Examines the role of the doctrine of divine ideas in the theology of Thomas Aquinas. Traces the two versions of the doctrine from which he drew, Augustinian and Dionysian, from their roots in Plato an
Examines worship and preaching from a number of theological perspectives; Catholic, Baptist, Anglican, UnitingChurch and Greek Orthodox. It draws on the tradition of each of these denominations to exa
In 1924, Karl Adam’s classic work The Spirit of Catholicism caught the zeitgeist and was an international bestseller. The need for a similar book for our times is very urgent and here it is. As now, the privatization and spiritualization of religion was a major issue. Boland stresses however the social, embodied character of Catholicism, a fact he regards as crucial for the social and political situation in which we find ourselves today. We are not just witness to the presence of Christ’s body under the form of bread but also to Christ’s body as the community of those who have come to believe in Christ. This is the “earthen vessel” in which a treasure is carried and Catholicism acknowledges and celebrates this embodiment. This is the spirit of Catholicism.
It may be surprising that the thought of a medieval theologian still informs many areas of intellectual debate, but there continues to be lively interest in the work of Thomas Aquinas. He considers th