Re-Envisioning Christian Humanism

Subject Index

anthropology 57, 64, 87, 128, 141, 239,
Christian/Christological 137, 142, 146–7,
210, 240, 242n10
crisis of 244– 8
human beings as‘naturally religious’ 59
negative 142, 248– 51
patristic 119n1, 143– 8
and suffering 87– 90
antiquity 4, 6, 8, 13, 34, 54, 56–9, 78, 92, 235
ad fontes78, 97, 170, 178
apologetics 6, 32, 59, 62, 66–8, 70–1, 113,
116 – 17
aristotelianism 42, 49, 58, 65–6, 69
arts 155, 184, 192see alsoeducation, and
liberal arts
atheism 2–4, 61–2, 174, 249

beauty 26, 66, 214, 218– 20
Book of Common Prayer106, 110– 11

Catholic Social teaching/thought 202–4,
209 – 10, 214, 219– 20
Christseelogosandimage of God
church fathers 144–8, 162– 4 see also
anthropology, patristic; humanism,
patristic
and the Renaissance 33– 46
church 6, 125, 129–31, 138, 147, 170,
199, 201– 2
visible and invisible 113–14, 116
civil society 204, 206, 208–10, 219
coherentism 63–4, 70
creation 32, 45, 66, 70, 90, 92, 94, 121, 149,
156, 197, 211–12, 217, 243
culture
current 137– 44
sacramental 112, 117, 118
transformation of 6, 159, 204, 213– 20

decorum 80, 86

deification (theosis) 5, 6, 19, 29, 57, 58, 120–1,

142n20, 145– 50

role of suffering/martyrdom 23– 6

role of learning/paideia 26– 32

dignity, human 1, 3, 7n24, 13, 87, 96, 121,

137 – 48, 151, 158–60, 169, 175, 204, 211,

213, 220, 244

ecumenism 72, 225

education

and the Bible 161– 72

Calvin’s views of 84–5, 94

as character formationseepaideia

Christian opposition to 153, 161– 2

classical 26–32, 43, 166–7, 174

crisis in 153–4, 188

higher 143, 173

and the humanities [studias

humanitas] 119–20, 122, 129, 153–9,

162, 164– 7

and the liberal arts [artes liberals] 14, 119,

143, 143n27, 153–60, 169–70, 172, 173,

178, 183, 187

and liberal democracy 188– 9

modern 187– 93

and the natural sciences 154– 6

aspaideia 4 – 6, 19, 23, 28–32, 43, 119–22,

143, 143n27, 148–50, 154, 160, 217– 18

and poetry 173, 187– 92

Renaissance 42, 119–22, 142, 151– 2

rhetoric 30, 40–1, 48, 79–80, 100, 119,

143n27, 169

and the university 143, 159–60, 173–4,

221 – 2, 229– 36

enchantment 104–5, 112– 18

epistemology 63, 140, 154, 156, 166, 206, 216

see alsocoherentism

and conversion 95– 101

and foundationalism 64

erudition (eruditio)79– 80

Eucharist 13, 95, 100, 212see also

hermeneutics, and sacramental theology;

culture, sacramental

fact-value distinction 154, 221

freedom 3, 6, 56, 146–7, 158, 199, 214,

248n21, 250– 1

religious 199, 202n12, 203, 208– 10

Gaudium et Spes200, 205–6, 215, 242, 248– 9

see alsoVatican II

hellenization of Christianity 144, 165

hermeneuticssee alsophilosophy,

hermeneutic

early church 172

and sacramental theology 102– 18

varieties of 78– 9