| God's Grace and Human Action: 'Merit' in the Theology of Thomas Aquinas Contributor(s): Wawrykow, Joseph P. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0268044333 ISBN-13: 9780268044336 Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press OUR PRICE: $36.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography - Religion | Christian Theology - Soteriology - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Medieval |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 95-18777 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.90 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Offering a fresh approach to one significant aspect of the soteriology of Thomas Aquinas, God's Grace and Human Action brings new scholarship and insights to the issue of merit in Aquinas's theology. Through a careful historical analysis, Joseph P. Wawrykow delineates the precise function of merit in Aquinas's account of salvation. Wawrykow accounts for the changes in Thomas's teaching on merit from the early Scriptum on the Sentences of Peter Lombard to the later Summa theologiae in two ways. First, he demonstrates how the teaching of the Summa theologiae discloses the impact of Thomas's profound encounter with the later writings of Augustine on predestination and grace. Second, Wawrykow notes the implications of Thomas's mature theological judgment that merit is best understood in the context of the plan of divine wisdom. The portrayal of merit in sapiential terms in the Summa permits Thomas to insist that the attainment of salvation through merit testifies not only to the dignity of the human person but even more to the goodness of God. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wawrykow, Joseph P.: - Joseph P. Wawrykow teaches medieval theology at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of The Westminster Handbook to Thomas Aquinas (2005), and co-editor of Christ Among the Medieval Dominicans (1998) and The Theology of Thomas Aquinas (2005). |
