Contemplation and Incarnation: The Theology of Marie-Dominique Chenu
2003; Johns Hopkins University Press; Volume: 3; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1353/scs.2003.0001
ISSN1535-3117
Autores Tópico(s)Medieval Philosophy and Theology
ResumoThe name of Marie-Dominique Chenu is perhaps most familiar to French systematic theologians, those who have delved into the work of Yves Congar and the nouvelle théologie before Vatican II, or who have studied Aquinas' work in light of its historical context. For many North Americans, as the Canadian author of this recently published study of the central themes of his work points out, Chenu remains to be discovered since so few of his essays and monographs have been translated into English. His scholarship, however, provides a worthwhile discovery, not only for systematic theologians in general but especially for those who are interested in the important links between doxis and praxis, or among systematics, spirituality and ethics. Professor Potworowski's work introduces the reader to both the font of Chenu's work, the Dominican understanding of contemplation, and the centerpiece of his method: the mystery of the incarnation and the analogy of incarnation that it provides the Church. Potworowski carefully constructs a path through the thicket of Chenu's writing and leads one to appreciate the scope of his contribution to Vatican II and to the dramatic shifts in western theology that took place in the last century.
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