Duns Scotus On Divine Love

Author : A. Vos
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351942670
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Duns Scotus on Divine Love written by A. Vos and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-08 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The medieval philosopher and theologian John Duns Scotus (1266-1308) was one of the great thinkers of Western intellectual culture, exerting a considerable influence over many centuries. He had a genius for original and subtle philosophical analysis, with the motive behind his philosophical method being his faith. His texts are famous not only for their complexity, but also for their brilliance, their systematic precision, and the profound faith revealed. The texts presented in this new commentary show that Scotus' thought is not moved by a love for the abstract or technical, but that a high level of abstraction and technicality was needed for his precise conceptual analysis of Christian faith. Presenting a selection of nine fundamental theological texts of Duns Scotus, some translated into English for the first time, this book provides detailed commentary on each text to reveal Scotus' conception of divine goodness and the nature of the human response to that goodness. Following an introduction which includes an overview of Scotus' life and works, the editors highlight Scotus' theological insights, many of which are explored here for the first time, and shed new light on topics which were, and still are, hotly discussed. Scotus is seen to be the first theologian in the history of Christian thought who succeeds in developing a consistent conceptual framework for the conviction that both God and human beings are essentially free. Offering unique insights into Scotus' theological writings and faith, and a particular contribution to contemporary debate on Scotus' ethics, this book contributes to a clearer understanding of the whole of Scotus' thought.

Author : Thomas Ward
Publisher : Angelico Press
ISBN 13 : 1621388832
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ordered by Love written by Thomas Ward and published by Angelico Press. This book was released on 2022-11 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Duns Scotus (1265–1308), beatified by Pope St. John Paul II in 1993, is widely recognized as one of the most original and influential philosophers and theologians of the Middle Ages. Ordered by Love offers a sympathetic exploration of a wide range of Scotus’s thought. Topics covered include his understanding of the relationship between faith and reason, his doctrine of individuation by “haecceity” (thisness), his theory of the univocity of the concept of being, his emphasis on God’s freedom and its supposed consequences for moral theory, his defense of Mary’s immaculate conception, and his teaching on the primacy of Christ.

Author : John Duns Scotus
Publisher : Franciscan Institute
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 614 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Questions on the Metaphysics of Aristotle: Books one-five written by John Duns Scotus and published by Franciscan Institute. This book was released on 1997 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richard Cross
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351942654
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Duns Scotus on God written by Richard Cross and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-07 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Franciscan John Duns Scotus (c. 1266-1308) is the philosopher's theologian par excellence: more than any of his contemporaries, he is interested in arguments for their own sake. Making use of the tools of modern philosophy, Richard Cross presents a thorough account of Duns Scotus's arguments on God and the Trinity. Providing extensive commentary on central passages from Scotus, many of which are presented in translation in this book, Cross offers clear expositions of Scotus's sometimes elliptical writing. Cross's account shows that, in addition to being a philosopher of note, Scotus is a creative and original theologian who offers new insights into many old problems.

Author : Alan B. Wolter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Duns Scotus on the Will and Morality written by Alan B. Wolter and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Antonie Vos
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004360239
Total Pages : 467 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Theology of John Duns Scotus written by Antonie Vos and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-03-20 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume, Antonie Vos offers a comprehensive analysis of the philosophy and theological thought of John Duns Scotus, including this Trinitarian theology and Christology, the theory of Creation, ethics justification and predestination, and the sacraments. The volume concludes with an overview of historical dilemmas in Scotus' theological thought.

Author : William A. Frank
Publisher : Purdue University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Duns Scotus, Metaphysician written by William A. Frank and published by Purdue University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study takes the form of commentary on a series of texts and translations from the works of Scotus. After a short (and perhaps unduly compressed) chapter laying out some of what we know about Scotus's life and writings, Wolter and Frank offer a brief introduction to the discipline of metaphysics as Scotus understood it. Scotus held that metaphysics is the science of the transcendentals, which are 'a family of concepts ... [that] capture the intelligibility of reality prior to its division into the categories' (p. 37). This science reaches its culmination in the philosophical knowledge of God.

Author : Antonie Vos
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 0748627251
Total Pages : 672 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Philosophy of John Duns Scotus written by Antonie Vos and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2006-06-30 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Duns Scotus is arguably one of the most significant philosopher theologians of the middle ages who has often been overlooked. This book serves to recover his rightful place in the history of Western philosophy revealing that he is in fact one of the great masters of our philosophical heritage. Among the fields to which Scotus has made an immense contribution are logic, metaphysics, philosophy of mind and action, and ethical theory.The Philosophy of John Duns Scotus provides a formidable yet comprehensive overview of the life and works of this Scottish-born philosopher. Vos has successfully combined his lifetime of dedicated study with the significant body of biographical literature, resulting in a unique look at the life and works of this philosopher theologian.

Author : Adam Lloyd Johnson
Publisher : Kregel Publications
ISBN 13 : 0825477875
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Divine Love Theory written by Adam Lloyd Johnson and published by Kregel Publications. This book was released on 2023-03-14 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if the loving relationships of the Trinity are the ultimate, objective source for living morally? Adam Lloyd Johnson injects a fresh yet eternal reality into the thriving debate over the basis of moral absolutes. While postmodernism's moral relativism once temporarily disrupted the footing of classic moral theories like natural law and divine command, many nontheistic philosophers assert that morality must rest on something real and objective. Divine Love Theory proposes a grounding for morality not only in the creator God but as revealed in the Christian Scriptures--Father, Son, and Spirit eternally loving one another. Johnson contends that the Trinity provides a remarkably convincing foundation for making moral judgments. One leading atheistic proposal, godless normative realism, finds many deficiencies in theistic and Christian theories, yet Johnson shows how godless normative realism is susceptible to similar errors. He then demonstrates how the loving relationships of the Trinity as outlined in historic Christian theology resolve many of the weakest points in both theistic and atheistic moral theories. "Johnson leaves no stone unturned, his research is exceptional, and his topic and treatment of it are first-rate. I very strongly recommend this book." --J. P. Moreland, distinguished professor of philosophy, Talbot School of Theology, Biola University "Divine Love Theory is an important and original contribution to the on-going contemporary debate between theists and non-theists over the foundations of morality. It is a work that will be of interest to theologians and philosophers alike." --Erik Wielenberg, professor of philosophy, DePauw University "Johnson's own proposal is a refreshing and insightful address that is often missed in the moral debate of mere theism: Trinitarianism. Divine Love Theory is at once more consistent with the largest theistic population, Christians, but also provides greater explanatory power over competitors, theistic and atheistic alike." --Corey Miller, President of Ratio Christi

Author : Natalia Marandiuc
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190674504
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Goodness of Home written by Natalia Marandiuc and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this wide-ranging contribution to Christian theological anthropology, Natalia Marandiuc offers a constructive theological argument for the function of love attachments as sources of subjectivity and enablers of human freedom. Human loves and the love of God are portrayed here as co-creating the self and situating human subjectivity in a relational "home."