Analytical Thomism is a philosophical movement which promotes the interchange of ideas between the thought of Thomas Aquinas,and modern analytic philosophy. It is a branch of analytic scholasticism that draws on other scholastic sources,esp. John Duns Scotus.
Jacques Maritain was a French Catholic philosopher. Raised as a Protestant,he was agnostic before converting to Catholicism in 1906. An author of more than 60 books,he helped to revive Thomas Aquinas for modern times,and was influential in the development and drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Pope Paul VI presented his "Message to Men of Thought and of Science" at the close of Vatican II to Maritain,his long-time friend and mentor. The same pope had seriously considered making him a lay cardinal,but Maritain rejected it. Maritain's interest and works spanned many aspects of philosophy,including aesthetics,political theory,philosophy of science,metaphysics,the nature of education,liturgy and ecclesiology.
Alasdair Chalmers MacIntyre is a Scottish-American philosopher who has contributed to moral and political philosophy as well as history of philosophy and theology. MacIntyre's After Virtue (1981) is one of the most important works of Anglophone moral and political philosophy in the 20th century. He is senior research fellow at the Centre for Contemporary Aristotelian Studies in Ethics and Politics (CASEP) at London Metropolitan University,emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame,and permanent senior distinguished research fellow at the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture. During his lengthy academic career,he also taught at Brandeis University,Duke University,Vanderbilt University,and Boston University.
Americanism was,in the years around 1900,a political and religious outlook attributed to some American Catholics and denounced as heresy by the Holy See.
Catholic social teaching (CST) is an area of Catholic doctrine which is concerned with human dignity and the common good in society. It addresses oppression,the role of the state,subsidiarity,social organization,social justice,and wealth distribution. CST's foundations are considered to have been laid by Pope Leo XIII's 1891 encyclical,Rerum novarum,which advocated distributism. Its roots can be traced to Catholic theologians such as Thomas Aquinas and Augustine of Hippo. CST is also derived from the Bible and cultures of the ancient Near East.
Pacem in terris is a papal encyclical issued by Pope John XXIII on 11 April 1963,on the rights and obligations of people and their states,as well as proper interstate relations. It emphasizes human dignity and human equality in endorsing women's rights,nuclear nonproliferation and the United Nations.
The Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (PUST),also known as the Angelicum in honor of its patron the Doctor Angelicus Thomas Aquinas,is a pontifical university located in the historic center of Rome,Italy. The Angelicum is administered by the Dominican Order and is the order's central locus of Thomist theology and philosophy.
Aeterni Patris was an encyclical issued by Pope Leo XIII in August 1879. It was subtitled "On the Restoration of Christian Philosophy in Catholic Schools in the Spirit of the Angelic Doctor,St. Thomas Aquinas". The aim of the encyclical was to advance the revival of Scholastic philosophy.
Janet Elizabeth Smith is an American classicist and philosopher,and former professor of moral theology at the Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit,Michigan.
Reinhard Hütter is a Christian theologian and Professor of Fundamental and Dogmatic Theology at The Catholic University of America and Visiting Professor of Catholic Theology at Duke Divinity School. During the 2012–2013 academic year,he held The Rev. Robert J. Randall Professor in Christian Culture chair at Providence College.
Giuseppe Pecci was a Jesuit Thomist theologian and the older brother of Pope Leo XIII,whose younger brother,Vincenzo,became the Pope Leo XIII and appointed him a cardinal. The Neo-Thomist revival,which Pecci and Leo XIII originated in 1879,remained the leading papal philosophy until Vatican II. He was the last papal relative elevated to cardinal.
The Pontifical Academy of Saint Thomas Aquinas is a pontifical academy established on 15 October 1879 by Pope Leo XIII. The academy is one of the pontifical academies housed along with the academies of science at Casina Pio IV in Vatican City,Rome.
Thomas Aquinas was an Italian Dominican friar and priest,the foremost Scholastic thinker,as well one of the most influential philosophers and theologians in the Western tradition. He was from the county of Aquino in the Kingdom of Sicily.
Benedict M. Ashley,O.P.,was an American Catholic priest,theologian and philosopher who had a major influence on 20th century Catholic theology and ethics in America through his writing,teaching,and consulting with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. He was a member of the Dominican Order.
Subsidiarity is an organizing principle that matters ought to be handled by the smallest,lowest or least centralized competent authority. Political decisions should be taken at a local level if possible,rather than by a central authority. The Oxford English Dictionary defines subsidiarity as the idea that a central authority should have a subsidiary function,performing only those tasks which cannot be performed effectively at a more immediate or local level.
The theology of Pope Leo XIII was influenced by the ecclesial teachings of the First Vatican Council (1869-1870),which had ended only eight years before his election in 1878. Leo issued some 46 apostolic letters and encyclicals dealing with central issues in the areas of marriage and family and state and society.
Christian corporatism is a societal,economic,or a modern political application of the Christian doctrine of Paul of Tarsus in I Corinthians 12:12-31 where Paul speaks of an organic form of politics and society where all people and components are functionally united,like the human body.
Sister Mary Prudence Allen is an American philosopher who converted to Catholicism and joined the Religious Sisters of Mercy. In 2014 she was appointed to the International Theological Commission for a five-year term by Pope Francis. Her areas of specialization include the history of philosophy,philosophical anthropology,philosophy of woman,existentialism,and personalism. Areas of competence include metaphysics,philosophy of God,epistemology and logic.
Jude Patrick Dougherty was an American philosopher,Dean Emeritus of the School of Philosophy at the Catholic University of America,and Editor-in-Chief for 44 years of The Review of Metaphysics.
Tracey Rowland is an Australian Roman Catholic theologian and professor at the University of Notre Dame Australia. She was appointed to Pope Francis' International Theological Commission in 2014 and in 2020 became the first Australian,and third woman,to be awarded the Ratzinger Prize for theology.
