Ressourcement A Movement for Renewal in Twentieth-Century Catholic Theology

Ressourcement: A Movement for Renewal in Twentieth-Century Catholic Theology provides both a historical and a theological analysis of the achievements of the renowned generation of theologians whose influence pervaded French theology and society in the period 1930 to 1960, and beyond. It considers how the principal exponents of ressourcement, leading Dominicans and Jesuits of the faculties of Le Saulchoir (Paris) and Lyon-Fourviere, inspired a renaissance in twentieth-century Catholic theology and initiated a movement for renewal that contributed to the reforms of the Second Vatican Council. The book assesses the origins and historical development of the biblical, liturgical, and patristic ressourcement in France, Germany, and Belgium, and offers fresh insights into the thought of the movement's leading scholars. It analyses the fierce controversies that erupted within the Jesuit and Dominican orders and between leading ressourcement theologians and the Vatican. The volume also contributes to the elucidation of the complex question of terminology, the interpretation of which still engenders controversy in discussions of ressourcement and nouvelle theologie. It concludes with reflections on how the most important movement in twentieth-century Roman Catholic theology continues to impact on contemporary society and on Catholic and Protestant theological enquiry in the new millennium.

The Late L. D. Reynolds (d. 1999) was a Fellow and Tutor at Brasenose College, Oxford. He has editrd Texts and Transmission: A Survey of the Latin Classics and is responsible for the Oxford Classical Texts of Seneca (Letters and Dialogues), Sallust, and Cicero (De finibus).

N. G. Wilson is Emeritus Fellow and Tutor of Lincoln College, Oxford. With D. A. Russell, he provided an editon of Menander Rhetor with accompanying translation and commentary. He has contributed to the Oxford Classical Text series Sophocles (in collaboration with Sir Hugh Lloyd-Jones), Aristophanea (2007), and the forthcoming Herodotus.

Part I: International Investment and the Law
1. The Nature and Significance of International Investment
2. The Relationship between Law and International Investment
3. Three Legal Frameworks for International Investment: National, Contractual, and International
Part II: The National Legal Framework
4. Factors Shaping National Legal Frameworks for International Investment
5. National Regulations of the Entry and Exit of Capital
6. National Regulations on Foreign Investment
7. The Challenges of Legal Change
Part III: The Contractual Framework
8. The Nature and Functions of the Contractual Framework for Investment
9. The Negotiation of International Investment Contracts
10. The Nature and Content of International Investment Contracts
11. Political Risk Insurance
12. Contractual Stability, Instability, and Renegotiation
Part IV: The International Legal Framework
13. The Foundations of the International Legal Framework for Investment
14. The Treatification of International Investment Law
15. The Nature and Content of Investment Treaties
Part V: Conclusion
16. The Interaction of the Three Legal Frameworks