Love and Friendship:
Maritain and the Tradition
Edited by Montague Brown
Book Overview
Love and friendship are at the heart of human and divine life. Without reference to them, it is impossible to explain the human being. Yet these terms are irreducibly ambiguous, with multiple meanings for our lives—from particular human relationships, to political communities, to one's relationship with God. This volume presents a broad collection of essays on love and friendship. It draws on the rich tradition handed down from Greek philosophers and the Holy Scriptures, illumined by the wisdom of the medieval theologians, and reflected upon by Jacques Maritain, his students, and other contemporary Catholic intellectuals.
The book illustrates the wide range of meanings with which love and friendship are imbued. After an introduction by Montague Brown, the first section introduces the topic by reflecting upon several historical friendships of Jacques Maritain and his marriage to Raïssa. Section two explores the roots of love in our sensual, emotive, and aesthetic responses to the world. In sections three and four, consideration is given to the freely intended, and hence responsible, choices of our moral and political lives. Section five considers the metaphysical place of love in our world. Finally, the essays of the last section examine the free revelation of God's love and friendship and the indispensable role such revelation plays in safeguarding and illuminating our human relationships.
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Contents
Montague Brown, “Introduction: The Analogy of Love”
Brooke Williams Deely, “Contemplation Overflowing the Roads of The World: Love an Friendship in The Lives of Jacques and Raissa Maritain”
M. A. Mccauliff, “Friendship of Pope Paul Vi and Jacques Maritain Catherine”
John F. Millard, “Maritain And America: Reflections on a Friendship”
Daniel B. Gallagher, “Art, Otherness, And History in Maritain, Gilson, and De Finance”
James G. Hanink, “On Love's Object: Maritain, Pascal, and Spaemann”
John Marson Dunaway, “Un Seul Amour en Nous: Human and Divine Love in Maritain and Literature”
Glenn Statile, “Forgiveness and Its Discontents”
Herbert E. Hartmann, “Role of Love in Practical Reasoning”
Jonathan J. Sanford, “Aristotle, Aquinas, and the Christian Elevation of Pagan Friendship /
Maria J. Yulo, “Love's Imperative: A Study of Kant and Kolbe Jose”
John J. Conley, S.J., “Friendship and Political Virtue: Rereading Aristotle”
William Sweet, “Love and Dignity”
Francisco Plaza, “Yves R. Simon's Metaphysics of Love: A Hidden Treasure”
Christopher S. Morrissey, “Intuition of Being: Guardian of Metaphysics in a Time of Unbelief”
Bryan R. Cross, “St. Thomas Aquinas on Unity as an End of Love”
Peter Feldmeier, “Maritain On Eros And Agape: Entering the Paradox”
Bernadette E. O'Connor, “Toward a Metaphysics of Human Amor Fou”
Donald J. Keefe, “John Paul II On The Eucharistic Foundation Of Marriage And The Marital Foundation Of A Free Society”
Lawrence Feingold, “Vision Of God In Christ: ‘Who Loved Me And Gave Himself For Me’”
Christopher P. Klofft, “Making Love In The Pew: The Relational Interplay Between Sexuality And Liturgy”
Nikolaj Zunic, “Sexual Ethics and The Purpose Of Marriage”
Gary Culpepper, “Marriage Made In Heaven: The Maritains On Spousal Love And Mystical Life”
James V. Schall, “On The Fact Of "Many Good Marriages”
Contributors
Index of Names