Description
Book SynopsisMacIntyre gives the reader an extremely perceptive account of the role of religion in modern culture and society as a whole.
Three convictions underlie this book. The first is that an educated Catholic laity needs to understand a good deal more about Catholic philosophical thought than it does now. The warring partisans on the great issues that engage our culture and politics presuppose the truth of some philosophical theses and the falsity of others.
Second, argues MacIntyre, Catholic philosophy is best understood historically, as a continuing conversation through the centuries, in which we turn and return to the most important voices from our past.
Third, philosophy is not just a matter of propositions affirmed or denied but of philosophers in particular cultural and social situations interacting with each other in their affirmations and denials, in their argumentative wrangling.
This is the context for a book of vital importance and interest fo
Trade Review
A joy...topical, energetic and learned. * Church Times, *
In this short book MacIntyre..the most distinguished Catholic philosopher in the English-speaking world...makes a powerful case for a new sense of unity and purpose in the quest for truth in universities. -- Lucy Beckett * The Catholic Herald *
The discussions and insights to be found in God, Philosophy, Universities are wonderfully fertile. Above all, like the best philosophy, this challenging book manages to reach out well beyond the seminar room. * Times Literary Supplement *
Table of Contents
Introduction 1. God Philosophy Universities 2. Prologues to the Catholic Philosophical Tradition 3. Aquinas and After 4. The Threshold of Modern Philosophy 5. Modernity
