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This volume gathers together ten philosophical essays by the late Frederick J. Crosson, scholar, author, and professor of philosophy in the Program of Liberal Studies and Department of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. Themes common to all are the nature of religion and its forms, its genealogy, and its history. The essays treat a range of authors, notably St. Augustine, Hume, and Newman—and especially the influence of Cicero, as the primary pre-Christian source of natural law teaching, on each of them. Taken together, the essays are also a reflection on some of the many kinds of hidden rhetorical qualities and structures that shape texts and require interpretation.
“The editors of this volume have carefully selected essays from the treasure of Frederick Crosson to illustrate Crosson’s deep rhetorical expertise. . . . Crosson extracts the hidden, secondary, meanings from the authors, explicating their intent in conveying varying messages to varying audiences.” —Religious Studies Review
Frederick J. Crosson (1926–2009) was the Rev. John J. Cavanaugh, C.S.C., Professor Emeritus of Humanities in the Program of Liberal Studies at the University of Notre Dame.
Michael J. Crowe is the Rev. John J. Cavanaugh Professor Emeritus in Humanities in the Program of Liberal Studies and Graduate Program in History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Notre Dame. He has published a number of books, including The Extraterrestrial Life Debate, 1750–1900: The Idea of a Plurality of Worlds from Kant to Lowell.
Nicholas Ayo, C.S.C., is professor emeritus in the Program of Liberal Studies at the University of Notre Dame. Fr. Ayo is an award-winning author of fourteen books and numerous articles on Catholic spirituality and theology, including Gloria Patri: The History and Theology of the Lesser Doxology (2007) and The Hail Mary: A Verbal Icon of Mary (1994) both published by the University of Notre Dame Press.
Preface by Michael J. Crowe and Nicholas Ayo
Tribute by Mary Katherine Tillman
Introduction by Mark Moes
1. Esoteric versus Latent Teaching
2. The Disclosure of Hidden Providence
3. Show and Tell: The Concept of Teaching in St. Augustine’s De Magistro
4. Philosophy and Belief
5. Cicero and the Philosophy of Religion
6. Newman and Augustine: The Narrative of Conversion
7. Proof and Presence
8. Hume’s Unnatural Religion (Some Humean Footnotes)
9. Religion and Natural Law
10. American Reflections on a Century of Catholic Social Teaching
Notes
Publications of Frederick J. Crosson
Acknowledgment of Sources
Editors and Other Contributors
Index