Toward a Christian Conception of History

by M. C. Smit, Herbert Donald Morton (Editor), Harry Van Dyke (Editor)

Overview

Meyer Cornelis Smit (1918-1981) taught history and philosophy in the Free University at Amsterdam for a quarter century. Toward a Christian Conception of History presents the harvest of his scholarly output. The relation between God and history and the problems inherent in articulating that relation in a manner consistent with historic Christian belief and modern ideas of historical existence is the central theme of Smit's writing. Smit discusses the influence of one's world view on the practice and appreciation of history, the significance of the question of the meaning of history as an answer to the a-historical-mindedness of our time, and the fundamental flaw of the modernist theory of knowledge and philosophy of science.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761821403
Publisher:	University Press of America
Publication date:	02/01/2002
Pages:	438
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.96(h) x 1.32(d)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Editor's Foreword Chapter 2 Catholic Conceptions of History: Chapter 3 Preface Chapter 4 Introduction Chapter 5 Nature and the Supernatural Chapter 6 Fall and Redemption Chapter 7 Christianity and History Chapter 8 Dualism and Connection Chapter 9 World History and Progress Chapter 10 The Problem of Christian Philosophy Chapter 11 The Problem of Christian Historical Science Chapter 12 Toward a Reformed Conception of History: Chapter 13 Protestant Conceptions of History Chapter 14 The Current Crisis in Catholic Thought Chapter 15 Calvinism and Catholicism on Church and State Chapter 16 Nationalism and Catholicism Chapter 17 The Divine Mystery in History Chapter 18 The Character of the Middle Ages Chapter 19 Culture and Salvation Chapter 20 The Sacred Dwelling Place Chapter 21 A Turnabout in Historical Science? Chapter 22 The Meaning of History Chapter 23 New Perspectives for a Christian Conception of History? Chapter 24 The Value of History Chapter 25 The Time of History Chapter 26 Approaches to the Reformation Chapter 27 The First and the Second History Chapter 28 Toward a Reordering of Knowledge Chapter 29 Bibliography Chapter 30 Index of Names Chapter 31 Index of Subjects