Scripture and Metaphysics: Aquinas and the Renewal of Trinitarian Theology

Matthew Levering

Apr 2008 · Sold by John Wiley & Sons

About this ebook

This book makes a major contribution to contemporary theological and philosophical debates, bridging scriptural and metaphysical approaches to the triune God.

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• 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 Thomistic theology in both Protestant and Catholic circles.

About the author

Matthew Levering is Assistant Professor of Theology at Ave Maria College in Ypsilanti, Michigan. He is the author of Christ’s Fulfilment of Torah and Temple (2002), coauthor of Knowing the Love of Christ: An Introduction to the Theology of St. Thomas Aquinas (2002), and coeditor of Reading John with St. Thomas Aquinas (forthcoming). He is the coeditor of the English edition of Nova et Vetera, and serves on the editorial board of the Catholic University of America’s Thomas Aquinas in Translation series. He has most recently edited and introduced On the Priesthood: Classic and Contemporary Texts (2003).