Nature and Grace: A New Approach to Thomistic Ressourcement by Swafford, Andrew Dean

Nature and Grace: A New Approach to Thomistic Ressourcement (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781625644244)

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Nature and Grace: A New Approach to Thomistic Ressourcement by Swafford, Andrew Dean

Nature and Grace: A New Approach to Thomistic Ressourcement

$31.00
Nature and Grace: A New Approach to Thomistic Ressourcement by Swafford, Andrew Dean

Nature and Grace: A New Approach to Thomistic Ressourcement

$31.00
Format: Paperback
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Conventional wisdom has it that thinking on nature and grace among Catholic intellectuals was severely clouded by the work of Cajetan and his fellow Thomistic commentators from about the sixteenth century to the eve of Vatican II. Henri de Lubac has rightly been given credit for pointing this out; and to all appearances, de Lubac's influence won the day, as can be seen by the imprint of his thought upon not just the Second Vatican Council, but also the pontificates of John Paul II and Benedict XVI. However, in recent years, a new crop of Thomistic scholars has arisen who question whether de Lubac's word on nature and grace should be the last; hence, the debate over the nature-grace relation, so heated at mid-twentieth century, has been stirred once again. Dr. Swafford here offers a ""third way"" by way of the nineteenth-century German theologian Matthias J. Scheeben--who, for some reason, has never really been considered especially relevant to this debate. Swafford shows that Scheeben can capture the very best of both sides, while at the same time avoiding the characteristic pitfalls so often alleged against each.

Author: Andrew Dean Swafford
ISBN-10: 1625644248
ISBN-13: 9781625644244
Publisher: Pickwick Publications
Language: English
Published: 06/25/2014
Pages: 220
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d
By Andrew Dean Swafford
By Andrew Dean Swafford
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Andrew Swafford earned his doctorate in Sacred Theology in May of 2012, graduating summa cum laude from the University of St. Mary of the Lake. In addition, Andrew holds an MA in Old Testament & Semitic Languages from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School where he graduated summa cum laude in May of 2009. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor of Theology at Benedictine College where he regularly teaches courses on the Pentateuch, Wisdom Literature, and Prophets, as well as on the Synoptic Gospels. Swafford has also taught courses in Benedictine's Philosophy Department on Ethics, Logic, and Philosophy of Nature. Among his publications are Nature and Grace: A New Approach to Thomistic Ressourcement (Pickwick, 2014); 30-Second Bible (2013); as well as his conversion story in I Choose God (2007). He is also a contributing author to the forthcoming Divinization and Liturgy: A Guide to a Neglected Catholic Theology (2015). Swafford is a Senior Fellow at the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology. He and his wife Sarah reside in Atchison, KS with their three children, Thomas, Fulton, and Cate.

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