Reflections on the Teaching of Philosophy in Clerical Seminaries

People cannot receive information about philosophy while being themselves dispensed from philosophising, thinking. This requirement is reasonable, since “all men desire to know”. A dualist approach to philosophy and theology obscures that they are the same. Revelation is immanent within the thinking...

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Main Author: Theron, Stephen (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2012
In: New blackfriars
Year: 2012, Volume: 93, Issue: 1043, Pages: 47-57
Further subjects:B Theology
B Kleutgen
B Revelation
B Ecumenism
B Aquinas
B Seminarians
B Hegel
B Democracy
B Faith
B Philosophy
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Summary:People cannot receive information about philosophy while being themselves dispensed from philosophising, thinking. This requirement is reasonable, since “all men desire to know”. A dualist approach to philosophy and theology obscures that they are the same. Revelation is immanent within the thinking person and grace, pace Thomas, is not extrinsic. Ecumenism, the principle, underpins this. So the philosophy of theology transcends external confessionalism, as does Christian faith itself.
ISSN:1741-2005
Contains:Enthalten in: New blackfriars
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-2005.2010.01384.x