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Essays in Medieval Philosophy and Theology in Memory of Walter H. Principe, CSB: Fortresses and Launching Pads book cover

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Essays in Medieval Philosophy and Theology in Memory of Walter H. Principe, CSB Fortresses and Launching Pads

By Carl N. Still Copyright 2005
192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge
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In his extensive work as a theologian and a historian, Walter H. Principe, CSB, (1922-1996) was committed to reflecting on both the present and the past. He was well-known as a historian of medieval theology and philosophy - especially through the work of Thomas Aquinas - as well as a contemporary theologian. This memorial collection addresses a fundamental feature of Principe's thought, namely... Read more
Contents: Introduction, James R. Ginther and Carl N. Still; Augustine's early Trinitarian thought, Joanne McWilliam; Mission and message: two prophetic voices in the 12th century, Abigail Ann Young; There is a text in this classroom: the Bible and theology in the Medieval university, James R. Ginther; Christology in the Quodlibets of Guerric of Saint-Quentin: a precursor of Thomas Aquinas?, Jean-Pierre Torrell, OP (translated by Charles Principe, CSB); Efficient causality and instrumentality in Thomas Aquinas's Theology of the Sacraments, Philip Lyndon Reynolds; An accomplishment of the moral part of Aquinas's Summa theologiae, Mark Johnson; The metaphysics of higher cognitive states in Thomas Aquinas, Pamela J. Reeve; Thomas Aquinas on the assent of faith, Carl N. Still; Capreolus on faith and the 'theologal' life, Romanus Cessario, OP; Richard Swinburne, St Thomas and many gods, Lawrence Dewan, OP; Sketches of Walter, Charles Principe, CSB; Bibliography of Walter H. Principe, CSB; Index.

Biography

James R. Ginther is Assistant Professor of Medieval Theology at St Louis University USA. He received his PhD from the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto, where Walter Principe was one of his principal teachers. In addition to having published studies on medieval exegesis, ecclesiology and preaching, Dr Ginther is the Director of the Electronic Grosseteste, a web-based research project. He is also completing a monographic study on the theology of Robert Grosseteste (c. 1170-1253). CARL N. STILL is Assistant Professor of Philosophy, and the Chair of the Department of Philosophy, at St. Thomas More College (Canada). In 1993, he received his MSL from the Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies, which he completed under the direction of Walter Principe and Edward Synan. He also completed his doctoral studies at the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto; his thesis was entitled 'Thomas Aquinas on Human Self-Knowledge: A Critical Study.' Dr. Still has also published on Thomas Aquinas's epistemology.

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