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The Oxford Handbook of Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas (1224/6-1274) lived an active, demanding academic and ecclesiastical life that ended while he was still comparatively young. He nonetheless produced many works, …
The Thought of Thomas Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas was one of the greatest Western philosphers and one of the greatest theologians of the Christian church. In this book we at last have a modern, comprehensive …
Anselm of Canterbury: The Major Works
`For I do not seek to understand so that I may believe; but I believe so that I may understand. For I believe this also, that unless I believe, I shall not understand.' Does …
Re-Thinking Autism
Challenging existing approaches to autism that limit, and sometimes damage, the individuals who attract and receive the label, this book questions the lazy prejudices and …
Thomas Aquinas's Summa Theologiae
Following a scholarly account of Thomas Aquinas's life, Davies explores his purposes in writing the Summa Theologiae and works systematically through each of its three Parts. He …
Faith Within Reason
Is it possible to think about religious beliefs philosophically? Should religious beliefs be viewed as a flight from reason or as capable of rational support? Can theologians learn …
The Reality of God and the Problem of Evil
This is an important new book on how we can still believe in a God of love and confront the problem of evil in the world. Probably the most important book on the subject since John …
Towards a Sociology of Pedagogy
Basil Bernstein was both the most interesting and important British sociologist of recent times, internationally better known for longer than any other ...]. His ideas offer the …
Aquinas: Summa Theologiae, Questions on God
Thomas Aquinas (1224/6–1274) was one of the greatest of the medieval philosophers. His Summa Theologiae is his most important contribution to Christian theology, and one of the …
The Medieval Cultures of the Irish Sea and the North Sea
The literary, historical, and linguistic confluence that characterized the Irish Sea region in the pre-modern period is reflected in the interdisciplinarity of these new research …
Book of the Future
First published in 1979, the Usborne Book of the Future is a fondly-remembered book from a time when people dreamed of the future as a place filled with wonder and amazing new …
Thomas Aquinas's Summa Contra Gentiles
One of Aquinas's best known works after the Summa Theologica, Summa Contra Gentiles is a theological synthesis that explains and defends the existence and nature of God without …