Christ the light
Subtitle: the theology of light and illumination in Thomas Aquinas
By: David L. Whidden III
Series: Emerging scholars; Emerging scholars
Publisher: Fortress Press; Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9781451470130; 9781451472325
Subjects: Erleuchtung; Theologie; Light; Christologie; Licht; Christianity
Other titles: Theology of light and illumination in Thomas Aquinas
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-241) and index.