Thomism Revisited
Will be published approx. on 30. April 2026
Book
Hardback
340 pages
978-1-009-45373-8 (ISBN)
Description
Thomism is a philosophical and theological body of ideas which arose as a legacy of the work and thought of Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274). It holds that there are enduring philosophical questions about reality, knowledge and value; that Thomism offers an ever-relevant set of answers to these; and that these answers constitute an integrated philosophical system. With periodic revivals, Thomism has exerted influence over philosophical and theological thinkers for many centuries. In this volume, leading specialists in Aquinas's thought revisit Thomism and assess how it is viewed today. They analyse its key features and show how it can speak to modern concerns not only in philosophy and theology, but also in contemporary science, biology and political theory. The volume will appeal to scholars and graduate students in philosophy, theology and related disciplines, and to all who are interested in the continuing power and development of Thomism.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
605 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-009-45373-8 (9781009453738)
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Gaven Kerr is a Lecturer in Philosophy and Academic Registrar at St Patrick's Pontifical University, Maynooth. He is the author of Aquinas's Way to God: The Proof in De Ente et Essentia (2014), Aquinas and the Metaphysics of Creation (2019), and Collected Articles on the Existence of God (2022).
Content
List of contributors; Introduction Gaven Kerr; 1. 'Aquinas on causation' Gloria Frost; 2. 'A metametaphysics of form' James Dominic Rooney; 3. 'Prime matter revisited' William M. R. Simpson; 4. 'Thomistic epistemology: realist, commonsensist' Jonathan Fuqua; 5. 'Aquinas on personhood: with notes to the postmodern conscience' Caitlin Smith Gilson; 6. 'Aquinas and disability' Catherine Peters; 7. 'Feminism and Thomism' Jordan McFadden; 8. 'Thomistic approaches to life and death issues' Patrick Lee; 9. 'Aquinas on living the virtuous life' Heidi Giebel; 10. 'Thomistic free expression' Janice Tzuling Chik; 11. 'The Thomistic critique of neo-classical theism' Edward Feser; 12. 'Divine truthmaker simplicity and Aquinas's doctrine of essential and participated perfections' W. Matthews Grant; 13. 'Philosophy for theology in the 21st century: charting the border between faith and reason' Matthew K. Minerd; 14. 'Aquinas and continental philosophy' Joshua Furnal; Bibliography; Index.