Intellectual Correspondence from the Tenth Century
Questions and answers from two great philosophers Why is laughter contagious? Why do mountains exist? Why do we long for the past, even if it is scarred by suffering? Spanning a vast array of subjects that range from the philosophical to the theological, from the philological to the scientific, The Philosopher Responds is the record of a set of ......
Interprets the ascendancy of Christianity in terms of natural social causes, laying bare the paucity of evidence for the supernatural guidance of church actions.
Wilfred Cantwell Smith, maintained in this vastly important work that Westerners have misperceived religious life by making "religion" into one thing. He shows the inadequacy of "religion" to capture the living, endlessly variable ways and traditions in which religious faith presents itself in the world.
Rene Girard at the Nexus of Athens, Jerusalem, and Silicon Valley
Rene Girard was one of the most influential interdisciplinary thinkers of the 20th century. His mimetic theory-which argues that human desire is fundamentally imitative and that rivalry and conflict arise from this imitation-cuts across philosophy, anthropology, history, literary criticism, theology, and more. To manage the destructive potential ......
Modern psychology has garnered an abundance of data, but how do the discrete studies of psychology fit together into a clear picture of the human person. Chesterton quips, "...what is pompously called induction is simply collecting more of the data. And Aristotle or Aquinas, or anybody in his five wits, would of course agree that the conclusion ......
This penetrating study makes a case for the centrality of the concept of representation (Stellvertretung) in Hans Urs von Balthasar's theological project. How is it possible for Christ to act in the place of humanity? In Hans Urs von Balthasar's Theology of Representation, Jacob Lett broaches this perplexing soteriological question and offers the ......
Divine Grace, Human Nature, and the Mystery of the Cross
This study provides a compelling account of the major works of Henri de Lubac, one of the most influential theologians of the twentieth century, and argues that soteriology provides a lens through which their inner unity can be discerned. The writings of Henri de Lubac have left an indelible mark on Catholic theology, preparing the ground for, ......
