SchillebeeckxEdward Schillebeeckx has become especially well known for his writings on Jesus and on ministry. This book traces his thoughts on these matters. But it also highlights his way of explaining how, and in what sense, human beings know God the Creator. |
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Page vii - I do not seek to understand that I may believe, but I believe in order to understand. For this also I believe, — that unless I believed, I should not understand.
Page ii - ... contemporary figures. By and large, each volume will focus on a single 'thinker', but occasionally the subject may be a movement or a school of thought. Brian Davies OP, the Series Editor, is Regent of Studies at Blackfriars, Oxford, where he also teaches philosophy. He is a member of the Tneology Faculty of the University of Oxford and tutor at St Benet's Hall, Oxford. He has lectured regularly at the University of Bristol, Fordham University, New York, and the Beda College, Rome. He is Reviews...
Page ii - The series offers a range of authoritative studies on people who have made an outstanding contribution to Christian thought and understanding. The series will range across the full spectrum of Christian thought to include Catholic and Protestant thinkers, to cover East and West, historical and contemporary figures. By and large, each volume will focus on a single 'thinker', but occasionally the subject may be a movement or a school of thought. Brian Davies OP, the Series Editor, is Regent of Studies...