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Author Wendlinder, Anastasia

Title Speaking of God in Thomas Aquinas and Meister Eckhart : Beyond Analogy
Published London : Taylor and Francis, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (205 pages)
Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: The Problems and Possibilities of Speaking About God; A. Current Scholarly Research on Eckhart and Aquinas; B. Articulating the â#x80;#x9C;Distinctionâ#x80;#x9D; Between Creator and Creatures; C. Summary: Speaking about God and Knowing God; 2 Study as Contemplation: The Mutual Contexts of Aquinas and Eckhart; A. Origin and Mission of the Dominican Order; B. The Development of Dominican Education; C. Aquinasâ#x80;#x99; Influence on the Dominican Life; D. Meister Eckhart; E. Summary
3 Thomas Aquinas: A Pedagogy for Speaking About GodA. Speech about God and Christian Forms of Life; B. The Scriptural Narrative of the Summa; C. The Method and Arrangement of the Summa; D. Question 1: Scripture as the Primary Source for Theology; 4 Thomas Aquinas: From â#x80;#x9C;Proofâ#x80;#x9D; to Analogy; A. Question 2: The Necessity of Demonstrating God; B. Questions 3 through 11: The Manner of the Creatorâ#x80;#x99;s Existence; C. Questions 12 and 13: Articulating Divine Incomprehensibility; 5 Meister Eckhart: From Analogy to Silence; A. Analogy in Action; B. Doctrine as Analogy; C. Analogy as Silence
6 Conclusion: Living Without a Why and the Christian Forms of LifeA. The Lessons of Aquinas and Eckhart; B. Christian Forms of Life as Analogical; C. The Way of Analogy and the Future of Christian Forms of Life; Bibliography
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Subject Eckhart, -Meister, -- 1327
God (Christianity) -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Thomas, -Aquinas, Saint, -1225?-1274
God (Christianity) -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781317051398
1317051394