Jean Danielou's Doxological Humanism

Description

In the spring of 1946, Jean DaniÚlou published an article by the title of 'Les orientations presents de la pensÚe religieuse' for ╔tudes. DaniÚlou's article û at least according to his critics û set the program for what would be later referred to as la nouvelle thÚologie. Though DaniÚlou's influence was definitive at the inception of the movement (loosely understood) and continued up until Vatican II and after it, relatively little (especially compared to his close associate Henri de Lubac) has been written about DaniÚlou in English, even with the recent resurgence of interest in nouvelle thÚologie.This book seeks to fill that gap. Nicholas provides an overview of DaniÚlou's theology with extensive reference to his vast corpus of writings, and highlights what seems to be the key to his thought: that all human beings were made for contemplation and that one is only truly human when one exercises this innate calling in a Trinitarian fashion.