Aquinas and the theology of the body : the Thomistic foundations of John Paul II's anthropology /
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| Author / Creator: | Petri, Thomas (Assistant Professor of Theology), author. |
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| Imprint: | Washington, D.C. : The Catholic University of America Press, [2016] ©2016 |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 338 pages) |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Thomistic ressourcement series ; volume 7 Thomistic ressourcement series ; v. 7. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12349698 |
| Summary: | Pope John Paul's Theology of the Body catecheses has garnered tremendous popularity in theological and catechetical circles. Students of the Theology of the Body have generally interpreted it as innovative not only in its presentation of the Church's teaching on marriage and sexuality, but also as radically advancing that teaching. Aquinas and the Theology of the Body offers a somewhat different interpretation. Fr. Thomas Petri argues that the philosophy and theology of Thomas Aquinas substantially contributed to John Paul's intellectual formation, which he never abandoned. A correct interpretation of the Theology of the Body requires, therefore, a thorough understanding of Thomistic anthropology and theology, which has been mostly lacking in commentaries on the pope's important contributions on the subject of marriage and sexuality. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 338 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813228488 0813228484 9780813228471 0813228476 |