Re-Envisioning Christian Humanism

historicism 87, 199, 233, 237– 8
humanism
anthropological 14, 77, 87– 91
Catholic conception of 197– 220
Christian 1, 4–6, 7–13, 15, 19, 34, 55, 93,
137, 138, 141–4, 197, 211–12, 214,
216 – 20, 221–2, 236
evangelical 80– 1
‘hard and soft’ 2 – 3
integral 2, 203–4, 204n20see alsoMaritain,
Jacques
patristic 1, 5–6, 19–32, 144– 8
ReformationseeCalvin, John
Renaissance 1, 5, 13, 34, 37, 40, 55, 77–86,
150 – 3, 170see alsopoetry,
Renaissance
secular 1, 2, 4, 77, 139–41, 158, 188– 9
see alsosecular(ism)
scholastic 148– 50
social 91– 3
human rights 141, 252
humanitiesseeeducation, humanities
humanity
new 6, 22, 145, 147
true 5, 12, 13, 145– 6

Image of God (Imago Dei) 5, 9, 19, 90–1,
121, 127, 131, 143–9, 150, 167, 212,
243n9, 244
incarnation 121, 138, 144–8, 149
institution(s) 8, 9, 12, 55, 56, 97, 104, 113,
133 – 4, 160, 189, 212, 218–20, 239, 241,
244 – 8
interpretationseehermeneutics

liberal artsseeeducation, liberal arts
liberalism 199–204, 208–9, 213, 220,
226 – 7, 241
logos 1, 11, 29, 31, 54, 68, 144n29, 147,
158, 160

modernity 3, 8, 104, 139, 153, 174, 203, 208,
226, 239– 40
monastic communities 47, 131, 162–3, 168

natural religion 67– 70
natural theology 66– 7
New Evangelization 211– 13
nominalism 66, 148n48
non-Christian literature
use by Christians 27, 39, 46, 57–60,
66 – 70, 125–6, 162–4, 167
importance for civic education 43
as‘preparation for Christianity’(Basil, in
Behr’s chap) 27– 8 see alsoBasil of
Caesarea

relationship between‘sacred and profane

letters’ 33 – 6, 41– 6

in the Renaissance humanists 172– 4

Nouvelle Theologie14, 200, 238see alsode

Lubac, Henri

ontology

moral 104, 113, 117

sacramental 112

pagan literatureseenon-Christian Literature

philanthropia(love of humanity) 12– 13

philosophy 45, 212–13, 220, 228, 237, 240– 3

Christian 10, 13, 45, 51, 54

Greek 27–9, 58

hermeneutic 2, 156–9, 214n55

Stoic 4, 9

piety/pietas80, 82, 85, 94

Platonism/Platonic philosophy 9, 128, 167, 171

Christian Platonism 13, 144, 147, 151

see alsoFicino, Marsilio

Platonic epistemologyseeepistemology,

and conversion

poetry

and collaboration 180– 7

and imitation 174– 6

Renaissance 173– 93

and syncretism 176– 80

postmodernity 215

Protestantism 34, 40, 44, 47–53, 71–2, 95,

101, 153, 182, 223, 230

anti- 53, 198– 9

quadrivium143n27, 169

readingseehermeneutics

reason 2, 6, 7n24, 8, 9, 13, 15, 31, 54, 60, 62–4,

66 – 73, 128, 139–40, 145n35, 148–50, 170,

192 – 3, 209–10, 215–16, 220, 226, 242– 3

Renaissanceseehumanism, Renaissance

Northern 34– 30

revelation 12, 59, 63, 67–9, 83, 170, 197, 202,

217, 227, 245

rhetoric/rhetorical

tradition 79–80, 86

scholasticism 55, 58, 64, 121see also

humanism, scholastic

v. humanism 38–40, 66, 78–80, 98, 119

neo- 201–3, 214

science 8, 84, 85, 94, 150, 215–16, 220, 221,

228, 229, 231–2, 236, 247

and humanities 154– 9

and theology 28, 36, 140

Scripture

as humanist text 31, 85–6, 164– 70

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