Aquinas and radical orthodoxy : a critical inquiry / Paul J. DeHart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DeHart, Paul J., 1964-

Series:

Routledge studies in religion

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.

Thomas.

Philosophical theology.

Postmodern theology.

Radicalism--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Radicalism.

Physical Description:

xiii, 237 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2011.

Contents:

1 Radical Orthodoxy: A Genealogy of a Genealogy 1

2 Aquinas among the Radically Orthodox: Investigations, Invocations, Altercations 15

Part I On Being Heard but Not Seen

3 Clashes at Cambridge: The Dispute with Nicholas Lash and the Emergence of Milbank's Aquinas 37

4 Language or Ontology? Milbank's Aquinas and the Nature of Analogy 49

5 Revelation's 'Evacuation' of Metaphysics (I): First Philosophy as Ersatz Theology 64

6 Revelation's 'Evacuation' of Metaphysics (II): The Truncated Object of First Philosophy 79

Part II On Seeing Only What One Wants to See

7 "Token Bumpkinhood" (I): Pickstock, Aquinas and the Creative Dimension of Knowledge 99

8 "Token Bumpkinhood" (II): Pickstock, Aquinas and the Truth in the Divine Ideas 111

9 The Creature as the Creator's Unveiling: Aquinas as Phenomenologist According to Milbank 129

10 Knowing God's Essence: Does 'No' Mean 'No'? 143

11 Why All Knowledge Is Supernatural: Milbank's Aquinas, Aristotle and the Demotion of Substance 154

12 Divine Revelation and Human Performance: Milbank's Aquinas on the Trinity 167

13 Conclusion 185.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9780415892414

0415892414

OCLC:

690084607