Scripture and Metaphysics Aquinas and the Renewal of Trinitarian Theology

by Levering, Matthew

• ISBN13: 9781405117340
• ISBN10: 1405117346
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-05-21
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This book makes a major contribution to contemporary theological and philosophical debates, bridging scriptural and metaphysical approaches to the triune God. Bridges the gap between scriptural and metaphysical approaches to biblical narratives. Retrieves Aquinas's understanding of theology as contemplative wisdom. Structured around Aquinas's treatise on the triune God in his 'Summa Theologiae'. Argues that intellectual contemplation is part of a broader spiritual journey towards a better understanding of God. Contributes to the current resurgence of Thomistic theology in both Protestant and Catholic circles.

Author Biography

Matthew Levering is Assistant Professor of Theology at Ave Maria College in Ypsilanti, Michigan. He is the author of Christ’s Fulfilment of Torah and Temple (2002), coauthor of Knowing the Love of Christ: An Introduction to the Theology of St. Thomas Aquinas (2002), and coeditor of Reading John with St. Thomas Aquinas (forthcoming). He is the coeditor of the English edition of Nova et Vetera, and serves on the editorial board of the Catholic University of America’s Thomas Aquinas in Translation series. He has most recently edited and introduced On the Priesthood: Classic and Contemporary Texts (2003).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	1	(22)
1 Setting the Scene: Theological Ends	12	(11)
Chapter 1 Sacra Doctrina: Wisdom, Scripture, and Metaphysics	23	(24)
1 Wisdom	28	(6)
2 Theologizing as a Wisdom-Exercise	34	(5)
3 Isaiah and St. John the Evangelist as Contemplatives	39	(8)
Chapter 2 YHWH and Being	47	(28)
1 R. Kendall Soulen's Post-Supersessionist Trinitarian Theology	53	(4)
2 Aquinas on Being and YHWH	57	(18)
Chapter 3 Scripture and Metaphysics in the Theology of God's Knowledge and Will	75	(35)
1 Jon D. Levenson on the God of Israel	77	(6)
2 St. Thomas Aquinas on the Knowledge and Will of God in His Unity	83	(27)
Chapter 4 The Paschal Mystery and Sapiential Theology of the Trinity	110	(34)
1 N.T. Wright and Richard Bauckham on Jesus and the Identity of God	112	(8)
2 Hans Urs von Balthasar on the Cross as Analog for the Trinity	120	(12)
3 The Paschal Mystery as Revelatory of the Trinity in Aquinas	132	(12)
Chapter 5 Scripture and the Psychological Analogy for the Trinity	144	(21)
1 Aquinas and the Psychological Analog)	149	(16)
Chapter 6 Biblical Exegesis and Sapiential Naming of the Divine Persons	165	(32)
1 The Person of the Father
2 The Person of the Son	179	(6)
3 The Person of the Holy Spirit	185	(12)
Chapter 7 Essence, Persons, and the Question of Trinitarian Metaphysics	197	(39)
1 Trinitarian Ontolog) in Clarke, Zizioulas, and Hiitter	202	(11)
2 Trinitarian Ontology and Aquinas's Approach	213	(23)
Conclusion	236	(6)
Index	242