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- Marie-Dominique Chenu demonstrates how this once condemned theologian influenced the major shifts of twentieth-century Catholicism and reveals the relevance of his thought for contemporary theology.In 1942, historian Marie-Dominique Chenu was removed from his teaching position at Le Saulchoir, the French Dominican school of theology, and his groundbreaking new publication was placed on the Catholic Church's Index of Forbidden Books.
- About the Author: Mary Kate Holman is an assistant professor of religious studies at Fairfield University.
- 296 Pages
- Religion + Beliefs, Christianity
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Marie-Dominique Chenu demonstrates how this once condemned theologian influenced the major shifts of twentieth-century Catholicism and reveals the relevance of his thought for contemporary theology.
In 1942, historian Marie-Dominique Chenu was removed from his teaching position at Le Saulchoir, the French Dominican school of theology, and his groundbreaking new publication was placed on the Catholic Church's Index of Forbidden Books. Yet only two decades later, the Catholic hierarchy embraced many of his ideas at the Second Vatican Council. Although Chenu's pioneering work helped to usher in a new era, his influence on the Catholic Church remains overlooked and underexplored.
Drawing upon extensive new archival research, Mary Kate Holman provides a captivating account of Chenu's life and how his theology contributed to the church's opening to the modern world and shaped the next generation of theologians. Holman presents the distinctive elements of Chenu's theology, identifies his major contributions to contemporary Catholic theology, and proposes a constructive retrieval of his thought for a renewed ecclesiology in the twenty-first century.
Review Quotes
"Mary Kate Holman's outstanding book on the French theologian, historian, and pastor reveals profound discoveries and far-reaching perspectives for a church in synodal transformation." --Michael Quisinsky, author of Marie-Dominique Chenu: Weg-Werk-Wirkung
"A unique and necessary contribution to understand the last century of history of Catholic thinking: Chenu was at the center of the early repressions of theologians by the Holy Office during the twentieth century." --Massimo Faggioli, author of A Council for the Global Church
About the Author
Mary Kate Holman is an assistant professor of religious studies at Fairfield University.
