The History behind Henri de Lubac's Concept of the Supernatural: Nouvelle théologie between Maurice Blondel and Étienne Gilson
One of Henri de Lubac's longest-lasting concepts in his career, "the supernatural" was part of a decades-long attempt by the French Jesuit to creatively understand how discussions on nature and grace from the Church Fathers and Scholastics shaped unfolding political and intellectual t...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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| In: |
The catholic historical review
Year: 2025, Volume: 111, Issue: 1, Pages: 24-50 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Lubac, Henri de 1896-1991
/ Blondel, Maurice 1861-1949
/ Gilson, Etienne 1884-1978
/ Holy See (motif)
/ Neo-Scholasticism
/ The Supernatural
/ Theology
/ Philosophy
/ History 1920-1970
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| RelBib Classification: | FA Theology KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KDB Roman Catholic Church VA Philosophy |
| Further subjects: | B
Henri de Lubac
B Maurice Blondel B the supernatural B Étienne Gilson B New Theology |
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| Summary: | One of Henri de Lubac's longest-lasting concepts in his career, "the supernatural" was part of a decades-long attempt by the French Jesuit to creatively understand how discussions on nature and grace from the Church Fathers and Scholastics shaped unfolding political and intellectual tensions within the twentieth-century Church. From the 1920s to the 1960s, de Lubac explored and debated the concept of the supernatural within leading modernist, Neo-Scholastic, and Neo-Thomist circles. I argue that this concept was greatly influenced by de Lubac's close association with French Catholic philosophers Maurice Blondel and Étienne Gilson. Ultimately, this article not only explains how and why the supernatural occupied a central place in de Lubac's career but also furnishes an empirically rich case in which history and theology were used together during one of the most far-reaching Catholic movements in the last century. |
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| ISSN: | 1534-0708 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The catholic historical review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/cat.2025.a952944 |
