"Truth" is a Divine Name

Hitherto Unpublished Papers of Edward A. Synan, 1918-1997
Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-90-420-3154-8
Verlag: Brill | Rodopi

Buch, Englisch, Band 222, 268 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 481 g

Reihe: Value Inquiry Book Series / Gilson Studies

This volume contains essays on an array of topics originally presented orally by a master teacher and scholar. With characteristic rhetorical elegance, Msgr. Synan, late professor at the Pontifical Institute in Toronto, delivered these papers in a variety of settings on issues relating to his specialty of mediaeval Christian philosophy and to his interest in Jewish-Christian dialogue, on the theology of sanctity and of death, and on morally significant historical events. Medieval figures represented here include Aquinas, Augustine, Abelard, and Godfrey of St. Victor; some topics treated are war and peace, philosophical innovations, ecclesiology, evil, goliardic verse, law and abortion, Church councils and Jews in the Middle Ages, and convictions uniting Jews and Christians. This book also contains representative sermons–including a Month’s Mind for Etienne Gilson, an introduction detailing Synan’s background and professional contributions, an updated bibliography of his published works, and an extensive index. Especially appealing to those who knew Synan are three posthumous tributes and thirteen photographs from throughout his life.
The selections in this volume are scholarly but non-technical, intended for anyone moved to seek elucidation of the topics discussed.

“Both those who knew E. A. Synan and those who did not will appreciate this carefully edited collection of his previously unpublished papers. They show not only the breadth of Synan’s well-known interests in medieval philosophy and theology and in Jewish-Christian relations, but also the considerable depth of his humanity.”
Paul V. Spade, Professor of Philosophy, Indiana University

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Schultz-Aldrich, Janice L.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie Geschichte der Theologie, Einzelne Theologen
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie Christliche Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Frontispiece
List of Illustrations
Preface
Introduction
Acknowledgments
Medieval Figures
The Innovations of Aquinas
The Conversions of Augustine
Thomas Aquinas: “Evil is found in the world”
Augustine on War and Peace
The Ecclesiology of Augustine
Abelard’s Moslem as a Good Pagan
Verses and Wisdom in the Twelfth Century
Jewish-Christian Relations
Shadows on the Cavern Wall
The Church and the Jews: The Dialogue of Yesteryear—As Christians Heard It
The Church and the Jews after the Fourth Lateran Council (1215)
What Unites Jews and Christians?
Selected Topics
The Theology of Sanctity
The Theology of Suffering and Dying
Captain Dreyfus and the Third Man
Convocation Addresses and Sermons
Convocation Addresses
Five Sermons
Three Tributes
Bibliography of Edward A. Synan’s Published Works
About the Editor
Illustrations
Index