Neo-Thomism in Action
Law and Society Reshaped by Neo-Scholastic Philosophy, 1880-1960
Edited by Wim Decock, Bart Raymaekers, and Peter Heyrman
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VIEW Edited volume - ebook - PDFMultifaceted and in-depth analysis of the neo-scholastic movement
In his encyclical Aeterni Patris (1879), Pope Leo XIII expressed the conviction that the renewed study of the philosophical legacy of Saint Thomas Aquinas would help Catholics to engage in a dialogue with secular modernity while maintaining respect for Church doctrine and tradition. As a result, the neo-scholastic framework dominated Catholic intellectual production for nearly a century thereafter.
This volume assesses the societal impact of the Thomist revival movement, with particular attention to the juridical dimension of this epistemic community. Contributions from different disciplinary backgrounds offer a multifaceted and in-depth analysis of many different networks and protagonists of the neo-scholastic movement, its institutions and periodicals, and its conceptual frameworks. Although special attention is paid to the Leuven Institute of Philosophy and Faculty of Law, the volume also discloses the neo-Thomist revival in other national and transnational contexts. By highlighting diverse aspects of its societal and legal impact, Neo-Thomism in Action argues that neo-scholasticism was neither a sterile intellectual exercise nor a monolithic movement. The book expands our understanding of how Catholic intellectual discourse communities were constructed and how they pervaded law and society during the late 19th century and the first half of the 20th century.
Contributors: Philippe Chenaux (Pontifical Lateran University), Jo Deferme, Jean-Pierre Delville, Joeri De Smet (KU Leuven), Kwinten Dewaele (KU Leuven), Vincent Genin (KU Leuven), Emiel Lamberts (KU Leuven), Faustino Martinez Martínez (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Erik Sengers (Tilburg School of Catholic Theology), Jakub Štofaník (Masaryk Institute Prague), Cinzia Sulas (Sapienza Rome), Kasper Swerts (ADVN/Antwerp University)
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Prolegomenon to Further Study
THE LANDSCAPE OF NEO-THOMISM
Religious, Political and Social Settings of the Revival of Thomism, 1870-1960
The 1920s Francophone Thomistic Revival
Neo-Thomism at Leuven’s Faculty of Law
NATIONAL CONTEXTS AND INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS
Vetera novis augere or Leuven Quebec augere: Lionel Groulx, Neo-Thomism and French-Canadian Nationalism
Reception and Adaptation of Neo-Thomism in East-Central Europe, between the Intellectual and Social Involvement of the Catholic Church
The Influence of Neo-Thomism on Catholic Social Policy-Making in Belgium, 1880-1914
Between Gospel and Constitution. Neo-Scholastic Traces in the Legal World of Nineteenth-Century Spain
The Notion of War in the Rivista di Filosofia Neo-Scolastica, 1914-1918
PROTAGONISTS
A Conservative Reading of Rerum Novarum through a Neo-Scholastic Lens
Arthur Vermeersch on Colonial and Conjugal Morality
Joannes Aengenent (1873-1935)
Neo-Thomism and the Debates on the Just Wage in Belgium (1879-1914)
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Format: Edited volume - paperback
Size: 238 × 170 × 20 mm
336 pages
Illustrated b/w
ISBN: 9789462703063
Publication: December 13, 2021
Series: KADOC-Studies on Religion, Culture and Society 29
Languages: English
Stock item number: 145581
Peter Heyrman is a historian and head of Research at KADOC-KU Leuven, Documentation and Research Centre on Religion, Culture and Society.
Wim Decock is professor of legal history at KU Leuven and Université de Liège.
Olivier Boehme, Belgisch Tijdschrift voor Nieuwste Geschiedenis 2022/4
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