This book is a collection of new essays on Aquinas and Wittgenstein
written by some of the leading theologians and philosophers of
religion in the English-speaking world. It is inspired by ' and
dedicated to the memory of - Victor Preller, whose powerful
interpretations of these figures did much to prepare the ground for
recent discussions of religious language, knowledge of God, the
role of grace in human life, and the ethical significance of
virtue. Grammar and Grace frees Aquinas from the trappings of
traditional Thomism, just as it liberates Wittgenstein from the
relativism of the Wittgensteinian fideists. But the book is no mere
exercise in scholarly revisionism, for its main purpose is to
advance our understanding of the issues on which texts like the
Summa Theologiae and the Philosophical Investigations have a
bearing. This book will be essential reading for all those
interested in the interpretation of Aquinas and Wittgenstein, the
interface of religion and ethics, and the dialogue between
philosophy and theology. Contributors include: Jeffrey Stout and
Robert MacSwain; Victor Preller; Fergus Kerr; David Burrell;
Stanley Hauerwas; M. Jamie Ferreira; G. Scott Davis; Douglas
Langston; John Bowlin; Jennifer Herdt; Joseph Incandela; Bruce
Marshall; Eugene F. Rogers, Jr; Mark Larrimore "The work will be of
interest to scholars of Aquinas, Wittgenstein and Preller, as well
as students of moral theology and philosophy in general." Tracey
Rowland, John Paul II Institute (Melbourne), REVIEWS IN RELIGION
AND THEOLOGY, April 2005. "What unites this collection is the deep
grounding of the authors in both thinkers, allowing them to speak
in an idiom that is coherent and compelling, simply because it is
the language of the world in which we now dwell, a world that
cannot be accessed without the vocabulary of both Aquinas and
Wittgenstein. (...)This unique volume gives voice to a new
generation of interpretation for both Aquinas and Wittgenstein. In
drawing deeply from both thinkers, these writers offer us a more
Catholic Wittgenstein, by which I mean a more deeply humane thinker
who ponders an humanity apt for grace. They also give us an Aquinas
who still speaks trenchantly to our concerns." Terrance Klein, St
John's University, Staten Island, New York, The Thomist, 69, 3,
July, 2005.
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