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Record Nr.

UNINA9910130870703321

Autore

Schumacher Lydia

Titolo

Divine illumination [[electronic resource] ] : the history and future of Augustine's theory of knowledge / / Lydia Schumacher

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011

ISBN

1-283-40816-3

9786613408167

1-4443-9507-6

1-4443-9509-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (266 p.)

Collana

Challenges in contemporary theology

Disciplina

189.2

231/.042

Soggetti

Knowledge, Theory of (Religion) - History of doctrines - Early church, ca. 30-600

Knowledge, Theory of (Religion) - History of doctrines - Middle Ages, 600-1500

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

DIVINE ILLUMINATION: The History and Future of Augustine's Theory of Knowledge; Contents; Acknowledgments; Editions; Abbreviations; Introduction; Augustine on Divine Illumination; Interpretations of Divine Illumination in Augustine ' s Thought; Interpretations of Divine Illumination in Medieval Thought; Re - interpreting the History of Augustine ' s Theory of Knowledge; 1: Augustine ( ad 354 - 430); Introduction; The Doctrine of God; Creation in the Image of God; The Fall and Redemption; Conforming to the Image of God; Divine Illumination; 2: Anselm ( ad 1033 - 1109); Introduction

The Image of GodConforming to the Image of God; Divine Illumination; Anselm the Augustinian; 3: Divine Illumination in Transition ( ad 1109 - 1257); Introduction; New Schools; New Translations; New Religious Challenges; New Religious Orders; New Intellectual Traditions; 4: Bonaventure (ad 1221 - 74); Introduction; The Doctrine of God; Creation in the Image of God; The Fall and Redemption; Conforming to



the Image of God; Divine Illumination; Bonaventure the Augustinian?; 5: Aquinas (ad 1225 - 74); Introduction; The Image of God; Conforming to the Image of God; Divine Illumination

Aquinas the Augustinian6: Divine Illumination in Decline(ad 1274 - c.1300); Introduction; Peter John Olivi (1248 - 98); Henry of Ghent (1217 - 93); John Duns Scotus (1265/6 - 1308); Augustinian and Franciscan Thought; Franciscan and Modern Thought; 7: The Future of Augustine ' s Theory of Knowledge; Introduction to a Theological Theory of Knowledge; Reason in a Theological Theory of Knowledge; Faith in a Theological Theory of Knowledge; Conclusion; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In Divine Illumination, Schumacher offers an original approach to Augustine's theory of divine illumination, the precondition of all human knowledge. Written with great originality and clarity, she traces the idea through medieval thinkers, into early modernity, and reveals its importance in modern theories of knowledge.   Takes an original approach to reading Augustine's theory of divine illumination and shows how the theory was transformed and reinterpreted in medieval philosophy and theologyPresents a groundbreaking way of thinking about t