Marie Dominique Chenu – författare

The book's author, Marie-Dominique Chenu (1895-1990) began teaching at Le Saulchoir in 1920, and was an enthusiastic proponent of its distinctive spirit and method. In 1932 he was promoted to master of theology and made regent of studies. He urged theologians to expand the horizons of their curiosity to include the achievements and challenges of their own day. In 1936, in a talk for the feast of St. Thomas, Chenu delivered an enthusiastic address about the work of Le Saulchoir, and was encouraged to turn it into this book. Not content with describing his school's orientation, Chenu was also critical of how theology was being pursued elsewhere, even by Dominicans, even in Rome. Roman Dominicans were displeased with the book, and it was quickly taken out of circulation. In 1942 it was placed on the Index of Forbidden Books and Chenu was removed from his teaching post and banished from Le Saulchoir.

Despite its brevity, its limited initial audience, and its condemnation, this little book is historically significant. It represents a major trajectory of modern Catholic theology as it faced the turn to the subject in philosophy and the rise of historical consciousness in theology. Many of the ideas for which it was initially condemned were embraced at Vatican II and have since influenced the methods of contemporary Catholic theology.

This translation includes a critical introduction situating the book in its historical context and provides footnotes to assist readers in identifying persons, events, and ideas.

Celebrating 750 years! This is a collection of studies on Thomas Aquinas’ theology. EXPLORING THOMAS AQUINAS. ESSAYS AND SERMONS has essays by Marie-Dominique Chenu, Yves Congar, Jean-Pierre Torrell, Josaphat Pinto de Oliveira, and Walter Principe; these are followed by three sermons by Chenu, Edward Schillebeeckx, and Karl Rahner. These writings have been assembled and translated by Thomas O’Meara, O.P, who taught at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana for many years . The essays consider what was new in Aquinas’ thinking in the thirteenth century, his view of Islam, his theology of the church, the influence of his theology just before, during, and after Vatican II, and a pioneering study of his theology as a spirituality.

Here theologians from recent years look at central themes so that this thinking from the past might illumine contemporary problems, questions, and ways of thinking.

Celebrating 750 years! This is a collection of studies on Thomas Aquinas’ theology. EXPLORING THOMAS AQUINAS. ESSAYS AND SERMONS has essays by Marie-Dominique Chenu, Yves Congar, Jean-Pierre Torrell, Josaphat Pinto de Oliveira, and Walter Principe; these are followed by three sermons by Chenu, Edward Schillebeeckx, and Karl Rahner. These writings have been assembled and translated by Thomas O’Meara, O.P, who taught at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana for many years . The essays consider what was new in Aquinas’ thinking in the thirteenth century, his view of Islam, his theology of the church, the influence of his theology just before, during, and after Vatican II, and a pioneering study of his theology as a spirituality.

Here theologians from recent years look at central themes so that this thinking from the past might illumine contemporary problems, questions, and ways of thinking.