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by: Aidan Nichols
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 230.2092
EAN: 9780802805140
ISBN: 0802805140
Label: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Manufacturer: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: 2003-03
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Sales Rank: 815313
Studio: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
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Thomas Aquinas is one of the great figures of church history, and his ideas continue to have a powerful effect on theologians and contemporary writers from very different backgrounds and traditions. In 'Discovering Aquinas' Aidan Nichols offers a lively and authoritative introduction to the life, thought, and ongoing influence of this singular churchman.
This book could not have come at a better time. After a lengthy period of declining interest in Aquinas, we are starting to see a Thomistic renaissance, including a renewed appreciation for the way Aquinas's work so brilliantly weaves together philosophy, theology, spirituality, revelation, and ethics. As Nichols writes, 'It is because of the wonderfully integrated character of the wisdom of Thomas Aquinas — integrated not only as supernatural with natural but also as 'thinking with love' — that the church in our day should not leave him as a fresco on a wall but find inspiration from his teaching and example.'
By means of writing as felicitous as it is insightful, Nichols chronicles the compelling facts of Aquinas's life, explores the major facets of his thought, establishes Aquinas's historical importance, and shows why many today are regarding him as a vital partner in current debates about the future of Christianity.
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Rating:  - Not for beginners
This book was recommended for background/preliminary reading for a course on Aquinas' thought. I have dipped into this book and the author clearly has great command of his subject; however, it is not a book for those who are not already aquainted with Aquinas. I think/hope that I will be able to get the most benefit from "Discovering Aquinas" after I've done the course. The writing is generally clear and elegant, there being just enough idiosyncratic turn of phrase to maintain interest and keep ... Read More
Rating:  - An excellent resource for Thomists
Thomas Aquinas is very relevant to the 21st century. In fact, "The hour is striking when a recall to the ontological theology of Thomas is urgent," (p. 182) writes Aidan Nichols, Prior of the Dominican House in Cambridge, England. Fr. Nichols is an accomplished philosopher who has become an accomplished theologian with such works as The Theology of Joseph Ratzinger: An Introductory Study (1994) and The Word Has Been Abroad: A Guide through Balthasar's Aesthetics (1998). In his Discovering Aquinas: ... Read More
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