neo-scholasticismn.
/ˌniːə(ʊ)skəˈlastᵻsɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈˌnioʊskəˈlæstəˌsɪz(ə)m/ Revived, renewed, or modernized scholasticism; esp. the revival and renewal of scholastic philosophy and theology in the Roman Catholic Church of the 19th and 20th centuries.
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1881 Mind 6 570 It is to be hoped we are not approaching an age of Neo-Scholasticism.
1915 London Q. Rev. Jan. 46 It is strange that a movement with so much verve as ‘Neo-scholasticism’ has attracted so little attention in Britain.
1934 C. S. Lewis Let. 7 June (1966) 157 Beware of people who are at present running what they call ‘neo-scholasticism’ as a fad.
1959 Dict. National Biogr. 1941–50 at Taylor, Alfred Taylor's deep interest in the problems of religion drove him inevitably to a study of the medieval schoolmen... His contribution to the development of neo-scholasticism is important because it is indirect.
1993 30 Days in Church & in World No. 1. 60/2 One consequence that Blondel..drew from it was the obsolescence of the modern theological scheme, neo-scholasticism in particular.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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