Name: Thomas Aquinas
Price: 9.16 GBP
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Author: Fergus Kerr
ISBN: 9780199556649

Thomas Aquinas, an Italian Catholic priest in the early thirteeth century, is considered to be one of the great Christian thinkers who had, and who still has, a profound influence on Western thought. He was a controversial figure who was exposed and engaged in conflict. This Very Short Introduction looks at Aquinas in a historical context, and explores the Church and culture into which Aquinas was born. It considers Aquinas as philosopher, and looks at the relationship between philosophy and religion in the thirteenth century. Fergus Kerr, in this engaging and informative introduction, will make The Summa Theologiae, Aquinas's greatest single work, accessible to new readers. It will also reflect on the importance of Thomas Aquinas in modern debates and asks why Aquinas matters now.

Thomas Aquinas and Twentieth-Century Catholic Theologians

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Aquinas wrote so much, with such complexity and so long ago, that he is beyond reach to most readers. Moreover he so influenced the western church’s developing orthodoxies about, for example, reason in faith, the nature of the Trinity, and the possibility of knowing God, that it is hard for many to know what is due to Aquinas and what is not. This book brings much into focus by beginning with the man himself and his career, by being selective about his writings, and by closing with a short summary of his legacy, ‘Thomism’, represented as specific church doctrines. The book’s main focus within this structure is Summa Theologiae, summarised with offered explanations in a chapter for each of its three parts. This is therefore an extremely useful book of reference and clarification.

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