The Theology of Thomas Aquinas

by Van Nieuwenhove, Rik; Wawrykow, Joseph

• ISBN13: 9780268043643
• ISBN10: 0268043647
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-08-15
• Publisher: Longleaf Pr

Summary

A ChoiceOutstanding Academic Book "Readers will be grateful for this excellent comprehensive survey of Aquinas' theology. It is a compendium in the best sense of the word, both introduction for beginners and a reliable source of information for advanced scholars. Even experts in Thomist thought will highly appreciate the great number of original and stimulating essays which provide new views and interpretations of seemingly well known texts." -- Ulrich Horst, O.P., Ludwig Maximilian University This comprehensive volume provides an in-depth overview of every major aspect of Thomas Aquinas's theology. Contributors offer fresh and compelling readings of Aquinas on the Trinity, creation theology, theory of analogy, anthropology, predestination and human freedom, evil and original sin, Christology and grace, soteriology, eschatology, sacramentology, ecclesiology, moral theology, the relation between theology and philosophy, and scriptural exegesis. Contributors to The Theology of Thomas Aquinascome from seven different countries and a variety of specialties within the discipline of theology. Their diverse perspectives add considerable merit to the depth and breadth of this project. Contributors both outline the thought of Aquinas in its own right and bring it into dialogue with present theological concerns. The high quality of these essays make this volume a valuable reference tool.

Author Biography

Rik Van Nieuwenhove is lecturer in theology at Mary Immaculate College in Limerick, Ireland. He is the author of Jan van Ruusbroec, Mystical Theologian of the Trinity, published by the University of Notre Dame Press. Joseph Wawrykow is associate professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of God's Grace and Human Action and co-editor of Christ among the Medieval Dominicans, both published by the University of Notre Dame Press.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Contributors	p. xi
Abbreviations	p. xiii
Editors' Preface	p. xix
Quod Scit Una Uetula: Aquinas on the Nature of Theology	p. 1
Trinity	p. 36
Trinity and Creation	p. 58
Analogy, Creation, and Theological Language	p. 77
Divine Foreknowledge, Providence, Predestination, and Human Freedom	p. 99
Trinitarian Anthropology	p. 123
Evil, Sin, and Death: Thomas Aquinas on Original Sin	p. 143
Right Reason and the Love of God: The Parameters of Aquinas' Moral Theology	p. 167
Grace	p. 192
Hypostatic Union	p. 222
The Humanity of Christ, the Incarnate Word	p. 252
ôBearing the Marks of Christ's Passionö: Aquinas' Soteriology	p. 277
Theology of Church	p. 303
Sacraments	p. 326
Eschatology	p. 365
Thomas Aquinas as Interpreter of Scripture	p. 386
Philosophical Theology and Analytical Philosophy in Aquinas	p. 416
Faith and Reason Follow Glory	p. 442
A Note on the Literature	p. 460
Index	p. 461
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