Deep Down Things: Essays on Catholic Culture

Author:   Joseph A. Cirincione ,  John C. Chalberg ,  Curtis L. Hancock ,  Ron Hansen
Publisher:   Lexington Books
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9780739123546


Pages:   206
Publication Date:   28 August 2008
Format:   Hardback
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Deep Down Things: Essays on Catholic Culture explores common threads that characterize Catholicism. The contributors look successively at: Catholic culture and everyday life of the parish and of work, at Catholic culture and the imaginative life of poets and fiction writers, and at Catholic culture and postmodern life where individual conscience, skepticism, and relativism challenge Church authority and faith itself. They do so while looking for foundational components that persist and comprise a culture that Catholics recognize regardless of their diverse ethnicity, geographic location, or historical epoch. The authors of this collection have aimed to inspire both Catholics and non-Catholics alike, inside and outside the academic community, to deepen their own knowledge and appreciation of the Christian tradition generally and Catholic culture particularly. The authors hope to encourage sincere and open dialogue about Catholic culture (in the best tradition of Catholic thought) both to further the inquiry after truth and to enhance fruitful reflection upon Catholic culture and its contributions over time and across cultures.

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Author:   Joseph A. Cirincione ,  John C. Chalberg ,  Curtis L. Hancock ,  Ron Hansen
Publisher:   Lexington Books
Imprint:   Lexington Books
Dimensions:   Width: 16.30cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.90cm
Weight:   0.440kg
ISBN:  

9780739123546


ISBN 10:   0739123548
Pages:   206
Publication Date:   28 August 2008
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction Part I. Catholic Culture and Everyday Life Chapter 2: Catholic Initiation or Christian Initiation of Adults Chapter 3: The Idea of the Parish Chapter 4: For the Laborer is Worthy of His Hire Part II. Catholic Culture and the Imaginative Life Chapter 5: Writing as Sacrament Chapter 6: Catholic Poetry: An Essai in Definition Chapter 7: Chesterton's Catholic Imagination Chapter 8: The Sacramental and Twentieth-century French Literature Part III. Catholic Culture and Postmodern Life Chapter 9: John Dryden's Journey to Rome: Church Authority and Catholic Culture Chapter 10: Today's Possible Contribution of the Ethicist in a Catholic University Chapter 11: Philosophy and the Struggle for the Soul of Western Culture Part IV. By Way of Review Chapter 12: Is There a Catholic Culture?

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Deep Down Things takes us back to Gerard Manley Hopkins as a variant of 'First Things' or 'First Principles' of the 'Highest Things.' However we look at it or name it, we pursue, as Augustine did, that which is true and that which is beautiful, beginning with the reality before us. The contributing authors show us many ways to find our own way to 'what is, ' to what our lives are about.--Schall, James V., S.J.


Deep Down Things takes us back to Gerard Manley Hopkins as a variant of 'First Things' or 'First Principles' of the 'Highest Things.' However we look at it or name it, we pursue, as Augustine did, that which is true and that which is beautiful, beginning with the reality before us. The contributing authors show us many ways to find our own way to 'what is, ' to what our lives are about.--Schall, James V., S.J.


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Joseph A. Cirincione is professor of English at Rockhurst University.

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