Pierre Manent is professor emeritus of political philosophy at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales. He is the author of numerous books, including Montaigne: Life without Law. Paul Seaton is an independent scholar of political philosophy, with a special focus on French political thought. He has written extensively on modern and contemporary French thinkers, as well as translated works by Remi Brague, Benjamin Constant, Chantal Delsol, and Pierre Manent. Daniel J. Mahoney is a senior fellow at the Claremont Institute and professor emeritus at Assumption University.
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Foreword by Daniel J. Mahoney Translator's Introduction Author's Foreword: Europe and the Question of Christianity 1. Confronting Atheism 2. How God Comes to Man 3. To Prove God? 4. The Human Phenomenon 5. Force and Justice in Human Order 6. The Illusions of the Self 7. Greatness and Misery 8. Liberator and Mediator 9. The Style of the Gospel 10. Certainty and Salvation Conclusion: Fear and Joy
"Manent ventures boldly into the centuries-long conversation on the interpretation of Pascal, armed with a lifetime of deep study of the human condition, and distracted by no concern or agenda other than to see the truth in all possible clarity. The fruit of his effort is a sustained and multifaceted reflection that is clearly an epochal contribution to Pascal studies and gift of the highest value to all those who ponder what it means to be human." -Ralph C. Hancock, author of Calvin and the Foundation of Modern Politics "Manent turns to Pascal to recover the distinctiveness of the Christian proposition, to remind contemporary readers what Christianity is, and why it matters." -Thomas S. Hibbs, author of A Theology of Creation