On another note, if I may, this month was the release of my new work on spirituality A Soul-Centered Life from Liturgical Press.
Showing posts with label Hegel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hegel. Show all posts
Monday, May 17, 2010
Update
Time seems to fly and I regret not posting more frequently. This past month has seen a lot of progress on our two current projects: the translation of an excellent article by Rupert Mayer on Aquinas, Dietrich, and Eckhart; and a translation of Eckhart's Sermon for the Feast of St. Augustine. Two more project are being lined up which will be two of Eckhart's Latin sermons, but I will have more information in due time.
What is of increasing interest is just how unexamined have been the Dominican sources in Eckhart and how dominant has been a bias toward German Idealism and a post-Hegelian interpretation of his thought. Peter Sajda's article demonstrates the challenges raised by an Hegelian understanding and the way in which Eckhart suffered a guilt by association. In the May issue of New Blackfriars is found an article wherein I explore the role Eckhart may have played in the Order's defense of Aquinas and extend an invitation to further research.
On another note, if I may, this month was the release of my new work on spirituality A Soul-Centered Life from Liturgical Press.
On another note, if I may, this month was the release of my new work on spirituality A Soul-Centered Life from Liturgical Press.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Projects and People
The past few days since my last post have been busy as projects started to get underway and a network of people took shape. While the AYCARDUS Project isn't a household word (still working on Google's crawlers to find it) it is taking shape in ways that will benefit Eckhartian Studies.
While the AYCARDUS Project examines the Dominican sources in Meister Eckhart, Eckhartian Studies ought not to overlook the ways in which Eckhart has been and is being received by 19th, 20th and 21st century thinkers. Their receptions can and do have an impact on how Meister Eckhart is understood or misunderstood. In order to better appreciate Eckhart we need to study his sources and his thought so that we may better evaluate the subsequent uses of Eckhart.
One excellent contact given me by one of our Project Consultors, fr. Rupert Johannes Mayer, O.P., was to another Dominican in Slovakia, fr. Peter Sajda whose work examines the reception of Eckhart's thought in German idealism and in the 19th century philosophy. I was delighted to receive a copy of his article on Eckhart and Hegel, and even more pleased to receive his permission to have it posted on our site. Does Hegelian Philosophy of Religion Distort Christian Dogmatics and Ethics? (The Debate on Speculative Mysticism) by Peter Sajda which first appeared in the Acta Kierkegaardiana 2009. Peter is one of the editors of the Acta Kierkegaardiana so we are grateful to that journal for allowing us to make this work available online.
I am please to say that two other projects have begun and I will share more on them in my next blog, but you can read about them at the AYCARDUS Project website.
While the AYCARDUS Project examines the Dominican sources in Meister Eckhart, Eckhartian Studies ought not to overlook the ways in which Eckhart has been and is being received by 19th, 20th and 21st century thinkers. Their receptions can and do have an impact on how Meister Eckhart is understood or misunderstood. In order to better appreciate Eckhart we need to study his sources and his thought so that we may better evaluate the subsequent uses of Eckhart.
One excellent contact given me by one of our Project Consultors, fr. Rupert Johannes Mayer, O.P., was to another Dominican in Slovakia, fr. Peter Sajda whose work examines the reception of Eckhart's thought in German idealism and in the 19th century philosophy. I was delighted to receive a copy of his article on Eckhart and Hegel, and even more pleased to receive his permission to have it posted on our site. Does Hegelian Philosophy of Religion Distort Christian Dogmatics and Ethics? (The Debate on Speculative Mysticism) by Peter Sajda which first appeared in the Acta Kierkegaardiana 2009. Peter is one of the editors of the Acta Kierkegaardiana so we are grateful to that journal for allowing us to make this work available online.
I am please to say that two other projects have begun and I will share more on them in my next blog, but you can read about them at the AYCARDUS Project website.
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