34 Ergebnisse - Zeige 1 von 20.

A collection of essays on political philosophy, ancient philosophy, and Catholic theology, including a handful of book reviews and a short "autobiographical memoir, " by a Catholic priest who taught politics at Georgetown University for decades. The book was planned and prepared by the author prior to his death but published posthumously"--

Keine Beschreibung.

Seit dem Anschlag auf das World Trade Center und das Pentagon im Jahr 2001 wurde die westliche Welt durch schockierende Massenmorde erschüttert, die im Namen des Islam verübt wurden. Pater James V. Schall SJ, ein renommierter politischer Philosoph, analysiert den fortdauernden Konflikt zwischen dem Islamismus und dem Westen. Für ihn steht fest, dass der "Terrorismus" keine Art unabhängiger Bewegung oder Geisteshaltung im Islam ist. Der Terror ...

Over a span of six decades, Fr. James Schall has been one of our foremost thinkers and cultural commenters. A distinguished professor, the author of more than thirty books, and writer of countless essays - his favorite literary form - Fr. Schall has made a life of pondering the most important questions of this world and beyond.

Keine Beschreibung.

Keine Beschreibung.

Robert J. Araujo, SJ, is a Catholic legal scholar. This volume brings together twelve essays by noted scholars in honour of Fr. Araujo. The volume displays the influence of the Catholic intellectual tradition across issues such as natural law, Catholic social teachings, constitutionalism, religious freedom and public international law.

Keine Beschreibung.

This volume arises from a tradition of realism, both philosophical and political, a universe in which the common sense understanding of things is included in our judgement about them. The scope is both vast and narrow - vast because it is aware of the reality of things, narrow because it is the individual person who can and wants to know them.

Keine Beschreibung.

A collection of Fr. James Schalls recent essays, Political Philosophy and Revelation offers a learned, erudite, and coherent statement on the relationship between reason and revelation in the modern world. It addresses political philosophy in the context of an awareness of other humane and practical sciences, including history, literature, economics, theology, ethics and metaphysics

Keine Beschreibung.

Echoing philosophers such as Josef Pieper, this explains how the modern world has inverted the rational order of human affairs, devaluing the activities of leisure and placing an exaggerated emphasis on utilitarian concerns. It puts these pursuits in perspective by asking, what do we do when everything we have to do is done?

A Line Through the Human Heart is a book of quiet insight that enables us to look at the reality of this world, for only in this way may we come to see it as something flawed, which we can begin to repair simply by our act of acknowledging what is right, what ought to be, what we want to be-beings whose sins are forgiven.

A Line Through the Human Heart is a book of quiet insight that enables us to look at the reality of this world, for only in this way may we come to see it as something flawed, which we can begin to repair simply by our act of acknowledging what is right, what ought to be, what we want to be-beings whose sins are forgiven.

Keine Beschreibung.

The Latin word "Docilitas" in the title of this book means the willingness and capacity we have of being able to learn something we did not know. It has not the same connotation as "learning, " which is what happens to us when we are taught something. Docility also means our recognition that we do not know many things, that we need the help of others, wiser than we are, to learn most of what we know, though we can discover a few things by or o...

Keine Beschreibung.

In this book, distinguished theologian and political scientist James V. Schall explores Maritain's political philosophy, demonstrating that Maritain understood society, state, and government in the tradition of Aristotle and Aquinas, of natural law and human rights and duties. Schall pays particular attention to the ways in which evil appears in political forms, and how this evil can be dealt with morally.

In Roman Catholic Political Philosophy author James V. Schall tries to demonstrate that Roman Catholicism and political philosophy---revelation and reason--are not contradictory. It is his contention that political philosophy, the primary focus of the book, asks certain questions about human purpose and destiny that it cannot, by itself, answer. Revelation is the natural complement to these important questions about God, human being, and the w...