Scripture and metaphysics : Aquinas and the renewal of Trinitarian theology /
In this major contribution to contemporary theological and philosophical debates, Matthew Levering bridges the gap between scriptural and metaphysical approaches to the triune God. Levering's argument rests upon St. Thomas Aquinas's understanding of theology as contemplative wisdom. Taking...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Malden, MA :
Blackwell Pub.,
2004.
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| Series: | Challenges in contemporary theology.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | In this major contribution to contemporary theological and philosophical debates, Matthew Levering bridges the gap between scriptural and metaphysical approaches to the triune God. Levering's argument rests upon St. Thomas Aquinas's understanding of theology as contemplative wisdom. Taking us through Aquinas's theology of God as One and Three, he demonstrates that Trinitarian theology should be a spiritual exercise assisting our movement from self- to God-centeredness. Crucial to the spiritual exercise is the contemplative appropriation of biblical revelation, which, Levering argues, has to be joined to a correspondingly rich metaphysical analysis if the "God" who is revealed is to be understood in a non-idolatrous fashion. In chapters that broadly follow the structure of Aquinas's treatise on God in his Summa Theologiae, Levering engages with a wide range of contemporary theologians, biblical exegetes, and philosophers |
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| Item Description: | Wiley EBA |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 254 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780470773918 047077391X 1405143673 9781405143677 1280198370 9781280198373 9781405117333 1405117338 9781405117340 1405117346 9786610198375 6610198373 0470799048 9780470799048 |
