| 单词 | christian humanism |
| 释义 | > as lemmasChristian humanism Christian humanism n. (a) a school of thought, prevalent in the 16th cent., emphasizing the value of the study of classical languages and literature to Christian theology and culture; cf. humanism n. 3b; (b) the view that the principles of humanism (humanism n. 5a) and Christian faith are intrinsically compatible; practice or beliefs based on this; cf. humanism n. 5b, and secular humanism n. at secular adj. and n. Additions. ΚΠ 1861 Brit. & Foreign Evangelical Rev. Apr. 379 Following the example of Erasmus, Reuchlin, Melancthon, Zwingle, and many others, she [sc. the Church] made the humanism that had been newly Christianised into a truly Christian humanism. 1883 Sat. Rev. 5 May 550/2 The vast social good that it [sc. the Church of England] has done by creating a standard which no other country possesses of Christian humanism. 1893 Philos. Rev. 2 623 Melanchthon is the best representative of Christian Humanism. 1982 R. Brown & D. Bennett Anthol. Canad. Lit. in Eng. I. 383/1 While his early fiction considered social realism and Marxism as possible responses to man's difficulties, since the mid-thirties he has found his solution in Christian humanism. 2000 E. Cameron in A. Hastings et al. Oxf. Compan. Christian Thought 399/2 Above all, Luther's campaign to reform academic theology..struck a chord with contemporary Christian humanism. < as lemmas |
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