Maurice Blondel on the supernatural in human action : sacrament and superstition /

Maurice Blondel on the supernatural in human action : sacrament and superstition /

How do sacraments differ from superstition? For Enlightenment philosophers such as Kant, both are merely natural actions claiming a supernatural effect, an accusation that has long been ignored in Catholic theology. In Maurice Blondel on the Supernatural in Human Action: Sacrament and Superstition ,...

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Main Author: Doherty, Cathal.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2017.

Series: Brill's Studies in Catholic Theology 4.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2017, ISBN: 9789004328082.

Subjects:

Blondel, Maurice, > 1861-1949.
Philosophical theology.
Sacraments > Catholic Church.
Superstition > Religious aspects.
Act (Philosophy)

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Call Number: B2430.B584 D64 2017

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction
  • 1 The Enlightenment Critique of the Christian Religion: the 'Scandal' of Particularity and Superstition
  • 2 Blondel's Rehabilitation of Particularity and Response to Kantian Formalism
  • 3 From Self-Determination to Enlightenment Superstition
  • 4 The Supernatural as Hypothetical Necessity
  • 5 The Philosophical Exigencies of the Supernatural: Revelation, Mediator, Sacramental Practice
  • 6 Supernatural and Sacramental Realism: Divine Agency as Real
  • 7 Superstition in Sacramental Theology: Chauvet's 'Symbol and Sacrament'
  • 8 The Philosophy of Action: Tradition and Sacrament
  • Conclusions
  • Bibliography
  • Index.