Essays in Existential Thomism

Essays in Existential Thomism

The essays collected here are loosely grouped around the theme of an existential Thomism, and this term â€œexistentialâ€ takes on two distinct means. In the first, it concerns a Thomism centered on the primacy of the act of existence in the metaphysics of St. Thomas Aquinas. Instead of a philosophy centered on essences or forms, St. Thomas saw by way of a far-reaching and original intuition that it was existence, itself, that should be at the heart of metaphysics.
The second meaning of the term existential refers to a Thomism that vivified by this insight is alive to the real in its myriad of forms, willing to leave its intramural debates and look at pressing contemporary issues, and hopefully stimulated by these challenges, renew itself.
Some of these essays have seen the light of day before. â€œChristian Spirituality in the 21st Centuryâ€ was a talk given at the Spiritual Life Center in Wichita, Kansas in 1991 and then appeared in Spirituality Today in Spring 1994. â€œThe Future of Thomism,â€ now part of â€œSome Conditions of a Thomistic Renaissance,â€ was a talk given at the American Maritain Association in Tempe, Arizona in 1996. â€œNonlocalityâ€ was also a talk given at a American Maritain Association meeting in Berkeley, California, 1999 and later published in the book Jacques Maritain and the Many Ways of Knowing. â€œA Retreat for Married Couples: Towards a Theology of Marriageâ€ comes from a retreat called â€œTwo Secrets That Can Transform Your Marriageâ€ which also contained another part on the psychological side of marriage. This retreat was first given in Seattle in 1994, and then in Alabama in 1995. â€œMaritainâ€™s Lost Sequelâ€ appeared in Gregorianum 87/3 (2006).

Country	USA
Author	James Arraj
Binding	Kindle Edition
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Inner Growth Books and Videos, LLC
Manufacturer	Inner Growth Books and Videos, LLC
NumberOfPages	153
PublicationDate	2011-10-18
Publisher	Inner Growth Books and Videos, LLC
ReleaseDate	2011-10-18
Studio	Inner Growth Books and Videos, LLC

Essays in Existential Thomism

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