The Eyes of Faith

Why are we proposing this anthology of articles drawn from Recherches de Science Religieuse in an English translation?

On the eve of its centennial celebrations, the Journal, which has numerous subscribers and readers in English-speaking countries, decided to take stock of its rich heritage in the field of theology, as in that of religious science, embodied in its many past issues and their articles. Over these years and decades, the journal has built up a corpus of documents covering information and thought specific to the French-language sphere of theology and religious sciences. We are also highly aware that the thought reflected in the Journal has taken paths, if inevitably diverse, that are nonetheless rich in encounters and confrontations with what was being taught and thought elsewhere. Such a rich exchange went on over the years that the question arose a decade ago of providing a bilingual, even a trilingual edition in order to facilitate access to the Journal's content. However, opinions from the English-speaking world and beyond converged at that time to encourage us to continue with renewed purpose as witnesses and actors of this French-language realm and to remain faithful to editing the journal in French.

Today, it seems to us both useful and desirable to make this theological heritage accessible to a broader public. This first anthology has thus been composed around a fundamental theme, that of faith.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Editorial by Pierre GIBERT SJ ........................................................................VII

Introduction by Pierre GIBERT SJ and Christoph THEOBALD SJ .............1

Pierre Rousselot: The Theologian of Faith

by Henri HOLSTEIN SJ ........................................................................................7

(Recherches de Science Religieuse 1965, p. 422-461)

Faith and Contemplation according to St. Thomas

by Joseph HUBY SJ ...............................................................................41

(RSR 1919, p. 137-161)

The “Personal” Structure of Faith

by Jean MOUROUX ..............................................................................61

(RSR 1939, p. 59-107)

The Certainty of Science and the Certainty of Faith

by G. DE BROGLIE SJ ........................................................................103

(RSR 1950, p. 22-46)

Historical Certainty and Faith

by Joseph MOINGT SJ ........................................................................123

(RSR 1970, p. 561-574)

Kierkegaard and the Historicity of Faith: Autopsy of Faith and Temporality

by Pierre FRUCHON ............................................................................137

(RSR 1973, p. 321-352)

The ‘Institution’ of Believing: Working Paper

by Michel DE CERTEAU .....................................................................167

(RSR 1983, p. 61-80)

What Does It Mean to Believe? Theological Contextualisation

by Pierre GISEL ....................................................................................185

(RSR 1989, p. 63-91)

Transmitting a Future of Faith

by Joseph MOINGT SJ ........................................................................213

(RSR 1993, p. 11-27)

Michel de Certeau: Anthropology of Believing and Theology of the Weakness of Believing

by Patrick ROYANNAIS ......................................................................229

(RSR 2003, p. 499-533)

Bio-Bibliographical Notes on the Authors .......................................................263

Other Articles on Faith in “Recherches de Science Religieuse” ...............269