The Concept of Christian Philosophy in Edith Stein

2020 ◽  
Vol 94 (2) ◽  
pp. 323-346
Author(s):  
Robert McNamara ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Science ◽  
Edith Stein ◽  
Christian Philosophy ◽  
Jacques Maritain ◽  
Object Domain ◽  
Specific Object ◽  
Science Philosophy

In her mature thought, Edith Stein presents a philosophy that is positively Christian and specifically Catholic. The rationale behind her presentation rests upon three interplaying factors: the nature of philosophy; the nature and state of finite creatures in relation to God; and the meaning of being a Christian. Stein maintains that given the essential imperfection and natural limitation of philosophy as a human science, philosophy lies interiorly open for its elevation and completion through its supplementation by the supernatural contents of Revelation, yet in such a way that it retains its proper philosophical character precisely as determined by its specific object domain appropriately investigated. In this paper, I critically examine this provocative proposal of Stein by setting it in contrast to “the Thomistic solution” of Jacques Maritain, upon which Stein’s solution to the question foundationally relies, and thereby intend to manifest its basic significance while simultaneously assessing its philosophical validity.

Meeting Jacques Maritain

1982 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 483-488
Author(s):  
Leo R. Ward
Keyword(s):  
Christian Philosophy ◽  
Jacques Maritain ◽  
The Public

There were and still are several ways of meeting — getting acquainted with, knowing — the philosopher Jacques Maritain, the centenary of whose birth is this year. We could consult people who knew him, heard him lecture and hobnobbed with him; we could read his voluminous letters to and from Yves Simon, letters to which we hope the public will soon have access; and we might ask him what he meant by “Christian philosophy,” a key concept in many of his sixty published books.

The Personalism of Nikolai Berdiaev

2020 ◽  
pp. 308-326
Author(s):  
Ana Siljak
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Hannah Arendt ◽  
Human Person ◽  
The State ◽  
Christian Philosophy ◽  
Jacques Maritain ◽  
Central Value ◽  
Eric Voegelin ◽  
The Church

Nikolai Berdiaev was a prominent personalist philosopher in inter-war Europe, influencing such disparate thinkers as Jacques Maritain, Emmanuel Mounier, Hannah Arendt, and Eric Voegelin. This chapter looks at Berdiaev’s personalism, especially its origins in his pre-revolutionary writings, focusing on Berdiaev’s call for a new Christian philosophy of the person, one that would assert the central value of the human person and insist on the full freedom of the person in relationship to society, the church, and the state. Berdiaev’s trenchant critique of the erasure of the person in modernity, and his prescient insights into the essence of twentieth-century totalitarianism, led him to become one of the leading European intellectuals of the inter-war era.

scholarly journals Il teismo filosofico di Alasdair MacIntyre a confronto con la teologia post–liberale e post–moderna

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (11) ◽  
pp. 149
Author(s):  
Carlo Leonardi
Keyword(s):  
Alasdair Macintyre ◽  
Edith Stein ◽  
Radical Orthodoxy ◽  
Jacques Maritain ◽  
Stanley Hauerwas ◽  
John Milbank ◽  
Hans Frei ◽  
Etienne Gilson

Nel breve spazio del presente lavoro, intendo dar conto dell’“habitus teologico” che caratterizza lo stile filosofico di Alasdair MacIntyre : “religiously musical” è infatti — a mio avviso — il più insolito, e allo stesso tempo il più suadente, epiteto attribuito al filosofo scozzese dai teologi James Gustafson e Stanley Hauerwas . Tale habitus è altresì esaltato dalla diffusa propensione a saldare insieme — senza apparente soluzione di continuità — il modus philosophandi macintyriano e alcune recenti figure della teologia cristiana post–liberale e post–moderna, di cui ci occuperemo in seguito: soprattutto la “teologia narrativa” di Hans Frei, George Lindbeck, et. al., ma anche la “radical orthodoxy” di John Milbank, Catherine Pickstock, Graham Ward, et. al. Sebbene MacIntyre non abbia replicato direttamente a simili tentativi di “appropriazione teologica” del suo pensiero, ritengo, comunque, che i tempi siano maturi per riconoscere — a lui e al “tomismo analitico” — un ruolo sui generis nell’evoluzione della tradizione aristotelico–tomista del XX secolo : ruolo distinto, ma non separato, rispetto a quello coevo di quanti — in ambito continentale — hanno tenacemente proseguito la ricerca filosofica e teologica nel solco di Tommaso, come ad esempio Marie–Dominique Chenu, Yves Congar, Cornelio Fabro, Etienne Gilson, Jacques Maritain, Edith Stein, et al. 

Caring-Human Science Philosophy in Nursing Education: Beyond the Curriculum Revolution

2006 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 31-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheila Lewis, ◽  
Martha Rogers, ◽  
Rahel Naef,
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Science Curriculum ◽  
Human Science ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
Nursing Curriculum ◽  
Theoretical Integration ◽  
Science Philosophy

This paper describes the evolution of a nursing curriculum from one informed by the work of Bevis and Watson (1989, 2000) to one that has expanded to explicitly include human science. The “Caring-Human Science Curriculum” is elaborated with particular emphasis on trans-theoretical integration, which results in the curriculum’s philosophic consistency while embracing multiple nursing theories. Unique characteristics of the curriculum are illustrated with discussion about how the teaching and learning processes are experienced by faculty and students alike. The paper concludes by addressing some of the gained insights arising from living the “Caring-Human Science Curriculum” for nursing education.

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