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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Main Author: Levering, Matthew, 1971-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2004.
Series:Challenges in contemporary theology.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1 Setting the Scene: Theological Ends
  • Chapter 1 Sacra Doctrina: Wisdom, Scripture, and Metaphysics
  • 1 Wisdom
  • 2 Theologizing as a Wisdom-Exercise
  • 3 Isaiah and St. John the Evangelist as Contemplatives
  • Chapter 2 YHWH and Being
  • 1 R. Kendall Soulen's Post-Supersessionist Trinitarian Theology
  • 2 Aquinas on Being and YHWH
  • Chapter 3 Scripture and Metaphysics and the Theology of God's Knowledge and Will
  • 1 Jon D. Levenson on the God of Israel
  • 2 St. Thomas Aquinas on the Knowledge and Will of God in His Unity
  • Chapter 4 The Paschal Mystery and Sapiential Theology of the Trinity
  • 1 N.T. Wright and Richard Bauckham on Jesus and the Identity of God
  • 2 Hans Urs von Balthasar on the Cross as Analog for the Trinity
  • 3 The Paschal Mystery as Revelatory of the Trinity in Aquinas
  • Chapter 5 Scripture and the Psychologial Analgoy for the Trinity
  • 1 Aquinas and the Psychological Analogy
  • Chapter 6 Biblical Exegnesis and Sapiental Naming of the Divine Persons
  • 1 The Person of the Father
  • 2 The Person of the Son
  • 3 The Person of the Holy Spirit
  • Chapter 7 Essence, Persons, and the Question of Trinitarian Metaphysics
  • 1 Trinitarian Ontology in Clarke, Zizioulas, and Hütter
  • 2 Trinitarian Ontology and Aquinas's Approach
  • Conclusion.