Thinking through revelation : Islamic, Jewish, and Christian philosophy in the Middle Ages / Robert J Dobie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dobie, Robert J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, Medieval.

Revelation.

Philosophy and religion.

Abrahamic religions.

Physical Description:

xi, 314 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, [2019]

Summary:

Navigating the seemingly competing claims of human reason and divine revelation to truth is without a doubt one of the central problems of medieval philosophy, Medieval thinkers argued a whole gamut of positions on the proper relation of religions faith to human reason. In Thinking through Revelation, Robert Dobie explores these positions by looking in detail at the thought of three of the most important philosopher-theologians of the Middle Ages: AVerroes, Moses Maímonídes, possibilities are available for navigating the age-old question of the proper relation bet ween faith and reason in a world in which questions of the ratiodiminishing but increasing in importance. Book jacket.

Contents:

Reason and revelation in the Middle Ages

What is decisive about Averroes's decisive treatise?

Is revelation really necessary? Revelation and the intellect in Averroes and Al-Ghazali

Law, covenant, and intellect in Moses Maimonides's guide of the perplexed

Natura as Creatura: Aquinas on nature as implicit revelation

Why does the unity of the intellect become such a burning issue in medieval thought? Aquinas on human knowing as incarnate knowing

Aquinas on revelation as incarnate divine intellect

The rationality of revelation in three traditions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780813231334

0813231337

OCLC:

1040197242