Beyond Kant and Nietzsche: The Munich Defence of Christian Humanism (Illuminating Modernity)

by Tracey Rowland

Publisher:

T&T Clark

, 2021

Overview

The Christian Humanist ideas of six Catholic scholars who were based in Munich during the first half of the 20th century are profiled in this volume. They were all interested in presenting and defending a Christian humanism in the aftermath of German Idealism and the anti-Christian humanism of Friedrich Nietzsche. They were seeking to offer hope to Christians during the darkest years of the Nazi regime and the post-Second World War era of shame, guilt and reconstruction.

Key Features

• Presents the intellectual milieu that produced the post-Second World War generation of German Catholic scholars who were so influential around the time of the Council and beyond
• Focuses on what each author had to say to the idea of a Christian humanism, and provide a response to the crisis of the nihilist cul-de-sac in which post-Enlightenment German humanism found itself
• Helps readers to understand why the authors agree that Nietzsche's verdict that Christianity is a crime against life itself is a very serious criticism that demands a response

Contents

• Carl Muth
• Theodor Haecker
• Theodor Steinbüchel
• Gottlieb Söhngen
• Romano Guardini
• Erich Przywara

Product Details

• Title: Beyond Kant and Nietzsche: The Munich Defence of Christian Humanism
• Author: Tracey Rowland
• Series: Illuminating Modernity
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Print Publication Date: 2021
• Logos Release Date: 2025
• Pages: 200
• Era: era:modern
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subjects: 1900-1999; Germany › Munich; History; Humanism; Humanism › Germany--Munich--History 20th century; Humanism, Religious; Philosophical theology; Philosophical theology › History 20th century
• ISBNs: 9780567703163, 0567703169, 9780567703170, 9780567703194, 0567703177, 0567703193
• Resource ID: LLS:KANTNIETZSCHE
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-05-26T21:16:13Z

About Tracey Rowland

Tracey Rowland is dean and associate professor of political philosophy and Continental theology at the John Paul II Institute in Melbourne, Australia. She is a member of the Centre for Theology and Philosophy at the University of Nottingham and a member of the editorial board of the English language edition of Communio, founded, among others, by Joseph Ratzinger. She is the author of Culture and the Thomist Tradition: After Vatican II and Ratzinger’s Faith: The Theology of Benedict XVI.