Aristotle in Aquinas's Theology explores the role of Aristotelian
concepts, principles, and themes in Thomas Aquinas's theology. Each
chapter investigates the significance of Aquinas's theological
reception of Aristotle in a central theological domain: the
Trinity, the angels, soul and body, the Mosaic law, grace, charity,
justice, contemplation and action, Christ, and the sacraments. In
general, the essays focus on the Summa theologiae, but some range
more widely in Aquinas's corpus. For some time, it has above all
been the influence of Aristotle on Aquinas's philosophy that has
been the centre of attention. Perhaps in reaction to philosophical
neo-Thomism, or perhaps because this Aristotelian influence appears
no longer necessary to demonstrate, the role of Aristotle in
Aquinas's theology presently receives less theological attention
than does Aquinas's use of other authorities (whether Scripture or
particular Fathers), especially in domains outside of theological
ethics. Indeed, in some theological circles the influence of
Aristotle upon Aquinas's theology is no longer well understood.
Readers will encounter here the great Aristotelian themes, such as
act and potency, God as pure act, substance and accidents, power
and generation, change and motion, fourfold causality, form and
matter, hylomorphic anthropology, the structure of intellection,
the relationship between knowledge and will, happiness and
friendship, habits and virtues, contemplation and action, politics
and justice, the best form of government, and private property and
the common good. The ten essays in this book engage Aquinas's
reception of Aristotle in his theology from a variety of points of
view: historical, philosophical, and constructively theological.
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