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2 - Theological Renewal in the First Half of the Twentieth Century

from Part I - Vatican II in Context

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 May 2020

By
Gabriel Flynn
Edited by
Richard R. Gaillardetz
Richard R. Gaillardetz
Affiliation:
Boston College, Massachusetts
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Summary

This chapter provides an interpretative framework for understanding the remarkable regeneration in Catholic thought in the first half of the twentieth century that inspired a renaissance in theology and liturgy, patristics and biblical studies, and contributed decisively to the pivotal reforms of Vatican II. The chapter is in three parts and considers, first, the emergence and development of a threefold stream of renewal at the center of ressourcement; second, the distinctive contribution of the leading Jesuit and Dominican pioneers of ressourcement to theological renewal, the churches, and society; and third, the transformation of Nouvelle Théologie into a universal program of reform.

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Catholic theological renewalnouvelle théologieressourcementJesuit and Dominican pioneers of renewalchurch reformpatristic revivalYves CongarHenri de LubacMarie-Joseph Lagrange
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The Cambridge Companion to Vatican II , pp. 19 - 40
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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Daley, B. “The Nouvelle Théologie and the Patristic Revival: Sources, Symbols and the Science of Theology.” International Journal of Systematic Theology, 7 (2005): 362–82.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Flynn, G. and Murray, P. D., ed. Ressourcement: A Movement for Renewal in Twentieth-Century Catholic Theology, 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014.Google Scholar
Fouilloux, É. Les Éditions dominicaines du Cerf: 1918–1965. Rennes: University of Rennes Press, 2018.Google Scholar
Kaplan, G., “The Renewal of Ecclesiastical Studies: Chenu, Tübingen, and Theological Method in Optatam Totius.” Theological Studies 77 (2016): 567–91.Google Scholar
Lamberigts, M. “The Liturgical Movement in Germany and the Low Countries.” In La Théologie Catholique entre Intransigeance et Renouveau, edited by Routhier, Gilles, Roy, Philippe J., and Schelkens, Karim. Louvain-la-Neuve / Leuven: Brepols, 2011, 91–121.Google Scholar
Mettepenningen, J. Nouvelle Théologie – New Theology: Inheritor of Modernism, Precursor of Vatican II. London: T&T Clark, 2010.Google Scholar
Murphy, R., ed. Lagrange and Biblical Renewal. Chicago: Priory Press, 1966.Google Scholar
Pecklers, K. F. “History of the Modern Liturgical Movement.” In Oxford Research Encyclopedias, September 2015. DOI: 10.1093/acrefore/9780199340378.013.19.Google Scholar
Viviano, B. T. “The Renewal of Biblical Studies in France 1934–1954 as an Element in Theological Ressourcement.” In Ressourcement: A Movement for Renewal in Twentieth-Century Catholic Theology, 2nd ed., edited by Flynn, Gabriel and Murray, Paul D., 305–17. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014.Google Scholar

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