Neo-Thomism, Law and Society Prolegomenon to Further StudyWim DecockTHE LANDSCAPE OF NEO-THOMISMReligious, Political and Social Settings of the Revival of Thomism, 1870-1960Emiel LambertsThe 1920s Francophone Thomistic RevivalPhilippe ChenauxNeo-Thomism at Leuven’s Faculty of LawJoeri De SmetNATIONAL CONTEXTS AND INTERNATIONAL NETWORKSVetera novis augere or Leuven Quebec augere: Lionel Groulx, Neo-Thomism and French-Canadian NationalismKasper SwertsReception and Adaptation of Neo-Thomism in East-Central Europe, between the Intellectual and Social Involvement of the Catholic ChurchJakub ŠtofaníkThe Influence of Neo-Thomism on Catholic Social Policy-Making in Belgium, 1880-1914Jo DefermeBetween Gospel and Constitution. Neo-Scholastic Traces in the Legal World of Nineteenth-Century SpainFaustino Martínez MartínezThe Notion of War in the Rivista di Filosofia Neo-Scolastica, 1914-1918 Cinzia SulasPROTAGONISTS A Conservative Reading of Rerum Novarum through a Neo-Scholastic LensThe Jesuit Auguste Castelein (1840-1922) and the Belgian Patrons CatholiquesPeter HeyrmanArthur Vermeersch on Colonial and Conjugal MoralityA Presentist Approach to Saint ThomasVincent GeninJoannes Aengenent (1873-1935)A Thomistic Sociologist’s Call for a More Humane EconomyErik SengersAntoine Pottier and the Neo-Thomistic Roots of Social JusticeJean-Pierre DelvilleNeo-Thomism and the Debates on the Just Wage in Belgium (1879-1914)Kwinten DewaeleAuthorsIndexColophonMultifaceted and in-depth analysis of the neo-scholastic movementIn his encyclical Aeterni Patris (1879), Pope Leo XIII expressed the conviction that the renewed study of the philosophical legacy of Saint Thomas Aquinas would help Catholics to engage in a dialogue with secular modernity while maintaining respect for Church doctrine and tradition. As a result, the neo-scholastic framework dominated Catholic intellectual production for nearly a century thereafter.This volume assesses the societal impact of the Thomist revival movement, with particular attention to the juridical dimension of this epistemic community. Contributions from different disciplinary backgrounds offer a multifaceted and in-depth analysis of many different networks and protagonists of the neo-scholastic movement, its institutions and periodicals, and its conceptual frameworks. Although special attention is paid to the Leuven Institute of Philosophy and Faculty of Law, the volume also discloses the neo-Thomist revival in other national and transnational contexts. By highlighting diverse aspects of its societal and legal impact, Neo-Thomism in Action argues that neo-scholasticism was neither a sterile intellectual exercise nor a monolithic movement. The book expands our understanding of how Catholic intellectual discourse communities were constructed and how they pervaded law and society during the late 19th century and the first half of the 20th century.In his encyclical Aeterni Patris (1879), Pope Leo XIII expressed the conviction that the renewed study of the philosophical legacy of Saint Thomas Aquinas would help Catholics to engage in a dialogue with secular modernity while maintaining respect for Church doctrine and tradition. As a result, the neo-scholastic framework dominated Catholic intellectual production for nearly a century thereafter.This volume assesses the societal impact of the Thomist revival movement, with particular attention to the juridical dimension of this epistemic community. Contributions from different disciplinary backgrounds offer a multifaceted and in-depth analysis of many different networks and protagonists of the neo-scholastic movement, its institutions and periodicals, and its conceptual frameworks. Although special attention is paid to the Leuven Institute of Philosophy and Faculty of Law, the volume also discloses the neo-Thomist revival in other national and transnational contexts. By highlighting diverse aspects of its societal and legal impact, Neo-Thomism in Action argues that neo-scholasticism was neither a sterile intellectual exercise nor a monolithic movement. The book expands our understanding of how Catholic intellectual discourse communities were constructed and how they pervaded law and society during the late 19th century and the first half of the 20th century.