Ever Ancient, Ever New

Michael P. Foley; Ernest L. Fortin

doi:10.5771/9780742579170

Summary

More than any other thinker in the twentieth century, Ernest L. Fortin, A.A. (1923-2002) resuscitated the study of political philosophy for Catholic theology. Fortin's interests and accomplishments were vast, ranging from the Church Fathers, to Dante and Aquinas, to modern rights, American democracy, and Catholic social justice. His dispassionate scholarly heft was animated by a pressing drive to understand and rise above the crises of our times, and it was applied with a gingerly and accessible touch. Consequently, Fortin's writings are among the most lucid, perceptive, and enjoyable that one will ever read. Ever Ancient Ever New is the fourth and final volume of Ernest Fortin's collected essays, compiled and edited after his death by his archivist and student Michael Foley. While it echoes the themes of the earlier three volumes-showcasing the essays that made Fortin such an authority in his field-Ever Ancient Ever New also includes articles never before published as well as articles on topics not represented in the earlier collections. Ever Ancient Ever New is indispensable for anyone wishing to continue their education in the wit and wisdom of Ernest Fortin or to begin learning from him for the first time.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2007
ISBN-Print: 978-0-7425-5920-2
ISBN-Online: 978-0-7425-7917-0
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 355
Product type: Edited Book

1. CONTENTS No access
2. Foreword: The Propaedeutic Theology of Emest L. Fortin No access
3. About this Volume No access
4. Acknowledgments No access
1. 1. The Rebirth of Patristic Studies No access
2. 2. The Church Fathers and the Transmission of the Christian Message No access
3. 3. The Nature of the Christian Message No access
4. 4. The "Rhetoric" of the Church Fathers No access
5. 5. Saint Augustine and the Neoplatonic Doctrine of the Soul: Letter 137.11 (translated by Marc A. LePain) No access
6. 6. The City of God No access
1. 7. Translatio Studii No access
2. 8. Thomas Aquinas as a Political Thinker No access
3. 9. Dante and Averroism No access
1. 10. The New Moral Theology: Genesis and Present State No access
2. 11. Christianity and the Enlightenment: A Foreword No access
3. 12. The Enlightenment and the Church: The Changing Configurations No access
4. 13. A Tocquevillian Perspective on Religion and the American Regime No access
5. 14. Humanae Vitae's Silver Jubilee: Twenty-Five Years Later No access
6. 15. Men of Letters: The Little-Known Correspondence Between Leo Strauss and Eric Voegelin No access
1. 16. Why I Am Not a Thomist No access
2. 17. Philosophy and Democratic Education No access
3. 18. The New Catholic College No access
4. 19. An Academic Approach to the Teaching of Theology No access
5. 20. Moral Values No access
1. 21. The Anguish of Unity: A Roman Catholic Perspective No access
2. 22. The Ecumenical Venture No access
3. 23. Holiness of the Church and Ministerial Holiness No access
4. 24. Christian Mission and Spirituality: Roman Catholics and Methodists in Dialogue No access
5. 25. Ecumenism-Where Do We Go from Here? No access
1. 26. Public Theology: A Response to Max Stackhouse No access
2. 27. Religious Consciousness: A Response to Robert Bellah No access
3. 28. The Enlightenment and Freedom: Critical Remarks on Ernest van den Haag's "The Desolation of Reality" No access
4. 29. Religion and the American Regime No access
5. 30. Comment on Hughes Regarding the Strauss-Voegelin Correspondence No access
6. 31. Aristotle and the Sociobiologists: An Old Controversy Revived No access
1. Jean Bethke Elshtain, Augustine and the Limits of Politics No access
2. Harry A. Wolfson, The Philosophy of the Church Fathers No access
3. Jaroslav Pelikan, Emergence of the Christian Tradition No access
4. H.Y. Jung, The Crisis of Political Understanding No access
5. A.S. McGrade, The Political Thought of William of Ockham No access
6. David Hollenbach, Justice, Peace, and Human Rights No access
1. Pep Rallies No access
Epilogue: An Intellectual Autobiography No access Pages 319 - 328
Bibliography of Fortin's Works No access Pages 329 - 342
Index No access Pages 343 - 352
About the Author No access Pages 353 - 353
About the Editor No access Pages 354 - 355