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Since this wasn't such a far-fetched question after all, let me go
into more detail. I am currently finishing up a book on academic
condemnationsat Oxford, and I'm particularly interested in the non-
theological motives for condemnation (politics, personal hostility,
etc),and it occurred to me that there might be some examples of modern
"academic condemnations" in which non-theological factors were
involved. Obviously, there are major differences involved, but it
seems worth at least looking into it. In my own career, I have been
the target of at least two personal attacks coded as concerns about my
orthodoxy, and I suspect I'm not unique in this.
Thanks for the useful references so far.
Andrew E. Larsen
On Oct 5, 2008, at 2:01 PM, Tom Izbicki <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
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>
> ATLA Religion Index was remarkably unhelpful on this subject.
>
> The most formal condemnation of a movement as heresy I can recall
> for the
> 20th Century is Modernism, which was condemned by Pius X as
> heretical in
> 1907. Such condemnations seem to have given way to more disciplinary
> actions, like silencing a theologian. Another approach is disavowing
> certain elements of a theology without condemning it outright. This
> seems
> to be the present pope's approach to Liberation Theology:
>
> http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19840806_theology-liberation_en.html
>
> Wikipedia gives a whole list of individual censored or held suspect by
> Catholic or Protestant authorities in the 20th century:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heresy_in_the_20th_century
>
> It does not list individuals like Hans Kung and Charles Curran, both
> controversial Roman Catholic theologians, except in the See Also
> links.
> As far as I can tell, Curran never was condemned formally, although he
> lost his teaching post. Nor has Kung been excommunicated, to the
> best of
> my knowledge. Edward Schillebeeckx was questioned by the Holy
> Office, but
> there again I know of no condemnation for heresy.
>
> Not that there are no accusations of heresy, but formal proceedings
> for
> Heresy seem to be uncommon.
>
> The concept, however, remains in canon law. See this excerpt from
> the new
> Code (1983):
>
> Can. 751 Heresy is the obstinate denial or obstinate doubt after the
> reception of baptism of some truth which is to be believed by divine
> and
> Catholic faith; apostasy is the total repudiation of the Christian
> faith;
> schism is the refusal of submission to the Supreme Pontiff or of
> communion
> with the members of the Church subject to him.
>
> See: http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/_INDEX.HTM
>
> Tom Izbicki
>
>> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
>> culture
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>> This is a somewhat far-fetched request, but does anyone on this
>> list know
>> of
>> any literature studying accusations of heresy in modern religious
>> colleges
>> or institutions?
>>
>> Andrew E. Larsen
>>
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