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Interpretations of Anselms Proslogion range between the extremes of rationalism and fideism because of the challenge of unifying its philosophical and devotional aspects. In this book, Bayer argues that a monastic interpretation or an interpretation that takes seriously the intellectual significance of our existential commitments offers a powerful compromise.
Through an extensive study of Anselms spiritualty, especially as it is manifested in his letters and homiletic works, coupled with a profound study of Anselms philosophy of language in the De grammatico and Monologion, Bayer aims to reveal the Anselmian unity of life and thought, and thereby also the harmony between faith and reason. In this way, he defends the Proslogion as a unified and probative argument.
Through an extensive study of Anselms spiritualty, especially as it is manifested in his letters and homiletic works, coupled with a profound study of Anselms philosophy of language in the De grammatico and Monologion, Bayer aims to reveal the Anselmian unity of life and thought, and thereby also the harmony between faith and reason. In this way, he defends the Proslogion as a unified and probative argument.
Price: $173.00
Pages: 370
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Anselm Studies and Texts
Publication Date:
23 September 2021
ISBN: 9789004470491
Format: Hardcover
"By seeing Anselms theology as wholly of a piece with his monastic way of life, this book makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of Anselms thought, and establishes in a new way the perennial significance of St. Anselm for the Christian intellectual tradition".
Bruce D. Marshall, Lehman Professor of Christian Doctrine, Southern Methodist University
Another book on Anselms famous argument? Yes, but Fr John Bayer offers something new: a holistic interpretation of the Proslogion which overcomes the temptation of approaching the argument either as a piece of strict logic or as a meditative prayer. It is both, for reason properly conceived forms part of the existential commitments of a seeking and desiring person. Bayers interpretation is holistic in a second sense too: it places the unum argumentum within the whole of the Proslogion, and the Proslogion within Anselms larger opus. A fine piece of thinking and scholarship".
Philipp W. Rosemann, The National University of Ireland (Maynooth)
Bruce D. Marshall, Lehman Professor of Christian Doctrine, Southern Methodist University
Another book on Anselms famous argument? Yes, but Fr John Bayer offers something new: a holistic interpretation of the Proslogion which overcomes the temptation of approaching the argument either as a piece of strict logic or as a meditative prayer. It is both, for reason properly conceived forms part of the existential commitments of a seeking and desiring person. Bayers interpretation is holistic in a second sense too: it places the unum argumentum within the whole of the Proslogion, and the Proslogion within Anselms larger opus. A fine piece of thinking and scholarship".
Philipp W. Rosemann, The National University of Ireland (Maynooth)
Fr. John Bayer. O. Cist, Ph.D. (2019), Pontifical Gregorian University, teaches at Cistercian Preparatory School and the University of Dallas. In 2007, he entered Our Lady of Dallas Cistercian Abbey. His research interests include fundamental theology, the relationship between faith and science, and monasticism.