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Although the twentieth century was often proclaimed by the church to be the “Age of the Laity,” it remains true that most Catholic discourse is still taken up with the words of popes, bishops, priests, and sisters.
Nonetheless, as in the nineteenth century so in the twentieth, a number of lay men and women have made intellectual contributions to religious discourse of such magnitude as to place not just Roman Catholics but the entire body of Christians in their debt. Of these, no one has been so influential in so many different spheres as Jacques Maritain (1882-1973), a man who, in addition to his intellectual stature, was widely esteemed for his holiness of life.
Together with his wife who was his chief collaborator as well as being a philosopher in her own right, Jacques and Raissa were two of the great Catholic personages of the 20th century. Selections from two essays (one by the late Michael Novak) chronicle their lives and contributions to Catholic thought. A selection of Raissa’s poetry also.
You can find it here:
payingattentiontothesky.com/2010/03/19/some-readings-on-jacques-and-raissa-maritain/
dj
Although the twentieth century was often proclaimed by the church to be the “Age of the Laity,” it remains true that most Catholic discourse is still taken up with the words of popes, bishops, priests, and sisters.
Nonetheless, as in the nineteenth century so in the twentieth, a number of lay men and women have made intellectual contributions to religious discourse of such magnitude as to place not just Roman Catholics but the entire body of Christians in their debt. Of these, no one has been so influential in so many different spheres as Jacques Maritain (1882-1973), a man who, in addition to his intellectual stature, was widely esteemed for his holiness of life.
Together with his wife who was his chief collaborator as well as being a philosopher in her own right, Jacques and Raissa were two of the great Catholic personages of the 20th century. Selections from two essays (one by the late Michael Novak) chronicle their lives and contributions to Catholic thought. A selection of Raissa’s poetry also.
You can find it here:
payingattentiontothesky.com/2010/03/19/some-readings-on-jacques-and-raissa-maritain/
dj