Ever Ancient, Ever New: Ruminations on the City, the Soul, and the Church

by Ernest L. Fortin, Michael P. Foley Baylor University (Editor)

Overview

More than any other thinker in the twentieth century, Ernest L. Fortin, A.A. (1923-2002) resuscitated the study of political philosophy for Catholic theology. Fortin's interests and accomplishments were vast, ranging from the Church Fathers, to Dante and Aquinas, to modern rights, American democracy, and Catholic social justice. His dispassionate scholarly heft was animated by a pressing drive to understand and rise above the crises of our times, and it was applied with a gingerly and accessible touch. Consequently, Fortin's writings are among the most lucid, perceptive, and enjoyable that one will ever read. Ever Ancient Ever New is the fourth and final volume of Ernest Fortin's collected essays, compiled and edited after his death by his archivist and student Michael Foley. While it echoes the themes of the earlier three volumes-showcasing the essays that made Fortin such an authority in his field-Ever Ancient Ever New also includes articles never before published as well as articles on topics not represented in the earlier collections. Ever Ancient Ever New is indispensable for anyone wishing to continue their education in the wit and wisdom of Ernest Fortin or to begin learning from him for the first time.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780742579170
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	10/07/2007
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	388
File size:	860 KB

About the Author

Michael P. Foley is Assistant Professor of Patristics in the Great Texts Program at Baylor University, where he has been teaching since 2004. He is co-editor of Gladly to Learn and Gladly to Teach: Essays on Religion and Political Philosophy in Honor of Ernest L. Fortin, A.A.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Foreword: The Propaedeutic Theology of Ernest L. Fortin
Chapter 2
Chapter I: The Early Church and the Wisdom of the Greeks
Chapter 3
Chapter 1. The Rebirth of Patristic Studies
Chapter 4
Chapter 2. The Church Fathers and the Transmission of theChristian Message
Chapter 5
Chapter 3. The Nature of the Christian Message
Chapter 6
Chapter 4. The Rhetoric of the Church Fathers
Chapter 7
Chapter 5. Saint Augustine and the Neoplatonic Doctrine of the Soul: Letter 137.11 (translated by Marc A. LePain)
Chapter 8
Chapter 6. The City of God
Chapter 9
Chapter II: Philosophical Culture in the Middle Ages
Chapter 10
Chapter 7. Translatio Studii
Chapter 11
Chapter 8. Thomas Aquinas as a Political Thinker
Chapter 12
Chapter 9. Dante and Averroism
Chapter 13
Chapter III: Biblical Faith and Modern Philosophy
Chapter 14
Chapter 10. The New Moral Theology: Genesis and Present State
Chapter 15
Chapter 11. Christianity and the Enlightenment: A Foreword
Chapter 16
Chapter 12. The Enlightenment and the Church: The Changing Configurations
Chapter 17
Chapter 13. A Tocquevillian Perspective on Religion and the American Regime
Chapter 18
Chapter 14. Humanae Vitae's Silver Jubilee: Twenty-Five Years Later
Chapter 19
Chapter 15. Men of Letters: The Little Known Correspondence Between Leo Strauss and Eric Voegelin
Chapter 20
Chapter IV: Catholic Education: Its Past and Its Future
Chapter 21
Chapter 16. Why I Am Not a Thomist
Chapter 22
Chapter 17. Philosophy and Democratic Education
Chapter 23
Chapter 18. The New Catholic College
Chapter 24
Chapter 19. An Academic Approach to the Teaching of Theology
Chapter 25
Chapter 20. Moral Values
Chapter 26
Chapter V: Ecumenical Dialogue
Chapter 27
Chapter 21. The Anguish of Unity: A Roman Catholic Perspective
Chapter 28
Chapter 22. The Ecumenical Venture
Chapter 29
Chapter 23. Holiness of the Church and Ministerial Holiness
Chapter 30
Chapter 24. Christian Mission and Spirituality: Roman Catholics and Methodists in Dialogue
Chapter 31
Chapter 25. Ecumenism - Where Do We Go from Here?
Chapter 32
Chapter VI: Selected Responses and Remarks
Chapter 33
Chapter 26. Public Theology: A Response to Max Stackhouse
Chapter 34
Chapter 27. Religious Consciousness: A Response to Robert Bellah
Chapter 35
Chapter 28. The Enlightenment and Freedom: Critical Remarks on Ernest van den Haag's Desolation of Reality
Chapter 36
Chapter 29. Religion and the American Regime
Chapter 37
Chapter 30. Comment on Hughes Regarding the Strauss-Voegelin Correspondence
Chapter 38
Chapter 31. Aristotle and the Sociobiologists: An Old Controversy Revisited
Chapter 39
Chapter VII: Selected Reviews
Chapter 40 Jean Bethke Elshtain, Augustine and the Limits of Politics
Chapter 41 Harry A. Wolfson, The Philosophy of the Church Fathers
Chapter 42 Jaroslav Pelikan, Emergence of the Christian Tradition
Chapter 43 H.Y. Jung, The Crisis of Political Understanding
Chapter 44 A.S. McGrade, The Political Thought of William of Ockham
Chapter 45 David Hollenbach, Justice, Peace, and Human Rights
Chapter 46
Chapter VIII: Facetæ Fortinianæ: The Wit of Ernest Fortin
Chapter 47 Pep Rallies
Chapter 48 Epilogue: An Intellectual Autobiography
Chapter 49 Bibliography of Fortin's Works