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1 online resource. |
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text file |
| Series |
Brill's studies in Catholic theology,
2352-5746 ;
v. 4
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Brill's studies in Catholic theology ; v. 4.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Question -- 2 Methodology & Scope -- 3 Theological Significance -- 4 Structure -- Chapter 1 -- The Enlightenment Critique of the Christian Religion: the 'Scandal' of Particularity & Superstition -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 The 'Scandal' of Particularity in Christian Revelation and Praxis -- 2 The Thomist Resolution of the 'Scandal' of Christian Particularity -- 3 Calvin's Rejection of the 'Sacramental Principle' -- 4 Kant's Religion within the Bounds of Bare Reason -- 4.1 The Reduction of Sacrament to Superstition -- 4.2 Kant's Dismissal of Tradition & Historical Revelation -- 4.3 The Incarnation: Christ as no More than Ideal Archetype -- 5 Conclusion -- Chapter 2 -- Blondel's Rehabilitation of Particularity & Response to Kantian Formalism -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The "Problem of Action" Relative to Human Destiny -- 2.1 Practical Science & the Way of Practice -- 2.2 The Science of Practice -- 3 Acknowledging the Problem of Action -- 3.1 The Dilettante -- 3.2 The Rebuttal of Dilettantism -- 4 The Phenomenon of Action -- 4.1 The Phenomenon of Action: Perceptual Ambiguity & the Drive to Knowledge -- 4.2 The Heterogeneity & Interdependence of Mathematical & Experimental Sciences -- 4.3 Toward a Subjective Science of Action -- 4.4 The Elements of Consciousness -- 4.5 The Necessary Idea of Freedom in Deliberation -- 4.6 The Necessary Exercise of Freedom as Determination of Action -- 4.7 Freedom Necessitates Admission of Particular Duties -- 4.8 Intention is not Enough: The Necessity of Passing to Action -- 5 Conclusion -- Chapter 3 -- From Self-Determination to Enlightenment Superstition -- 1 Introduction -- 2 From Intention to the First Exterior Expansion of Action -- 3 Intersubjectivity: From Individual to Social Action -- 3.1 Action and Signification -- 3.2 Co-action. |
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3.3 Co-operation and Influence -- 4 From Social to Superstitious Action -- Chapter 4 -- The Supernatural as Hypothetical Necessity -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Relationship of Philosophy & Theology -- 3 The Necessary Being of Action -- 3.1 The 'Antiboly' in Human Action -- 3.2 The One Thing Necessary (±????±±9?l'Unique nécessaire?) -- 3.2.1 The First Step -- 3.2.2 The Second Step -- 3.2.3 The Third Step -- 3.2.4 The Fourth Step -- 3.3 The Alternative -- 3.3.1 Eternal Death in Action -- 3.3.2 The Life of Action in Sacrifice -- 4 Conclusion -- Chapter 5 -- The Philosophical Exigencies of the Supernatural: Revelation, Mediator, Sacramental Practice -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Immanent Supernatural -- 3 The Role of Human Action -- 4 The Real Value of a "Literal Practice" -- 4.1 Faith and Works: the Vivifying and Liberating Letter of Practice -- 4.2 The Necessity of Positively Revealed Praxis -- 4.3 The Conditions of Authentic Religious Action -- 5 Conclusion -- Chapter 6 -- Supernatural and Sacramental Realism: Divine Agency as Real -- 1 Introduction -- 2 How Not to do Things with Words: Sacraments are not Speech Acts -- 2.1 Sacraments Involve but do not Reduce to Speech Acts -- 2.2 The Alleged 'Rapprochement' of Word and Sacrament in Rahner -- 2.3 Critique of Rahner's Reduction of Sacrament to Word -- 3 'Symbolic' Sacramental Efficacy & the Phenomenon of Superstition -- 3.1 Occasionalism -- 3.2 Instrumental Causality in the Summa Theologiae -- 3.3 Karl Rahner's Version of Symbolic Sacramental Efficacy -- 3.3.1 Grace as Divine Self-communication (Selbstmitteilung) -- 3.3.2 The Metaphysics of 'Realsymbol' -- 3.3.3 Rahner's Application of 'Realsymbol' to Sacrament -- 3.3.4 'Realsymbol' is no more than 'Idealsymbol' -- 4 Conclusions -- Chapter 7 -- Superstition in Sacramental Theology: Chauvet's 'Symbol and Sacrament' -- 1 Introduction. |
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2 The Foundations of Sacramental Theology -- 3 Extrinsicism in Symbol and Sacrament -- 3.1 An Idealist Approach to Human Language -- 3.2 The Symbolic Order & Symbolic Exchange -- 4 Signs, Symbols and Symbolic Efficacy -- 4.1 The Symbolic Efficacy of Rituals -- 4.2 'Symbolic Sacramental Efficacy' -- 4.3 Sacramental Formulae & Illocutionary Language -- 4.4 Divine Agency in Chauvet's 'Symbolic Efficacy' -- 5 Conclusions -- Chapter 8 -- The Philosophy of Action: Tradition and Sacrament -- 1 Introduction -- 2 A Philosophy of Living Tradition -- 3 Real Action versus the 'Idea of Action' in Sacramental Theology -- 3.1 The Error of 'Conceptualism' in Sacramental Theology -- 3.1.1 The 'Matter' and 'Form' of the Sacrament of Penance -- 3.1.2 'Res et Sacramentum' & the Sacrament of Penance -- 4 The Error of 'Immanentism' in Sacramental Theology -- 4.1 Postmodern Sacramental Theology -- 5 Conclusion -- Conclusions -- 1 The Specific Difference of Sacramental Action -- 2 A Program for Further Research -- 2.1 The Intentions and Will of the Minister & Recipient -- 2.2 The Church as Mystical Body -- 2.3 The Sacramental Character & Sacramental Reviviscence -- 2.4 Sacramental & Sacrificial Action -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Blondel, Maurice, 1861-1949.
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Blondel, Maurice, 1861-1949. |
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Philosophical theology.
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Philosophical theology. |
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Sacraments -- Catholic Church.
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Sacraments -- Catholic Church. |
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Superstition -- Religious aspects.
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Superstition -- Religious aspects. |
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Act (Philosophy)
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Act (Philosophy) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Doherty, Cathal. Maurice Blondel on the supernatural in human action. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2017 9789004342422 (DLC) 2017001551 |
| ISBN |
9789004342446 (electronic book) |
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9004342443 (electronic book) |
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9789004342422 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
10.1163/9789004342446 |
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