Module: Ressourcement: Renewal Movement in 20th Century Catholic Thought

Module Specifications.

Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025

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Date posted: September 2024

Module Title	Ressourcement: Renewal Movement in 20th Century Catholic Thought
Module Code	TP501 (ITS) / RET1066 (Banner)
Faculty	Humanities & Social Sciences	School	Theology, Philosophy & Music
Module Co-ordinator	-
Module Teachers	-
NFQ level	9	Credit Rating	10
Pre-requisite	Not Available
Co-requisite	Not Available
Compatibles	Not Available
Incompatibles	Not Available

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Description

In the context of the history of Christianity in the twentieth century, this module examines the contribution of the renowned generation of French ressourcement theologians whose influence pervaded French theology and society in the period 1930 to 1960. The module considers the historical development of ressourcement, its contribution to the renaissance in twentieth-century Catholic theology, and to module will consider the contribution of the central figures of ressourcement and nouvelle théologie. Further, the module assesses the threefold programme of renewal at the heart of ressourcement and its engagement with the modern world.

Learning Outcomes

1. Understand the nature and historical evolution of ressourcement and nouvelle théologie;
2. Assess the contribution of the principal ressourcement thinkers to Catholic thought;
3. Understand the contribution of the ressourcement enterprise to contemporary society;
4. Construct a vision for church reform and renewal in view of developments in ecumenism and inter-religious dialogue;
5. Document and assess the contribution of ressourcement to ecumenism, inter-religious dialogue, human dignity and religious liberty.

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full-time hours per semester
Lecture	18	No Description
Independent Study	107	No Description
Total Workload: 125

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Indicative Content and Learning Activities

The ressourcement Movement: historical context;

Key ressourcement thinkers;

Ressourcement as method and instrument of theological and ecclesial renewal;

Ressourcement and ‘the Church in the Modern World’;

Ressourcement as opposition to anti-Semitism;

Ressourcement in practice: by reading and analysis of select texts of the central figures of the Ressourcement.

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	100%	Examination Weight	0%

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Course Work Breakdown
Essay	3500 word essay on a topic agreed with module co-ordinator	90%	n/a
Presentation	Class Presentation on a topic chosen relevant to the module	10%	n/a

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories: Resit category 1: A resit is available for both* components of the module. Resit category 2: No resit is available for a 100% continuous assessment module. Resit category 3: No resit is available for the continuous assessment component where there is a continuous assessment and examination element.
* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a Continuous Assessment/Examination split; where the module is 100% continuous assessment, there will also be a resit of the assessment
This module is category 1

Indicative Reading List

Gabriel Flynn and Paul D. Murray (eds.): 2013, Ressourcement: A Movement for Renewal in Twentieth-Century Catholic Theology, 2nd edn, Oxford University Press, Oxford,
Aubert, R.: 1954, La Théologie Catholique au milieu du XXe siècle, Casterman, Tournai,
Blondel, M.: 1984, Action (1893): Essay on a Critique of Life and a Science of Practice, trans. Olivia Blanchette, University of Notre Dame Press, Notre Dame IN,
Congar, Y.: 1969, This Church That I Love, trans. Lucien Delafuente, Dimension Books, Denville, NJ,
Congar, Y.: 2012, My Journal of the Council, trans. Mary John Ronayne and Mary Cecily Boulding, Liturgical Press, Collegeville, MN:,
De Lubac, H.: 1956, The Splendour of the Church, trans. Michael Mason, Sheed & Ward, London,
De Lubac, H.: 2007, Carnets du Concile, Loïc Figoureux, (ed.), 2 vols, Cerf, Paris,

Other Resources

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