Tracing the development of progressive Catholic approaches to political and economic modernization, this volume disputes standard interpretations of the Catholic response to democracy and modernity in the English-speaking world - particularly the conventional view that the Church was the servant of right-wing reactionaries and authoritarian, patriarchal structures.

A collection of essays which provide insights into such topics as concepts of animal/human relationships; environmental and ecological history; medieval hunting; early modern collections of natural objects; the relationship of religion and nature; and the rise of science.

Presenting with moving insight the relations between man, as a person and as an individual, and the society of which he is a part, Maritain's treatment of a lasting topic speaks to this generation as well as those to come.

A study of three mystical theologians - Mechthild of Magdeburg, Marguerite Porete and Meister Eckhart. By reading the theologians ""with and against"" each other, each one is recontextualized. The work is informed by feminist theory as well as familiarity with late medieval religious culture.

This collection of essays considers central themes in the ethics of Lutheran theologian and philosopher Knud Ejler Logstrup (1905-1981).