Beginning with an overview of the knowledge claims proposed by John Locke and David Hume, this essay first explores the respective responses of Newman and W. G. Ward and then updates the discussion by bringing Newman into dialogue with the thoughtof Alasdair MacIntyre.

It has frequently been argued that Marxism is a secular offshoot of the Judeo-Christian tradition. Both traditions share many themes and categories, e.g., alienation, redemption, messianism, prophecy, a “providential” ordering of history, and an eschatological vision. Such thematic similarities provide the organization for Nicholas Lash’s theological reflections on the thought of Karl Marx. Lash, a distinguished theologian and Newman scholar, claims no special competence in Marx’s thought or in the history of the Marxist intellectual tradition. Rather, what he offers is (...) a series of theological reflections on Marx, a comparison and contrast of Marxist and Christian world views, and an assessment of their critiques of each other. (shrink)

It has frequently been argued that Marxism is a secular offshoot of the Judeo-Christian tradition. Both traditions share many themes and categories, e.g., alienation, redemption, messianism, prophecy, a “providential” ordering of history, and an eschatological vision. Such thematic similarities provide the organization for Nicholas Lash’s theological reflections on the thought of Karl Marx. Lash, a distinguished theologian and Newman scholar, claims no special competence in Marx’s thought or in the history of the Marxist intellectual tradition. Rather, what he offers is (...) a series of theological reflections on Marx, a comparison and contrast of Marxist and Christian world views, and an assessment of their critiques of each other. (shrink)