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Christ's Two Wills in Scholastic Thought
The Christology of Aquinas and Its Historical Contexts
Corey L. Barnes
- Pages: approx. 350 p.
- Size:150 x 230 mm
- Language(s):English
- Publication Year:2012
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- ISBN: 978-0-88844-178-2
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This book investigates scholastic discussions of Christ's wills from Anselm of Canterbury to John Duns Scotus, concentrating on Thomas Aquinas.
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An exemplary piece of historical theology! Indeed, it is an excellent contribution to a very important topic that has more than merely historical significance. Barnes’ fine-grained, but nimble analysis of Aquinas’ conception of Christ’s humanity, carefully situated within its thirteenth-century scholastic context, illumines both the crucial dependence and remarkable originality of the Dominican’s mature Christology. It also points up the perduring theological value of the highly integrated nature of scholastic reflection on the person and work of Christ. (Boyd Coolman, Boston College)
"Beachtet man die von uns benannten Grenzen, so bietet die vorliegende Studie eine instruktive Erschliessung scholastischer Christologie im Ausgang von einem wichtigen Spezialproblem. (...) Auch so bietet die Studie jedoch neben zuverlässigen theologiehistorischen Informationen viele Anregungen und Herausforderungen für ein heutiges Nachdenken über das Ineinader von Gottheit und Menschheit in Christus." (Thomas Marschler, in: Archa Verbi, Vol. 10 (2014), p. 217-220)
Summary
This book investigates scholastic discussions of Christ's wills from Anselm of Canterbury to John Duns Scotus, concentrating on Thomas Aquinas. The general analysis serves as a backdrop for examining the role granted to Christ's humanity by Aquinas.
Corey Barnes holds degrees from the Yale Divinity School and a doctorate from the University of Notre Dame, and is currently an assistant professor of Religion at Oberlin College.
