Rewritten theology : Aquinas after his readers / Mark D. Jordan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jordan, Mark D.

Series:

Challenges in contemporary theology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.

Thomas.

Physical Description:

xiv, 205 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2006.

Summary:

Recent years have seen numerous appropriations of Thomas Aquinas 's work by a range of theologians, from liberal Catholics to the creators of radical orthodoxy. Responding to this upsurge of interest, this book goes straight to the heart of the contemporary debates about Thomism.Author Mark Jordan focuses on the concept of authority, both in terms of Aquinas 's own attitude to authority and how the Church authorities have used Aquinas to shore up their own position. He shows how to read Aquinas from, into and against theological authorities, and argues for future readings of Thomas which are substantially different from those which have gone before.

Contents:

St. Thomas and the police

The competition of authoritative languages

Imaginary Thomistic sciences

Thomas's alleged Aristotelianism or Aristotle among the authorities

The protreptic of Against the Gentiles

The Summa of theology as moral formation

What the Summa of theology teaches

Philosophy in a Summa of theology

Writing secrets in a Summa of theology.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1405112204

1405112212

OCLC:

60349204

Publisher Number:

9781405112208 (hbk. : alk. paper)

9781405112215 (pbk. : alk. paper)