Romance and the Rock: Nineteenth-Century Catholics on Faith and Reason. Edited by Fitzer Joseph. Fortress Texts in Modern Theology. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1989. ix + 386 pp. $19.95.

1992 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-112
Author(s):  
James P. Gaffey
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Faith And Reason

Promise and Peril

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Michael Shea
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Existence Of God ◽  
Technical Language ◽  
Faith And Reason

This chapter undertakes a comparison of John Henry Newman’s reflections on faith and reason with those of his French contemporary, Louis Bautain, and the German writer, Georg Hermes. Both writers faced scrutiny from ecclesiastical authorities on the issue of faith and reason in the middle decades of the nineteenth century. The analysis shows that Newman shared affinities with both thinkers on the level of technical language and teachings regarding faith and reason. Newman’s view of implicit reason was at times strikingly similar to Bautain’s notion of raison, and Newman’s passing statements on proofs for the existence of God and use of Butler’s language of probability bore close and sometimes misleading resemblances to Hermes’s notion of Wahrscheinlichkeit. There were also key differences between Newman and these writers, which are shown in later chapters to have played a role in the early reception of the Essay on Development.

Vladimir Soloviev as a Religious Philosopher

2020 ◽  
pp. 204-219
Author(s):  
Catherine Evtuhov
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Moral Philosophy ◽  
Basic Belief ◽  
German Philosophy ◽  
Fundamental Idea ◽  
Faith And Reason ◽  
In Christ ◽  
Three Phases

Vladimir Soloviev’s thought is so rich and protean almost to defy description; this chapter examines specifically the religious-philosophical dimensions of his work. While Soloviev’s fundamental idea postulating a universal Christianity remained constant throughout his life, it is possible to delineate three phases of engagement with this idea. These were, first, his evolution from a classic nineteenth-century struggle of faith and reason to a statement of the universality of Christ as Godman (until 1882); second, an engagement with Christian politics and the Universal Church (1882–1894); and finally, the formulation of a moral philosophy, part of whose pathos was a vehement opposition to Nietzsche (1894–1900). Soloviev’s unwavering commitment to Christianity’s most basic belief in Christ, combined with deep immersion in German philosophy, enabled him to articulate a universal Christianity that was distinctly modern.

Promise and Peril in Rome, Part Two

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Michael Shea
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Faith And Reason ◽  
Theology Of Tradition

This chapter offers an overview of what has become known as the Roman School of theology, a theological movement that was in ascendancy in Rome during the middle decades of the nineteenth century. The chapter explores the Roman School’s central themes, which included ecclesiocentric and ultramontane apologetics, a renewal of positive theology with a focus on patristic sources, as well as a robust and elaborated theology of tradition. Perrone’s distinct vision of faith and reason is presented against the backdrop of this movement and used to highlight the differing ways in which Perrone and those who followed him regarded the writings of Hermes and Bautain. The analysis culminates in the hypothesis that Perrone would have likely looked upon Newman’s work with certain reservations but also with considerable sympathy.

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