Skip to product information
1 of 1

Philosophy Between Faith and Theology

Regular price $25.00
Sale price $25.00 Regular price $25.00
Sale Sold out
This book explores the essential unity of philosophical and theological thought from various perspectives and pleads for a radical change of method in philosophy.
"With intelligence, this book breaks the modern taboo of the separation betwe... Read More
  • Format:
  • Publication Date: 26 September 2005
  • ISBN: 9780268038878
  • Pages: 232
  • Imprint: University of Notre Dame Press

View Product Details
Adriaan Theodoor Peperzak contends that while many Catholic philosophers try to practice a modern, autonomous style of thinking, their experience of a faith-guided life necessarily compels them to integrate their scholarly pursuits with their Christian faith. He writes, “Christians who think cannot separate their thought from their faith and theology.” Indeed, he argues that the work of Christian, particularly Catholic, philosophers loses its vitality when philosophers try to restrict their reflections to natural reason alone. In this book he explores the essential unity of philosophical and theological thought from various perspectives and pleads for a radical change of method in philosophy. Peperzak maintains that the interdependencies of philosophy, theology, and the sciences must collectively determine the character of a Catholic university. For him, all serious philosophy has a profoundly religious character and is the quest for a kind of wisdom unhampered by arbitrary boundaries. His plea for a paradigm shift in philosophy and theology concentrates on the idea of speaking God’s word in a way that provokes appropriate responses, including praise and prayer.
files/i.png Icon
Price: $25.00
Pages: 232
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Imprint: University of Notre Dame Press
Publication Date: 26 September 2005
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9780268038878
Format: Paperback
BISACs:

"With intelligence, this book breaks the modern taboo of the separation between philosophy and theology. It is an invitation to philosophy to recover its rooting in life and to become knowledgeable about love. It is an invitation to theology to rediscover its vocation as a mature consciousness of faith, to communicate using all forms of human thought, and to avoid the pathology of fundamentalism. Peperzak, whose thought is well rooted in the traditions of Western philosophy and Christian theology and who is also profoundly aware of the contemporary philosophical-theological debate, is able to speak efficaciously whether to Catholic intellectuals or to any scholar interested in the integrality of human wisdom." —Professor Giovanni Ferretti, director of the Department of Philosophy and Human Sciences at the Università degli Studi, Macerata, Italy

Adriaan Theodoor Peperzak is Arthur J. Schmitt Chair of Philosophy at Loyola University, Chicago.