St. Thomas Aquinas' theology of Christ's human passions comes at the height of a medieval debate centering on the reality and extent of Christ's experience of affective suffering.
This book presents a fresh and novel interpretation of Teresa's teaching, highlights the common traits between her and Aquinas and offers a chance to peep into the depth of the mystical life.
In order to critically resituate the concept, the book offers a glance into compelling scenarios, European, North American, Latin American, Transatlantic, and fascinating transdisciplinary perspectives.
The seven essays compiled in this work, written by Iranian, German and Latin American authors inspired by the ideas and theories of Khomeini, Habermas or Foucault, revolve around these themes and are examples of contemporary exercises in ...
The cultural politics of the Austro-Hungarian Empire shaped modes of writing the art histories of East Central Europe, just as contemporary Austria continues to do.
These are relevant questions for anyone who wants to know, today, what we can still learn from the 'old' metaphysics from the Aristotelian tradition, of which Thomas Aquinas was one the most eloquent and insightful defenders.