num_pages: 368
description: In this powerfully argued book, John Knasas engages a debate at the heartof the revival of Thomistic thought in the twentieth century. Richlydetailed and illuminating, his book calls on the tradition established byGilson, Maritain, and Owen, to build a case for Existential Thomism as avalid metaphysics.Being and Some Twentieth-Century Thomists is a comprehensive discussionof the major issues and controversies in neo-Thomism, including issues ofmind, knowledge, the human subject, free will, nature, grace, and the actof being. Knasas also discusses the Transcendental Thomism of Mar�chal,Rahner, Lonergan, and others as he builds a carefully articulated case forcompleting the Thomist revival. His book will be an important resource fortheologians, philosophers, and historians interested in the intellectuallegacy of Scholasticism and Thomism.
language: English
title: Being and Some 20th Century Thomists
titlecomplete: Being and Some 20th Century Thomists (Moral Philosophy and Moral Theology)
ratings_count: 3
publisher: Fordham University Press