Erich Przywara, S.J.

Erich Przywara, S.J. (1889-1972), is one of the important Catholic intellectuals of the twentieth century. Yet, in the English-speaking world Przywara remains largely unknown. Few of his sixty books or six hundred articles have been translated. In this engaging new book, Thomas O''Meara offers a comprehensive study of the German Jesuit Erich Przywara and his philosophical theology. Przywara''s scholarly contributions were remarkable. He was one of three theologians who introduced the writings of John Henry Cardinal Newman into Germany. From Przywara''s position at the Jesuit journal in Munich, Stimmen der Zeit