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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830021003321

Autore

Levering Matthew <1971->

Titolo

Scripture and metaphysics : Aquinas and the renewal of Trinitarian theology / / Matthew Levering

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA : , : Blackwell Publishing Ltd, , [2004]

©2004

ISBN

1-280-19837-0

9786610198375

0-470-79904-8

0-470-77391-X

1-4051-4367-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (266 p.)

Collana

Challenges in contemporary theology

Disciplina

230.01

Soggetti

Philosophical theology

Trinity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Scripture and Metaphysics: Aquinas and the Renewal of Trinitarian Theology; 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 in 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 UnityChapter 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 Psychological Analogy for the Trinity; 1 Aquinas and the Psychological Analogy; Chapter 6 Biblical Exegesis and Sapiential 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 Metaphysics1 Trinitarian Ontology in Clarke, Zizioulas, and Hütter; 2 Trinitarian Ontology and Aquinas's Approach; Conclusion; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book makes a major contribution to contemporary theological and philosophical debates, bridging scriptural and metaphysical approaches to the triune God.Bridges the gap between scriptural and metaphysical approaches to biblical narratives.Retrieves Aquinas's understanding of theology as contemplative wisdom.Structured around Aquinas's treatise on the triune God in his 'Summa Theologiae'.Argues that intellectual contemplation is part of a broader spiritual journey towards a better understanding of God.Contributes to the current resurgence of