Aquinas at Prayer: The Bible, Mysticism and Poetry (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781441107558)

Aquinas at Prayer draws attention to important aspects of Aquinas's life and work which have been all too often overlooked or forgotten. Today Aquinas is almost exclusively regarded as an outstanding scholastic philosopher and theologian. But what is little known is that Aquinas was, first and last, a teacher of the Bible - a Master of the Sacred Page. Moreover there is a distinctly mystical character to his theology. And, as a writer, he was not only a poet but, arguably, the greatest Latin poet of the Middle Ages.

The primary focus of this most engaging new book is to explore the question of Aquinas's own practice of prayer and his teaching on prayer in his commentaries on the Psalms and St Paul. The book is strengthened by quotations from Aquinas in fresh translations.

Author: Paul Murray Op
ISBN-10: 144110755X
ISBN-13: 9781441107558
Publisher: Bloomsbury Continuum
Language: English
Published: 10/10/2013
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.90d