The Oxford Handbook of Aquinas

W. P. Haggerty, CHOICE This collection is necessary reading for all students of St. Thomas and should become a standard reference in every university library supporting programs in medieval philosophy and theology.

<br>Brian Davies is Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University, New York, where he has taught since 1995. He previously taught at Oxford University, U.K. In 2005 he received the American Catholic Philosophical Association's Aquinas Medal for Eminence in Philosophy. His research interests are in medieval philosophy and philosophy of religion. He is currently the Editor of Oxford University Press's 'Great Christian Thinkers' series. <br>Eleonore Stump is the Robert J. Henle, SJ, Professor of Philosophy at Saint Louis University, where she has taught since 1992. She is past president of the Society of Christian Philosophers, the American Catholic Philosophical Association, and the American Philosophical Association, Central Division. She presented the Gifford Lectures in Aberdeen, Scotland (2003), the Wilde lectures at Oxford (2006), and the Stewart lectures at Princeton (2009). In 2004, she received the Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching from Baylor University. Her research interests are in medieval philosophy, philosophy of religion, and contemporary metaphysics.<br>

INTRODUCTION; 1. Life and Works; 2. Historical Background; (A) AQUINAS AND ARISTOTLE; (B) AUGUSTINE TO AQUINAS (LATIN-CHRISTIAN AUTHORS); (C) AQUINAS, PLATO, AND NEO-PLATONISM; (D) AQUINAS AND JEWISH AND ISLAMIC AUTHORS; 3. Metaphysics and the Existence of God; (A) BEING; (B) MATTER, FORM, AND INDIVIDUATION; (C) CAUSATION; (D) THE FIVE WAYS; (E) THE LIMITS OF LANGUAGE AND THE NOTION OF ANALOGY; 4. The Divine Nature; (A) GOD'S SIMPLICITY; (B) GOD'S GOODNESS; (C) GOD'S KNOWLEDGE AND WILL; (D) GOD'S IMPASSIBILITY, IMMUTABILITY, AND ETERNALITY; (E) GOD'S OMNIPOTENCE; 5. Ethics and Action Theory; (A) HUMAN FREEDOM AND AGENCY; (B) EMOTIONS; (C) HAPPINESS; (D) LAW AND NATURAL LAW; (E) CONSCIENCE AND SYNDERESIS; (F) VIRTUES AND VICES; (G) PRACTICAL REASONING; 6. Epistemology; (A) HUMAN KNOWLEDGE; (B) INTELLECTUAL VIRTUES; (C) THE RELATION OF REASON TO FAITH; 7. Philosophy of Mind and Human Nature; 8. Theory of Language; 9. The Theological Virtues; 10. Providence and the Problem of Evil; 11. Philosophical Theology; (A) TRINITY; (B) INCARNATION; (C) THE SAVING WORK OF CHRIST; (D) SACRAMENTS; (E) RESURRECTION AND THE SEPARATED SOUL; (F) PRAYER; (G) THE GIFTS AND FRUITS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT; 12. The Development of Aquinas's Thought; 13. The Influence of Aquinas; CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF AQUINAS'S WRITINGS; EDITIONS AND TRANSLATIONS