Word: thomism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...which Western men might practically agree today, whatever its unifying power half a millennium ago . . . The greatest of those who are 'trying to bring it up to date,' Paul Tillich, is regarded as a heretic by many others who wish to return it to fundamentalism or Thomism...
Beyond Philosophy. Edith wanted to enter the Carmelite order immediately, but her spiritual advisers urged her to make use of her talents in the lay apostolate. She taught at several Catholic schools, lectured all over Germany and Austria on phenomenology and Thomism and the position of women in the church. (Said she of the priesthood of women: "Dogmatically, it seems to me that nothing could prevent the church from introducing such an unheard-of novelty...
Coffee feared that the "neo-Thomism" of several of the new professors would help drive out historical scholarship...
French theologians who showed signs of straying from traditional Thomism. But priests in overalls are different, and the Vatican's recent decision to withdraw them from their factories and filling stations set off a foofaraw of petition-drafting, letter-signing and complaining that the church was abandoning the worker...
...Front Page tradition, Chicago Daily News Columnist Sydney J. (for Justin) Harris, 35, uses a more intellectual text as his guide. Says he: "I'm just a second-string Aristotle." By serving up his batch of high-and lowbrow opinions on everything from neon signs to neo-Thomism, Columnist Harris has become the most quoted newsman in the city. He has also become the center of countless arguments, whether discussing free love ("It frequently takes a man a long time to learn that free love is more expensive than any other kind") or setting readers straight on Nietzsche...