1st Edition
Speaking of God in Thomas Aquinas and Meister Eckhart Beyond Analogy
By Anastasia Wendlinder
Copyright 2014
232 Pages
by
Routledge
230 Pages
by
Routledge
230 Pages
by
Routledge
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Medieval masters Thomas Aquinas and Meister Eckhart considered problems inherent to speaking of God, exploring how religious language might compromise God's transcendence or God's immanence ultimately hindering believers in their journey of faith seeking understanding. Going beyond ordinary readings of Aquinas and building a foundation for further insights into the works of both theologians, this... Read more
Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Introduction: The Problems and Possibilities of Speaking About God; Chapter 2 Study as Contemplation: The Mutual Contexts of Aquinas and Eckhart; Chapter 3 Thomas Aquinas: A Pedagogy for Speaking about God; Chapter 4 Thomas Aquinas: From “Proof” to Analogy; Chapter 5 Meister Eckhart: From Analogy to Silence; Chapter 6 Conclusion: Living Without a Why and the Christian Forms of Life;
Biography
Anastasia Wendlinder received her doctorate from the University of Notre Dame in Systematic Theology, her Masters of Arts in Theology from the Graduate Theological Union and her Bachelors of Arts in psychology and sociology at the University of Colorado in Boulder. She currently serves on the Religious Studies faculty of Gonzaga University and Co-Directs the Graduate Program in Religious Studies. Anastasia’s areas of expertise include the theologies of Thomas Aquinas and Meister Eckhart, Sacramental and Liturgical Theology, Ecumenical Dialog and the Theology of the Second Vatican Council.
