It could have been otherwise : contingency and necessity in Dominican theology at Oxford, 1300-1350 / by Hester Goodenough Gelber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gelber, Hester Goodenough, 1943-

Series:

Studien und Texte zur Geistesgeschichte des Mittelalters ; Bd. 81.

Studien und Texte zur Geistesgeschichte des Mittelalters, 0169-8028 ; Bd. 81

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dominicans--England--Oxford--Theology--History--To 1500.

Dominicans.

Philosophical theology--History--To 1500.

Philosophical theology.

Contingency (Philosophy)--History--To 1500.

Contingency (Philosophy).

Necessity (Philosophy)--History--To 1500.

Necessity (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (423 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume deals with the Dominicans at Oxford University from 1300-1350. It describes the history of the Oxford friary, who the friars were, who were there, how they were chosen and the intellectual life they created. It develops the idea of the friary as a conversational community. The theology of four friars is dealt with in depth: Hugh of Lawton, Arnold of Strelley, William Crathorn and Robert Holcot, relying often on unedited manuscript sources. The focus is on their response to the modal theory of Duns Scotus and Ockham. Discussions of necessity, contingency, divine foreknowledge, a deceiver God, invincible ignorance, and God s absolute power, are highly ingenious. Several develop an obligational theology based on the technique of obligational debate."

Contents:

Intro

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

Chapter 1. The Making of a Conversational Community

A. The Provincial Priors

B. Doctors of Theology

1. Blackfriars from 1300 to 1312

2. Years of Crisis&amp

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Blackfriars from 1312 to 1320

3. Blackfriars under John of Bristol&amp

1317 to 1327

4. Blackfriars under Simon of Boraston&amp

1327 to 1336

5. The Provincialates of Winkley, Dutton and Strelley&amp

1337 to 1349

C. Intellectual Life

Chapter 2. A Community Census

A. Blackfriars from 1300 to 1312

B. Blackfriars from 1312 to 1320

C. Blackfriars under John of Bristol&amp

1317&amp

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1327

D. Blackfriars under Simon of Boraston&amp

1327&amp

1336

E. The Provincialates of Winkley, Dutton and Strelley&amp

1337&amp

1349

Chapter 3. New Directions in Modal Theory

A. Thomas Aquinas on Modality

B. The Fourteenth Century Reaction

C. Enter the Ars obligatoria

D. Conclusion

Chapter 4. Emergence of an Obligational Theology

A. John Duns Scotus

B. Arnold of Strelley

C. Robert Holcot

Chapter 5. The Limits of Lying

A. Covenant and Contract among the Dominicans

B. Could God Deceive Us?

C. Conclusion

Chapter 6. Troubling Necessities

A. Immutability Implies Necessity

B. Necessities of Past and Consequent

Chapter 7. Invincible Ignorance

A. Arnold of Strelley

B. Intuitive Cognition of Non-Existents

C. William Crathorn

D. A Case of Mistaken Identity

E. Conclusion

Chapter 8. God's Absolute and Ordained Power

A. Revisiting the Modern Controversy

B. Dominicans on God's Power

C. God's Knowledge of a Non-Existent Rose

Epilogue

Bibliography.

Index of Ancient and Medieval Names

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

U

V

W

Index of Modern Authors

K

Q

Y

Z.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [361]-399) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-280-91530-7

9786610915309

90-474-0559-5

1-4294-0832-4

OCLC:

191952899