Aquinas among the Protestants

This major new book provides an introduction to Thomas Aquinas's influence on Protestantism. The editors, both noted commentators on Aquinas, bring together a group of influential scholars to demonstrate the ways that Anglican, Lutheran, and Reformed thinkers have analyzed and used Thomas through the centuries. Later chapters also explore how today's Protestants might appropriate the work of Aquinas to address a number of contemporary theological and philosophical issues.

The authors set the record straight and disavow the widespread impression that Aquinas is an irrelevant figure for the history of Protestant thought. This assumption has dominated not only Protestant historiography but also Roman Catholic accounts of the Reformation and Protestant intellectual life. The book opens the possibility for contemporary reception, engagement, and critique and even intra-Protestant relations and includes.

Information on the fruitful appropriation of Aquinas in Anglican, Lutheran, and Reformed theologians over the centuries.

Important essays from leading scholars on the teachings of Aquinas.

New perspectives on Thomas Aquinas's position as a towering figure in the history of Christian thought.

Manfred Svensson is Professor of Philosophy at the University of the Andes, Chile. His research has focused on Augustine, the idea of things indifferent (adiaphora), and on the history of toleration.

David Van Drunen is the Robert B. Strimple Professor of Systematic Theology and Christian Ethics at Westminster Seminary California. --Book Jacket.

Title Page ; Copyright Page; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Reception, Critique, and Use of Aquinas in Protestant Thought; Part I The Protestant Reception of Aquinas; Chapter 1 Deformation and Reformation: Thomas Aquinas and the Rise of Protestant Scholasticism; Early Protestant Narratives of Deformation and Reformation; School Theology and the Early Reformers; Protestantism and the Second Scholasticism; Conclusion; References; Chapter 2 Thomas Aquinas and Reformed Biblical Interpretation: The Contribution of William Whitaker.

Whitaker's Disputatio de Sacra Scriptura in the Reformed TraditionThe Philological Weakness of Aquinas's Exegesis; Aquinas and the Authority of Scripture; Aquinas and Hermeneutics; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 3 Jerome Zanchi's Use of Thomas Aquinas; The Doctrine of God; Methodology; Natural Philosophy; Concluding Remarks; Notes; References; Chapter 4 Richard Hooker and Thomas Aquinas on Defining Law; Divine Reason: The Original Source of Law; Angelic Law and Natural Law; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 5 Johann Gerhard's Reception of Thomas Aquinas's Analogia Entis.

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