Aquinas on Faith, Reason, and Charity [Paperback]

Introduction

Part I: Faith and Reason without Faith

1. Mutually Opposing Readings of Aquinas View of Faith and Reason

2. Lockes Perspective as a Ground for Reading Aquinas View of Faith and Reason

Part II: Aquinas on Faith, Evidence and Divine Grace

3. Evidence, Human Will and Divine Grace

4. Two Controversial Matters Related to Faith, Evidence, and Divine Grace

5. Faith and Charity, and the Varying Levels of Faith

Part III: Aquinas on Faith and Reason

6. Primacy of Faith and the Autonomy of Reason

7. Primacy of Faith as a Support of the Autonomy of Reason (Aquinas beyond Aquinas)

Conclusion

This book offers a new reading of Aquinas views on faith. The author argues that the theological nature of faith is crucial to Aquinas thought, and that it gives rise to a peculiar and otherwise incomprehensible relationship with reason.

Roberto Di Ceglie is Full Professor of Philosophy of Religion at the Pontifical Lateran University, Italy. His essays have appeared in journals such as Philosophy, Philosophia, Sophia, International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, and others. His book  God, the Good, and the Spiritual Turn in Epistemology  is forthcoming.

This book offers a new reading of Aquinass views on faith. The author argues that the theological nature of faith is crucial to Aquinass thought, and that it gives rise to a particular and otherwise incomprehensible relationship with reason.

The first part of the book examines various modern and contemporary accounts of the relationship between faith andls¾