Bonaventure

by Cullen, Christopher M.

• ISBN13: 9780195149258
• ISBN10: 0195149254
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-02-23
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This is a brief and accessible introduction to the thought of the great Franciscan theologian St. Bonaventure (c. 1217-74). Cullen focuses on the long-debated relation between philosophy and theology in the work of this important but neglected thinker, revelaing Bonaventure as a greatsynthesizer. Cullen's exposition also shows in a new and more nuanced way Bonaventure's debt to Augustine, while making clear how he was influenced by Aristotle. The book is organized according to the categories of Bonaventure's own classic text. De reductione artium ad theologiam. Part I is devotedto the definition of Christian Wisdom. In Part II, "The Light of Philosophical Knowledge," individual chapters are devoted to Bonaventure's physics, metaphysics, and moral philosophy. Part III, "The Light of Theological Knowledge," includes chapters on the Trinity, Creation, Sin, the Incarnation,Grace, the Sacraments, and the Last Things.

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations	p. xvii
The Love of Wisdom
Introduction	p. 3
Christian Wisdom	p. 23
The Light of Philosophical Knowledge
Natural Philosophy: Physics	p. 39
Natural Philosophy: Metaphysics	p. 60
Moral Philosophy	p. 91
The Light of Theological Knowledge
The Triune God	p. 113
The Creation of the World	p. 128
The Corruption of Sin	p. 134
The Incarnation of the Word	p. 141
Grace	p. 153
The Sacramental Cure	p. 165
The Last Things	p. 177
Notes	p. 187
Bibliography	p. 219
Index	p. 237
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