Christ the light : the theology of light and illumination in Thomas Aquinas / David L. Whidden III.

Title
  1. Christ the light : the theology of light and illumination in Thomas Aquinas / David L. Whidden III.
Published by
  1. Minneapolis : Fortress Press, [2014]
  2. ©2014
Author
  1. Whidden, David L., III

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Description
  1. xii, 248 pages; 24 cm.
Summary
  1. In Christ the Light, Whidden argues that illumination is a critical systematic motif in Aquinas' theology, one that involves the nature of truth, knowledge, and God; at the root, Aquinas' theology of light, or illumination, is Christological, grounding human knowledge of God and eschatological beatitude. This volume establishes the theological network formed by the crucial motif of light/illumination in Aquinas, from how theology operates to the systematic, sacramental, and moral coordinates in Aquinas' theology.
Series statement
  1. Emerging scholars
Uniform title
  1. Project Muse UPCC books
  2. Emerging scholars
Alternative title
  1. Theology of light and illumination in Thomas Aquinas
Subject
  1. Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274
  2. Jesus Christ
  3. Jésus-Christ
  4. Thomas von Aquin, Heiliger 1225-1274
  5. Light > Christianity
  6. Christologie
  7. Erleuchtung
  8. Licht
  9. Theologie
Contents
  1. List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The Gift of Illumination; The Physics of Light; Light and Language; God is Light; Creation and the Light of God; Light and Morality; Christ the Light; Bibliography; Index.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-241) and index.
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