Aquinas

by Brian Davies

Overview

St. Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225-1274) is widely viewed as one of the greatest Christian thinkers of all time. Aquinas was the ultimate combination of theologian and philosopher; and his influence on Christian life and thought reaches from the Council of Trent to the Second Vatican Council and through to today.

Brian Davies shows that Aquinas's approach to the common questions of faith and existence is just as pressing and significant in our time. Here, the latest scholarship is incorporated with a clear and indispensable guide to Aquinas's thought.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826470959
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	01/03/2004
Series:	Outstanding Christian Thinkers
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	5.06(w) x 7.81(h) x 0.57(d)

About the Author

Brian Davies is Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University, New York, USA. His publications include An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion (Oxford University Press, 3rd edition, 2003) and The Thought of Thomas Aquinas (Oxford University Press, 1992).

Table of Contents

	Editorial Foreword	vii
	Preface	ix
	Bibliography	xi
	Abbreviations	xxiii
1	Introducing Aquinas	1
2	The Cast of a Mind	9
3	Building-Blocks	15
4	Being and Existence	23
5	Approaches to God	31
6	Ways to God	38
7	The Being of God	54
8	God-Talk	62
9	Creature and Creator	72
10	The Doing of God	80
11	Lower than the Angels	88
12	The Acting Person	96
13	The Free Human Creature	105
14	God and Goodness	113
15	The Problem of Evil	122
16	Father, Son, and Spirit	132
17	God Incarnate	140
18	Nature Enabled	150
19	Faith, Hope, and Charity	158
20	Prayer and Sacraments	170
21	Aquinas's Achievement	181
	Chronological List of Aquinas's Writings	193
	Index	196