Truth and Responsibility: A Personalist Reading of Newman

Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-90-04-54391-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 392, 236 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 499 g

Reihe: Value Inquiry Book Series / Philosophy and Religion

This book goes beyond a simple study of Newman’s thought and work and seeks to apply his deductions to modern value conflicts. Although it will be of particular relevance to academic readers with some prior knowledge of Newman’s works, it may also be of wider interest to students of history, philosophy, theology and spirituality. More generally, its unusual focus on Newman’s epistemology and philosophical deductions, and how these relate to present-day dilemmas, should also attract interest from his many non-academic followers and devotees.

“The main value of this work lies in its original approach to Newman from a Polish Personalist perspective, and this (rather than as another amorphous study of Newman) could give it novelty value and attract real interest from Newman scholars and experts.”

-Jonathan Luxmoore, Oxford-based writer and Church historian

"How do we evaluate a human life, our own life? Beginning with John Henry Newman’s defence of his life, Jan Klos in this volume sensitively explores from a personalist perspective how all our lives involve struggle with commitment, responsibility, and truth. In its emphasis on the narrative structure of human lives, the book makes a valuable contribution not just to the philosophy of personalism but to social theory overall."

-Douglas Porpora, Professor of Sociology, Drexel University

Autoren/Hrsg.

Klos, Jan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Praktische Theologie Christliches Leben & Praxis
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie

Über Autor(innen)

Jan Klos (Ph.D., 2007) is Professor of Philosophy at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland. His publications include Faith, Freedom & Modernity. Christianity and Liberalism in the Nineteenth Century (Grand Rapids, 2010), Freedom as an Uncertain Cause in Graham Greene’s Novels. A Philosophical and Literary Analysis (Lublin, 2012), and Heart Speaks unto Heart – On the Kinship of Spirit and Thought: John Henry Newman and Edith Stein (Leiden, 2021).