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The Art of Equanimity: A Study on the Theological Hermeneutics of Saint Anselm of Canterbury
by Gaal Gyulai, Emery de
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It is not a question of using either the palpable world or the intellect when trying to prove God's existence. Anselm apprehends being's very intelligibility as making it amenable to divine traces--that turn out to be God's - muted communication. Anselm practices in this sense - a blending of horizons--i.e. tradition (Plotinus, Augustine, Benedict). We human beings owe our own rationality to the same God who created the universe, us and our minds. The appreciation of a thus constituted reality unleashes a remarkable and refreshing fecundity (Mohler, Guardini, Barth, von Balthasar). Anselm seems to state: - Thinking--insofar as it is intelligible--is being. This makes Anselm's approach topical for our days. Increasingly the world consists of information and news. Truth claims are filtered from what is thought. Perhaps it is this Anselmic - reduction of reality to thought which opens a perspective for genuine emancipation and authentic humanization. The monastery afforded the proper ambience to live and apprehend this - reduction. Contents: Hermeneutics--Monastic Theology--Plotinus--Benedict--Faith and Reason--Soteriology--Faith and Thought--Johann Adam Mohler--Romano Guardini--Karl Barth--Hans Urs von Balthasar--Rationalism--Fideism."
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Author: Gaal Gyulai, Emery de
- ISBN: 9780820460109
- Condition: Used
- Number Of Pages: 428
- Publication Year: 2002
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English