{"product_id":"christ-the-light-david-l-whidden-9781451470130","title":"Christ the Light: The Theology of Light and Illumination in Thomas Aquinas","description":"\u003cp\u003eLight is one of the most ancient and significant metaphors adopted by Christianity by which to understand the significance of Jesus Christ. The Easter liturgy, for instance, is marked by beautiful and powerful rituals proclaiming Christ as the light of the world in his death and resurrection. That understanding developed over subsequent centuries into a larger doctrine of illuminationhow Christians come to understand and know God through Christ the Light. In this work, David Whidden takes up that theme in contesting a standard paradigm of interpretation that asserts that Aquinas eliminated the doctrine of illumination in his theology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cb\u003eChrist the Light\u003c\/b\u003e, 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. \u003cb\u003eChrist the Light\u003c\/b\u003e thus provides a much needed and illuminating retrieval of the one of the most important and creative theologians in the western Christian tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David L. III Whidden\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1451470134\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781451470130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Augsburg Fortress Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.96h x 6.18w x 0.56d","brand":"David L. III Whidden","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44129373651199,"sku":"9781451470130","price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5ce151a8-dd10-4b9c-8547-ebaf01278213.jpg?v=1687463547","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/christ-the-light-david-l-whidden-9781451470130","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}