Analogical Understanding of Divine Causality in Thomas Aquinas
The article presents the question of understanding divine causality and its analogical character in the context of Thomas Aquinas's teaching on Divine Providence. Analyzing Aquinas's texts concerning the relation of God's action towards nature and its activities it is necessary to emp...
| Published in: | European journal for philosophy of religion |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Innsbruck in cooperation with the John Hick Centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Birmingham
[2017]
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| In: |
European journal for philosophy of religion
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Thomas Aquinas 1225-1274
/ God
/ Causality
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| RelBib Classification: | KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages NBC Doctrine of God |
| Further subjects: | B
Providence
B Creation B Thomas Aquinas B Analogy B Causality |
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| Summary: | The article presents the question of understanding divine causality and its analogical character in the context of Thomas Aquinas's teaching on Divine Providence. Analyzing Aquinas's texts concerning the relation of God's action towards nature and its activities it is necessary to emphasize the proper understanding of mutual relations between secondary causes and the primary cause which are not on the same level. Influenced by the reflection of M. Dodds and I Silva, the author of the article refers to Aquinas's biblical commentaries which have not been discussed so far from the perspective of the character of God's action. In the final part of the article, metaphors used by Thomas in reference to the relation of God towards the world will be presented. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: European journal for philosophy of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.24204/ejpr.v9i4.1789 |