After Aquinas (eBook)

Versions of Thomism

Fergus Kerr (Autor)

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2008
264 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-4051-3714-0 (ISBN)

Infos

This guide to the most interesting work that has recently appeared on Aquinas reflects the revival of interest in his work.

* Written by one of the foremost Roman Catholic theologians currently writing in English.

* Offers a guide to the most interesting work that has recently appeared on Aquinas, reflecting the revival of interest in his work.

* Brings together in one volume, a range of views that have previously only been accessible through different books, articles, and periodicals.

* Represents a major revisionist treatment of Thomism and its significance, combining useful exposition with original, creative thinking.

* Offers students, in one volume, all the material necessary for a rounded understanding of Aquinas.

Autor

Fergus Kerr, OP is Regent of Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Edinburgh. He is the editor of New Blackfriars, the periodical of the English Dominicans.

Inhalt

Preface vi

1 Life and Times 1

2 Overcoming Epistemology 17

3 Prolegomena to Natural Theology 35

4 Ways of Reading the Five Ways 52

5 Stories of Being 73

6 Natural Law: Incommensurable Readings 97

7 Theological Ethics 114

8 Quarrels about Grace 134

9 Deified Creaturehood 149

10 Christ in the Summa Theologiae 162

11 God in the Summa Theologiae 181

12 Conclusion 207

Notes 211

Select Bibliography 244

Index 248

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.5.2008
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie des Mittelalters
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
• Schlagworte: Philosophie • Philosophy • Philosophy of Religion • Religion & Theology • Religionsphilosophie • Religion u. Theologie • Systematic Theology • Systematische Theologie
• ISBN-10: 1-4051-3714-2 / 1405137142
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4051-3714-0 / 9781405137140