Word: theologians
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Died. Jean Cardinal Daniélou, 69, eminent French Jesuit theologian; of a heart attack; in Paris. Son of a radical Socialist Cabinet minister, Daniélou entered the Society of Jesus in 1929 and became known as a dynamic liberal Catholic intellectual. As a peritus, or theological adviser, to Vatican Council II in the mid-1960s, he was considered a moderate voice in church affairs; by decade's end he was a cardinal and an outspoken champion of papal authority. He came to deplore the "false concept of liberty" that he said resulted from a misconception...
...list. [He] is well aware of the problems that confront a generation that has been reared in a scientific era ... [He] is increasingly aware of the need for the church to concern itself with practical affairs." Others praised Coggan's efficiency and administrative abilities. "A theologian with a tape recorder handy for prompt dictation, and a meticulousness equal to that of any managing director," wrote Baden Hickman in The Guardian. A few years ago Coggan took the unprecedented step of hiring a management consultant to streamline his diocese at York...
Font of Truth. Catholic Theologian David Tracy, writing in a recent issue of the Christian Century, recalls the period somewhat ruefully: "Has Einstein spoken? Fine, but really-if you look hard and long enough, it's all there in Aquinas. Are you looking for an aesthetic or political theory . . . applicable to the modern situation? Fine, read Thomas. Do you want an adequate contemporary theology? Master the Summa Theologiae and the Summa Contra Gentiles." Even before the Second Vatican Council, some progressive Catholic theologians were abandoning the kind of worshipful Thomism Tracy describes. After the council had ushered...
...article "Invoking the Gods" [March 18] was certainly interesting and, to a classicist struggling to bring about a regeneration of interest in classical literature and culture, might at first appear to be a sign of unimagined success. But alas, from the tenor of your report it would appear that Theologian Miller has little understanding of the nature of the Greek gods. Ancient Greek culture was awash in divine identifications that had to do with what, to us, are secular realities, for example Euripides' beautiful line, "Recognizing one's friends is also a god." The Greek mind saw divinity...
...Miller encountered the phenomenon two years ago when he set out to teach a course on ancient Greek religion: his students asked him what application the Greek gods might have to their lives today. Miller mulled over the question while attending a scholarly symposium, where he heard Radical Theologian William Hamilton say that today's students' spiritual search "looks like polytheism," that the young want "total access to all the gods of men." Now Miller, 38, is himself advocating a return to the gods, but not merely for the young. In a sketchy, exasperating but provocative book...