Description
Robert Dobie explores these questions by looking in detail at the thought of three of the most important philosopher-theologians of the Middle Ages: Averroes, Moses Maimonides, and Thomas Aquinas, each working within the Islamic, Jewish, and Christian traditions respectively. Of particular interest are two questions central to medieval thought: in what sense is the world ""created"" and what is the proper nature and ontological status of the human intellect? These two problems took on such importance in this period, this book argues, because they forced medieval philosophers and theologians to confront the degree to which the revelation they considered authoritative made possible their resolution.
Thus, these medieval thinkers show thinkers today what possibilities are available for navigating the age-old question of the proper relation between faith and reason in a world where questions of the rationality of religious faith - especially from an inter-faith perspective - are not diminishing but increasing in importance.
About the Author
Robert J. Dobie is the author of Logos and Revelation: Ibn 'Arabi, Meister Eckhart, and Mystical Hermenuetics (CUA Press).
Book Information
ISBN 9780813231334
Author Robert J. Dobie
Format Paperback
Page Count 450
Imprint The Catholic University of America Press
Publisher The Catholic University of America Press
Weight(grams) 505g