Matthew Levering

Scripture and Metaphysics

Aquinas and the Renewal of Trinitarian Theology

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Produktbeschreibung

In this major contribution to contemporary theological and philosophical debates, Matthew Levering bridges the gap between scriptural and metaphysical approaches to the triune God. Levering's argument rests upon St. Thomas Aquinas's understanding of theology as contemplative wisdom. Taking us through Aquinas's theology of God as One and Three, he demonstrates that Trinitarian theology should be a spiritual exercise assisting our movement from self- to God-centeredness. Crucial to the spiritual exercise is the contemplative appropriation of biblical revelation, which, Levering argues, has to be joined to a correspondingly rich metaphysical analysis if the "God" who is revealed is to be understood in a non-idolatrous fashion. In chapters that broadly follow the structure of Aquinas's treatise on God in his Summa Theologiae, Levering engages with a wide range of contemporary theologians, biblical exegetes, and philosophers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Mai 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 393g
• ISBN-13: 9781405117340
• ISBN-10: 1405117346
• Artikelnr.: 22104409

Autorenporträt

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).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction 1

1 Setting the Scene: Theological Ends 12

Chapter 1 Sacra Doctrina: Wisdom, Scripture, and Metaphysics23

1 Wisdom 28

2 Theologizing as a Wisdom-Exercise 34

3 Isaiah and St. John the Evangelist as Contemplatives 39

Chapter 2 YHWH and Being 47

1 R. Kendall Soulen's Post-Supersessionist Trinitarian Theology53

2 Aquinas on Being and YHWH 57

Chapter 3 Scripture and Metaphysics in the Theology of God'sKnowledge and Will 75

1 Jon D. Levenson on the God of Israel 77

2 St. Thomas Aquinas on the Knowledge and Will of God in HisUnity 83

Chapter 4 The Paschal Mystery and Sapiential Theology of theTrinity 110

1 N. T. Wright and Richard Bauckham on Jesus and the Identity ofGod 112

2 Hans Urs von Balthasar on the Cross as Analog for the Trinity120

3 The Paschal Mystery as Revelatory of the Trinity in Aquinas132

Chapter 5 Scripture and the Psychological Analogy for theTrinity 144

1 Aquinas and the Psychological Analogy 149

Chapter 6 Biblical Exegesis and Sapiential Naming of theDivine Persons 165

1 The Person of the Father 169

2 The Person of the Son 179

3 The Person of the Holy Spirit 185

Chapter 7 Essence, Persons, and the Question of TrinitarianMetaphysics 197

1 Trinitarian Ontology in Clarke, Zizioulas, and Hütter202

2 Trinitarian Ontology and Aquinas's Approach 213

Conclusion 236

Index 242

Rezensionen

"Levering's Introduction did not fail to stimulatemy interest. Probably of greatest interest will be interactionswith some of the renowned Jewish and Christian exegetes in thechapters to come." (AMAIC Philosophy, 8 February2013)"... lucidly written, thoroughly documented, an astonishingachievement." Fergus Kerr OP, Blackfriars, Oxford

"A substantive contribution to Trinitarian theology, and anexemplification of how theology ought to be done." William T.Cavanaugh, University of St Thomas

"Matthew Levering is not content with merely explaining thegenuine teaching of St. Thomas Aquinas but also makes him an activepartner in today's theological debate. With both a critical mindand a deep sense of Christian tradition, Levering offers the moststimulating introduction to Aquinas's Trinitarian theologyavailable today." Gilles Emery, OP, Professor of DogmaticTheology, University of Fribourg

"...in eloquently and clearly setting Aquinas over against manyof the most influential voices in theology today, and showing hisrelevance by liberating him from stereotypicals dismissals,Scripture and Metaphysics lays a path for furtherinvestigation that will be fruitful for those who follow it."Journal of Ecclesiastical History