Aquinas at Prayer

Name: Aquinas at Prayer
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SKU: 9781441107558
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The Bible, Mysticism and Poetry

By Dr Paul Murray OP

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Aquinas at Prayer illuminates the lesser-known aspects of Thomas Aquinas's life, highlighting his role as a biblical teacher and mystical theologian. Dr Paul Murray OP explores Aquinas's deep engagement with prayer through his commentaries on the Psalms and St Paul, enriched by newly translated quotations from Aquinas himself. This revealing work positions Aquinas not just as a scholastic philosopher but as a profound spiritual figure and a notable Latin poet of the Middle Ages.
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This book will appeal to students of theology, scholars of medieval philosophy, and readers interested in Christian spirituality and prayer practices.

Aquinas is known largely as an austere dogmatic thinker. But he is also a very great contemplative - a Master of the Spiritual Life. This book reveals important aspects of Aquinas' life and work. It explores the question of Aquinas' teaching on prayer and to reflect also his own actual practice of prayer.

Aquinas is known largely as an austere dogmatic thinker. But he was also a very great contemplative and a Master of the Spiritual Life.

Description

Aquinas at Prayer draws attention to important aspects of Aquinas's life and work which have been all too often overlooked or forgotten.

Today Aquinas is almost exclusively regarded as an outstanding scholastic philosopher and theologian. But what is little known is that Aquinas was, first and last, a teacher of the Bible – a Master of the Sacred Page. Moreover, there is a distinctly mystical character to his theology. And, as a writer, he was not only a poet but, arguably, the greatest Latin poet of the Middle Ages.

The primary focus of this most engaging new book is to explore the question of Aquinas's own practice of prayer and his teaching on prayer in his commentaries on the Psalms and St Paul. The book is strengthened by quotations from Aquinas in fresh translations.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781441107558

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 August 2013

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Continuum

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 232.0mm

Weight: 460g

Pages: 288

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Dr Paul Murray OP Non-Fiction Religion & Spirituality

About the Author

Paul Murray is an Irish Dominican and a poet. He works in Rome, Italy, where he teaches the literature of the mystical tradition at the Angelicum University.