Levering Scripture and Metaphysics

Aquinas and the Renewal of Trinitarian Theology
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-4051-4367-7
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 264 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Challenges in Contemporary Theology

This book makes a major contribution to contemporary theologicaland philosophical debates, bridging scriptural and metaphysicalapproaches to the triune God.
* * Bridges the gap between scriptural and metaphysical approachesto biblical narratives.
* Retrieves Aquinas's understanding of theology ascontemplative wisdom.
* Structured around Aquinas's treatise on the triune God inhis 'Summa Theologiae'.
* Argues that intellectual contemplation is part of a broaderspiritual journey towards a better understanding of God.
* Contributes to the current resurgence of Thomistic theology inboth Protestant and Catholic circles.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Levering, Matthew

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
1 Setting the Scene: Theological Ends 12
Chapter 1 Sacra Doctrina: Wisdom, Scripture, and Metaphysics23
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 Theology53
2 Aquinas on Being and YHWH 57
Chapter 3 Scripture and Metaphysics in the Theology of God'sKnowledge 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 HisUnity 83
Chapter 4 The Paschal Mystery and Sapiential Theology of theTrinity 110
1 N. T. Wright and Richard Bauckham on Jesus and the Identity ofGod 112
2 Hans Urs von Balthasar on the Cross as Analog for the Trinity120
3 The Paschal Mystery as Revelatory of the Trinity in Aquinas132
Chapter 5 Scripture and the Psychological Analogy for theTrinity 144
1 Aquinas and the Psychological Analogy 149
Chapter 6 Biblical Exegesis and Sapiential Naming of theDivine 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 TrinitarianMetaphysics 197
1 Trinitarian Ontology in Clarke, Zizioulas, and Hütter202
2 Trinitarian Ontology and Aquinas's Approach 213
Conclusion 236
Index 242

Über Autor(innen)

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).