Contents |
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Acknowledgments |
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1. By Way of an Introduction: Thomas Aquinas and Us; or, “Waiting for Thomas” |
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Prelude — Faith and Reason |
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2. “Is There a Cure for Reason’s Presumption and Despair?” -— Why Thomas Matters Today |
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Dust Bound for Heaven - Contemplating Human Nature and Destiny |
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A. Human Nature Wounded but Not Destroyed — The Passions, the Common Good, and the Natural Love of God under the Condition of Sin |
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3. “Body Politics beyond Angelism and Animalism” - The Human Passions and Their Irreducible Spiritual Dimension |
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4. “Democracy after Christendom” — Sovereign Secularism, Genuine Liberalism, and the Natural Love of God: What Thomas Can Teach Us about Modernity’s Fraternal Twins |
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B. Created for Happiness, Bound for Heaven — Nature and the Supernatural |
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5. “Palaeothomism?” — The Continuing Debate over the Natural Desire for the Vision of God |
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6. “Thomist Ressourcement” — A Rereading of Thomas on the Natural Desire for the Vision of God |
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C. Bound to Be Free, Suffering Divine Things — Grace and the Theological Virtues |
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7. “Thomas the Augustinian” — Recovering a Surpassing Synthesis of Grace and Free Will |
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8. “In Hope He Believed Against Hope” — The Unity of Faith and Hope in Paul, Thomas, and Benedict XVI |
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9. “A Forgotten Truth?” — Theological Faith, Source and Guarantee of Theology’s Inner Unity |
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D. Seeking Truth — Wisdom and Contemplation |
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10. “The Wisdom of Analogy Defended” — From Effect to Cause, from Creation to God |
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11. “Seeking Truth on Dry Soil and under Thornbushes” — God, the University, and the Missing Link: Wisdom |
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Postlude — Mystery and Metaphysics |
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12. “This Is My Body” — Eucharistic Adoration and Metaphysical Contemplation |
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Bibliography |
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Credits |
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Index of Names |
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Index of Subjects |
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