The Twentieth Century Encyclopedia of Catholicism The Christian and World Integration
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Book
Authors
Category
Social problems
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Publication Year
1963
Publisher
Volume
95
Pages
126
Description
Historically, it has been possible for small communities of Christians to live and flourish, aware spiritually of the greater community of Christ, but nevertheless physically and materially isolated from other like communities.
Today, with the tremendous development of swift communication and transportation, the world has shrunk. No longer can any group of men have good cause to live in ignorance of the rest of the world. No longer is any community sufficient unto itself - spiritually, morally, or materially.
This narrowing of the physical horizons of the world, should, for the Christian above all, have the effect of widening the awareness of other peoples, other lands, of, indeed, all mankind in a way never before possible. In the words of the author of this volume, ". . . to live fully in the world of our time, we must be aware of what our time is, what it brings, what it needs, what it forbids."
Jacques Leclercq examines the concept of integration, as it is defined in the Old and New Testaments and in the teachings of Pope Pius XII, and all that it implies in the modern world. He deals carefully, in this connection, with war - the prime disintegrator - with "nationalism" and patriotism. He draws a clear picture of today's world and the place that every Christian must find in it.
Born in Louvain, Belgium in 1891, Jacques Leclercq resides in Brussels. At present, he is a professor of moral and social philosophy at his Alma Mater, the Catholic University of Louvain. He is the author of many books on ethics and philosophy, including Lessons on Natural Right in five volumes, Essays on Catholic Morality in four volumes, and Christianity and Money (Volume 59)in The Twentieth Century Encyclopedia of Catholicism.
The Christian and World Integration was translated from the French by PJ Hepburne-Scott.
This is Volume 95 under section IX: The Church and the Modern World.
Taken from the inside flaps.
Today, with the tremendous development of swift communication and transportation, the world has shrunk. No longer can any group of men have good cause to live in ignorance of the rest of the world. No longer is any community sufficient unto itself - spiritually, morally, or materially.
This narrowing of the physical horizons of the world, should, for the Christian above all, have the effect of widening the awareness of other peoples, other lands, of, indeed, all mankind in a way never before possible. In the words of the author of this volume, ". . . to live fully in the world of our time, we must be aware of what our time is, what it brings, what it needs, what it forbids."
Jacques Leclercq examines the concept of integration, as it is defined in the Old and New Testaments and in the teachings of Pope Pius XII, and all that it implies in the modern world. He deals carefully, in this connection, with war - the prime disintegrator - with "nationalism" and patriotism. He draws a clear picture of today's world and the place that every Christian must find in it.
Born in Louvain, Belgium in 1891, Jacques Leclercq resides in Brussels. At present, he is a professor of moral and social philosophy at his Alma Mater, the Catholic University of Louvain. He is the author of many books on ethics and philosophy, including Lessons on Natural Right in five volumes, Essays on Catholic Morality in four volumes, and Christianity and Money (Volume 59)in The Twentieth Century Encyclopedia of Catholicism.
The Christian and World Integration was translated from the French by PJ Hepburne-Scott.
This is Volume 95 under section IX: The Church and the Modern World.
Taken from the inside flaps.
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