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Jacques and Raïssa Maritain : beggars for heaven

Title: Jacques and Raïssa Maritain : beggars for heaven / Jean-Luc Barré ; translated by Bernard E. Doering.
Author: Barré, Jean-Luc.
Publication: Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, 2005.

Details

Description

xv, 495 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"This award-winning book, written by Jean-Luc Barre at the request of the Maritain Archives in Kolbsheim, France, and published in France in 1995, was the first biography of noted French philosopher Jacques Maritain and his wife Raissa. Drawing on the wealth of Maritain materials at the Kolbsheim archives, many of which are unpublished, Barre offers a clear and objective account of the remarkable lives and intellectual pursuits of the Maritains. Noted scholar and translator Bernard Doering.
Has now made this essential work available for the first time in English." "Jacques and Raissa Maritain: Beggars for Heaven focuses not only on the Maritains' philosophical work, but also on their pursuit of social justice, their opposition to the Vichy, their battle against intellectual repression in the church, and their contemplative life of prayer and devotion. Barre places a particular emphasis on the Maritains' close and supportive friendships with novelists, poets, painters, and.
Musicians who were considered revolutionary at the time. Doering's translation will appeal not only to scholars but also to anyone interested in intellectual history generally and the intellectual history of modern Catholicism in particular."--BOOK JACKET.

Uniform Title

Jacques et Raïssa Maritain. English

Alternative Title

Jacques et Raïssa Maritain.

Subject

Genre/Form

Biography.
Biographies.
Biographie.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-486) and index.

Language (note)

Translated from the French.

Contents

A lost childhood -- The stranger -- Confidence in the unknown -- Violence and grace -- A little bridge thrown across the abyss -- Raïssa's guests -- God or Jean Cocteau? -- The sound of hidden springs -- Return from Rome -- The darkest part of ourselves -- The fullness of the day -- Poor means -- A Catholic in the resistance -- The archipelago on the sea -- The memory of the angels.

ISBN

026802183X
9780268021832

LCCN

2005019756

OCLC

YBP 2005019756

Author

Barré, Jean-Luc.

Title

Jacques and Raïssa Maritain : beggars for heaven / Jean-Luc Barré ; translated by Bernard E. Doering.

Imprint

Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, 2005.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-486) and index.

Language

Translated from the French.

Other Form:

Online version: Barré, Jean-Luc. Jacques et Raïssa Maritain. English. Jacques and Raïssa Maritain. Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, 2005 (OCoLC)607867726

Online version: Barré, Jean-Luc. Jacques et Raïssa Maritain. English. Jacques and Raïssa Maritain. Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, 2005 (OCoLC)609166363

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