Scripture and metaphysics : Aquinas and the renewal of Trinitarian theology
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Scripture and metaphysics : Aquinas and the renewal of Trinitarian theology
(Challenges in contemporary theology)
Blackwell, 2004
- : pbk.
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
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.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
1 Setting the Scene: Theological Ends 12
Chapter 1 Sacra Doctrina: Wisdom, Scripture, and Metaphysics 23
1 Wisdom 28
2 Theologizing as a Wisdom-Exercise 34
3 Isaiah and St. John the Evangelist as Contemplatives 39
Chapter 2 YHWH and Being 47
1 R. Kendall Soulen's Post-Supersessionist Trinitarian Theology 53
2 Aquinas on Being and YHWH 57
Chapter 3 Scripture and Metaphysics in the Theology of God's Knowledge and Will 75
1 Jon D. Levenson on the God of Israel 77
2 St. Thomas Aquinas on the Knowledge and Will of God in His Unity 83
Chapter 4 The Paschal Mystery and Sapiential Theology of the Trinity 110
1 N. T. Wright and Richard Bauckham on Jesus and the Identity of God 112
2 Hans Urs von Balthasar on the Cross as Analog for the Trinity 120
3 The Paschal Mystery as Revelatory of the Trinity in Aquinas 132
Chapter 5 Scripture and the Psychological Analogy for the Trinity 144
1 Aquinas and the Psychological Analogy 149
Chapter 6 Biblical Exegesis and Sapiential Naming of the Divine Persons 165
1 The Person of the Father 169
2 The Person of the Son 179
3 The Person of the Holy Spirit 185
Chapter 7 Essence, Persons, and the Question of Trinitarian Metaphysics 197
1 Trinitarian Ontology in Clarke, Zizioulas, and Hutter 202
2 Trinitarian Ontology and Aquinas's Approach 213
Conclusion 236
Index 242
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