A Brief Life of Aquinas: The Theologian in His Context - Brossura

Torrell, Jean-Pierre

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ISBN 10: 0813237963 ISBN 13: 9780813237961

Casa editrice: Catholic Univ of Amer Pr, 2024

Riassunto

Part biography, part travelogue, part theology, Jean-Pierre Torrell, OP's A Brief Life of Thomas Aquinas is a multi-faceted look at the life and the writings of Saint Thomas Aquinas. Torrell's hope is that his biography of the doctor communis intertwined with his theological examination of Aquinas's writings will enable the reader to understand the person behind the writer and the writer behind the person. Aquinas's life, Torrell claims, can shed light on his work with respect not only to their number, or to the varied topics he writes about, but to their content as well. It would be inaccurate to view Aquinas hiding behind a mountain of books in the cells he occupied in the various houses he inhabited around the Dominican world. He taught, he preached, he debated, he faced a number of conflicts of ideas that were not of his own making, but out of which would come some of his best-known writings. Torrell's unique approach makes accessible one of the greatest minds of our tradition and the richness of the legacy he left the Church.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Catholic Univ of Amer Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2024
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0813237963
• ISBN 13: 9780813237961
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 174
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile