Teaching Bodies : Moral Formation in the Summa of Thomas Aquinas /

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Leading scholar of Christian thought Mark D. Jordan offers an original reading of the Summa of Theology of Thomas Aquinas. Reading backward, Jordan interprets the main parts of the Summa, starting from the conclusion, to reveal how Thomas teaches morals by directing attention to the way God teaches...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jordan, Mark D. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York, NY : Fordham University Press, 2017.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Thomas, > Aquinas, Saint, > 1225?-1274. > Summa theologica.
Summa theologica (Thomas, Aquinas, Saint)
Ethics, Medieval.
RELIGION > Theology.
Morale medievale.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Summa's origins: three fables and a candid counterproposal
  • Sacraments, gospel, incarnation
  • Incarnation as instruction
  • Seeing gospel stories
  • Sacramental bodies
  • Writing scenes of moral instruction
  • Scenes of instruction
  • From scenes to authorities
  • The Summa in (our) libraries
  • Moral theology on the way to its end
  • The good that draws the will
  • Stages on law's way
  • The gifts of the spirit
  • Vocations and Viae
  • The good of reading.

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