Ebook: Nature, Man, and Society in 12th Century - Essays on New Theological Perspectives in the Latin West

The nine essays in this collection, selected from La théologie au douzième siècle, inquire into the historical context and origins of medieval scholasticism. They are representative of Chenu's finest work.

'If Père Chenu considers "history of theology" to be the central concern of this collection, it is because he conceives of theology as an all-encompassing science, one which reflects the comprehensive unity of intellectual life as that develops within a culture. Literary history and criticism, cultural history, philosophy, biblical exegesis, historiography, ecclesiastical and social history, the history of education-all these and more are here involved, in their interdependence.'

First published as La théologie au douzième siècle by J. Vinn, 1957.

Selected Edited, and Translated by Jerome Taylor and Lester K. Little