The Very Rich Hours of Jacques Maritain: A Spiritual Life
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| Rating | : | 4.40 (580 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0268043590 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 248 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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From Booklist Popular mystery novelist and Notre Dame scholar McInerny delivers a luminous biography of one of Thomas Aquinas' most astute modern commentators. All rights reserved. An ideal biographer, McInerny intensely admires Maritain for his labors in sparking a modern renaissance in Thomistic theology, yet he still recognizes Maritain's personal and professional missteps. Careful research uncovers the torturous path Maritain traversed in groping his way to orthodoxy and faith--from his first spiritual stirrings, awakened by Henri Bergson, to his eventual embrace of Aquinas, the Angel
Among the topics McInerny covers are Maritain's remarkable and diverse set of friends, his involvement in French politics and the development of his views on the nature and future of democracy, the Church and Catholic intellectual life. "The Very Rich Hours of Jacques Maritain" is Ralph McInerny's hymn of praise to the spiritual and intellectual life of the great Catholic philosopher Jacques Maritain (1881-1973). Through this blending of biography and meditation, McInerny creates a portrait of the Maritains, one that reveals a model of the intellectual life as lived by the Christian believers. This book should appeal to anyone who values the thought of Jacques Maritain and the work of Ralph McInerny.. The structure of this work is modelled on the medieval book of hours, making use of the daily offices, from Matins through Compline, to examine each stage of the life of Maritain and his wife, Raissa. McInerny's author
He was the author of numerous works in philosophy, literature, fiction, and journalism, including A First Glance at St. Thomas Aquinas, Characters in Search of Their Author, and his autobiography, I Alone Have Escaped to Tell You, all published by the University of Notre Dame Press.. Ralph McInerny (1929-2010) was Michael P. Grace Professo
John M. Poling said Lovely and challenging. I purchased this book on something of a whim, knowing nothing about Maritain. I found the book to be inspirational, fascinating, and provocative."There us only one tragedy, not to be a saint." Here we are given a window into this influential philosophers long and fervent pilgrimage to become just that.I