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by Cornelius Op Ernst (Author), Fergus Kerr (Editor), Timothy Radcliffe (Editor)
Ultimately, I cannot accept the framework of experience demanded and presupposed by the orthodox ecclesiastical tradition. I think I must face this, with consequences I can't foretell. I have another tradition to which I am almost equally respectful--in some ways more so--the tradition of the human heart: novels, art, music, tragedy. I cannot allow that God can only be adored in spirit and in truth by the individual introverted upoon himself and detached from all that might disturb and solicit his heart. It must be possible to find and adore God in the complexity of human experience. --from the Introduction
Author Biography
Cornelius Ernst (1924-1977) was a Dominican friar and theologian. Raised in Ceylon, he was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge. From 1966 to 1975 he was Regent of Studies at Blackfriars, Oxford, as well as University professor of theology. He translated and edited works by Karl Rahner and Thomas Aquinas, and he is also the author of 'The Theology of Grace' and 'The Necessity of the Church in the Context of Non-Christian Religions.'
