Hackett Publishing

The selections included in this anthology, drawn from a variety of Aquinas’ works, focus on the roles of reason and faith in philosophy and theology. Expanding on these themes are Aquinas’ discussions of the nature and domain of theology; the knowledge of God and of God’s attributes attainable through natural reason; the life of God, including God’s will, justice, mercy, and providence; and the principal Christian mysteries treated in theology properly speaking—the Trinity and the Incarnation.

“Stephen Brown of Boston College has done an extremely useful service in providing this anthology of appropriate readings on Aquinas and his views on ‘faith and reason.’ The selections are intelligently chosen; the introduction to the book is excellent, especially the section locating Aquinas over against Augustine.”
—Ian Markham, Theological Book Review

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Preface. General Introduction.

PART I: Faith, Reason, and Theological Knowledge. The Scientific Aspects: Summa Theologica, Prologue and Part One, Q. 1; The Declarative Aspects: Exposition of the “De Trinitate” of Boethius, Q. 2; Dimensions of Faith: Summa Theologica, Second Part of Part Two, Qs. 1-7.

PART II: Reason and the Natural Knowledge of God. God’s Existence: Summa Theologica, Part One, Q. 2; Manner of God’s Existence: Summa Theologica, Part One, Qs. 3 and 4; The Divine Operations: Summa Theologica, Part One, Qs. 18-22.

PART III: The God of Christian Faith. The Triune God: Summa Theologica, Part One, Qs. 30-32; God Incarnate: I. Commentary on the Gospel of Saint John, Lectures 1 and 7, II. Sermon on the Apostles’ Creed, II-IV.

Key to Aquinas’s Sources. Bibliography.

Stephen F. Brown is Professor of Theology, Boston College.