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13Gasparo Contarini: From Scholasticism to Renaissance HumanismMaritain Studies/Etudes Maritainiennes 26 55-67. 2010.This paper examines the shift from Scholasticism to Renaissance humanism by focussing on the Italian humanist, Gasparo Contarini (1483-1542). The politico-religious climate of 15th-16th century Italy represents the arena in which Contarini developed his philosophy. His studies at the University of Padova where Padovan Aristotelianism dominated reflected the basis of his intellectual formation. The Platonic revival of Renaissance Italy also made its way into Contarini’s humanist philosophy.
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9Karol Wojtyla’s Personalism: Ethics and the Acting SubjectMaritain Studies/Etudes Maritainiennes 36 3-18. 2020.
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9Amor Dei in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth CenturiesEditions Rodopi. 2013.Amor Dei, “love of God” raises three questions: How do we know God is love? How do we experience love of God? How free are we to love God? This book presents three kinds of love, worldly, spiritual, and divine to understand God’s love. The work begins with Augustine’s Confessions highlighting his Manichean and Neoplatonic periods before his conversion to Christianity. Augustine’s confrontation with Pelagius anticipates the unresolved disputes concerning God’s love and free will. In the sixteenth…Read more
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4Philosophy of Education and the Risks of SecularizationMaritain Studies/Etudes Maritainiennes 35 29-44. 2019.
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3Other as Gift in the Personalism of Karol WojtylaMaritain Studies/Etudes Maritainiennes 31 34-46. 2015.
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3Christian Morality: Pelagius and St. AugustineMaritain Studies/Etudes Maritainiennes 27 67-82. 2011.
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1The Vocation of the Catholic Philosopher: From Maritain to John Paul II (review)Maritain Studies/Etudes Maritainiennes 28 195-199. 2012.
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1The Renaissance Papacy and the Florentine BanksMaritain Studies/Etudes Maritainiennes 28 91-105. 2012.
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Dialogue and Clash: Gasparo Contarini and the Colloquy of Regensburg of 1541Philosophy, Culture, and Traditions 6 51-63. 2010.
David Bellusci
Catholic Pacific College
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Catholic Pacific CollegeAssistant Professor
Dominican University College
Alumnus, 2008
Areas of Specialization
Metaphysics and Epistemology |
Value Theory |
History of Western Philosophy |
Philosophical Traditions |