Aquinas in Dialogue: Thomas for the Twenty-First Century
Written and edited by leading scholars in the field, this collection explores Aquinas’ continuing relevance to contemporary theology and his ability to enlighten inter- and intra-faith dialogue.

  • Explores Aquinas’ continuing relevance to contemporary theology.

  • Looks at how Aquinas illuminates dialogue both among Christians and between Christians and non-Christians today.

  • Written by both scholars of Aquinas and those who are actively involved in ecumenical and inter-religious dialogue.

  • Topics range from Aquinas and Eastern Orthodoxy to Aquinas and atheism.

  • Helps us to think rigorously about what is required to speak truthfully to people with different beliefs.
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Aquinas in Dialogue: Thomas for the Twenty-First Century
Written and edited by leading scholars in the field, this collection explores Aquinas’ continuing relevance to contemporary theology and his ability to enlighten inter- and intra-faith dialogue.

  • Explores Aquinas’ continuing relevance to contemporary theology.

  • Looks at how Aquinas illuminates dialogue both among Christians and between Christians and non-Christians today.

  • Written by both scholars of Aquinas and those who are actively involved in ecumenical and inter-religious dialogue.

  • Topics range from Aquinas and Eastern Orthodoxy to Aquinas and atheism.

  • Helps us to think rigorously about what is required to speak truthfully to people with different beliefs.
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Aquinas in Dialogue: Thomas for the Twenty-First Century

Aquinas in Dialogue: Thomas for the Twenty-First Century

Aquinas in Dialogue: Thomas for the Twenty-First Century

Aquinas in Dialogue: Thomas for the Twenty-First Century

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Overview

Written and edited by leading scholars in the field, this collection explores Aquinas’ continuing relevance to contemporary theology and his ability to enlighten inter- and intra-faith dialogue.

  • Explores Aquinas’ continuing relevance to contemporary theology.

  • Looks at how Aquinas illuminates dialogue both among Christians and between Christians and non-Christians today.

  • Written by both scholars of Aquinas and those who are actively involved in ecumenical and inter-religious dialogue.

  • Topics range from Aquinas and Eastern Orthodoxy to Aquinas and atheism.

  • Helps us to think rigorously about what is required to speak truthfully to people with different beliefs.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781405119313
Publisher: Wiley
Publication date: 08/13/2004
Series: Directions in Modern Theology
Pages: 196
Product dimensions: 6.04(w) x 9.09(h) x 0.38(d)

About the Author

Jim Fodor is Associate Professor of Theology at St. Bonaventure University. He is the co-editor of the journal, Modern Theology, and the author of Christian Hermeneutics: Paul Ricoeur and the Refiguring of Theology (1995).


Frederick C. Bauerschmidt is Associate Professor of Theology at Loyola College in Maryland. He is the co-editor of the journal, Modern Theology, and the author of Julian of Norwich and the Mystical Body Politic of Christ (1999) and Why the Mystics Matter (2003).

Table of Contents

1. Aquinas, Merit and Reformation Theology After the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification: Michael Root (Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary).

2. Ex Occidente Lux? Aquinas and Eastern Orthodox Theology: Bruce D. Marshall (Southern Methodist University).

3. Thomas Aquinas and Judaism: Henk J. M. Schoot (Catholic Theological University of Utrecht) and Pim Valkenberg (Catholic University of Nijmegen).

4. Thomas Aquinas and Islam: David B. Burrell, CSC (University of Notre Dame).

5. Aquinas Meets the Buddhists: Prolegomenon to an Authentically Thomas-ist Basis for Dialogue: Paul Williams (University of Bristol).

6. Aquinas and Analytical Philosophy: Natural Allies?: Fergus Kerr, OP (Blackfriars).

7. On Denying the Right God: Aquinas on Atheism and Idolatry: Denys Turner (University of Cambridge).

8. Shouting in the Land of the Hard of Hearing: Ob Being a Hillbilly Thomist: Frederick Christian Bauerschmidt (Loyola College).

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