Table of Contents
Preface v
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction ix
Section 1 The Intellectual Landscape Encountered by the Catholic Intellectual
Chapter 1 Philosophy and Theology Avery Cardinal Dulles 17
Chapter 2 The Thomistic Meta-Structure of Pope John Paul II's Doctrinal Initiatives Steven A. Long 25
Chapter 3 Is Aquinas's Summa Only About Grace? Romanus Cessario 43
Chapter 4 Analogy, Necessity, and an Editor's Anxiety John F. Boyle 55
Chapter 5 From Scholasticism to Personalism Avery Cardinal Dulles 63
Section 2 Questions on the Nature and Importance of Truth for the Catholic Intellectual
Chapter 6 The Natural Knowledge of God in Fides et Ratio Guy Mansini 73
Chapter 7 Redeemed Reason, Natural Law, and the Competency of the Magisterium Lawrence J. Welch 85
Chapter 8 Figurative and Properly Literal Discourse in Scripture and Theology Christopher J. Malloy 101
Chapter 9 Fides et Ratio and the English Catholic Revival: Classic Apologists on Faith and Reason David Paul Deavel 119
Section 3 Person, Freedom and the Good in Contemporary Intellectual Culture
Chapter 10 Lest the Cross of Christ Be Emptied of Its Power: Negative Moral Norms in the Moral Life Christopher J. Thompson 135
Chapter 11 Veritatis Splendor and the Fundamental Option: Seeking Guidance from Thomas's Doctrine of Infused Cardinal Virtue William Mattison 143
Chapter 12 The Political Common Good and the Perfection of Human Freedom John Goyette 159
Chapter 13 Our Merits, God's Gifts W. Matthews Grant 167
Chapter 14 Edith Stein and Fides et Ratio Catherine Jack Deavel 177
Chapter 15 Man as Imago Dei and Capax Dei: Man's Specific Obediential Potency for Grace and Glory Lawrence Feingold 197
Bibliography 217
Index of Names 225
Contributors 229
