The Apocalypse of Wisdom: Louis Bouyer’s Theological Recovery of the Cosmos (Paperback)
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The French Oratorian
priest Louis Bouyer was one of the most comprehensive, influential, and
prescient theologians of the twentieth century, but only in recent years have
some major European studies begun to uncover the rich treasury of his thought.
In the present book, the first of its kind in English, Keith Lemna contributes
to this body of scholarship a thorough study of Bouyer’s cosmological vision.
Commencing with his
seminal monograph Cosmos: The World and the Glory of God, Lemna explores in depth Bouyer’s sophiological and
apocalyptic theology of creation, detailing especially his profound engagement
with scientific, philosophical, religio-mythic, and poetic cosmologies. As the
work of possibly the greatest twentieth-century Catholic “sophiologist,” the
French theologian’s cosmology emerges as a path forward for a much-needed
reintegration of human knowledge centered on the Mystery at the heart of
God’s eternal Wisdom revealed in the economy of grace.
- 2019
- 526 pages
- 6 × 9 in
Praise for The Apocalypse of Wisdom
“Keith Lemna provides a synthesis of a brilliant thinker as well as a new path forward for Christian theology in the West, the East, and at the edge of contemporary scientific inquiry into the nature and meaning of the cosmos.”
“Read Lemna’s pellucid work of love and learn how to read the wisdom of Christ in the pages of cosmic history.”
“Bouyer’s reputation in liturgy is here deservedly augmented by Lemna’s thorough and extraordinary study of the world as gift that reflects the triune life of God in loving praise.”
“The Apocalypse of Wisdom is essential reading for both Bouyer scholars and contemplative seekers, who will find here an indispensable guide to a recovery of a ‘cosmicity’ that does full justice to the exigencies of faith, reason, and the mythopoetic imagination.”
“Keith Lemna does a great service filling a lacuna in cultural memory by introducing us to this generous friend and fellow-pilgrim of so many Christian luminaries, from J.R.R. Tolkien to Jean-Luc Marion.”
“We can be grateful to Keith Lemna for making available to us Fr Bouyer’s comprehensive and coherent theological vision, one which is simultaneously intellectually and spiritually nourishing.”
“The Apocalypse of Wisdom is a must-read for theologians, clergy, catechists, apologists, and everyone else whose vocation is to understand and convey the ineffable drama of creation and redemption.”
“Here are keys to the thought of the French theologian who has reached out further and deeper than Teilhard de Chardin in the critical field of cosmology, at the crossroads of science, culture, and faith.”
