{"product_id":"praeambula-fidei-thomism-and-the-god-of-the-philosophers-9780813214580","title":"Praeambula Fidei: Thomism and the God of the Philosophers","description":"\u003cp\u003eWINNER OF THE 2007 CHARLES CARDINAL JOURNET PRIZE awarded by The Aquinas Center for Theological Renewal at Ave Maria University The praeambula fidei (\"preambles of faith\") are regarded by Thomas Aquinas as the culmination of philosophy: natural theology  the highest knowledge of God that is possible on philosophical grounds alone. The natural home for such considerations is the Metaphysics of Aristotle and Thomass commentary on that work. Yet Thomass view has been cast into doubt  with philosophers and theologians alike attempting to drive a wedge between Aquinas and Aristotle. In this book  renowned philosopher Ralph McInerny sets out to review what Thomas meant by the phrase and to defend a robust understanding of Thomass teaching on the subject. After setting forth different attitudes toward proofs of Gods existence and outlining the difference between belief and knowledge  McInerny examines the texts in which Thomas uses and explains the phrase \"preambles of faith.\" He then turns his attention to the work of eminent twentieth-century Thomists and chronicles their abandonment of the preambles. He draws a contrast between this form of Thomism and that of the classical Dominican commentators  notably Cajetan  arguing that part of the abandonment of the notion of the preambles as philosophical involves a misreading and misrepresentation of Cajetan. McInerny concludes with a positive rereading of Aristotles Metaphysics and Aquinass use thereof. In the end  the book argues for a return to the notion of Aristotelico-ThomismThomistic philosophy as the organic development of the thought of Aristotle. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Ralph McInerny is Michael P. Grace Professor of Medieval Studies in the department of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. He is cofounder of Crisis magazine and author of several books published by CUA Press  namely  the bestselling Ethica Thomistica  The Question of Christian Ethics  Aquinas on Human Action  and Boethius and Aquinas. PRAISE FOR THE BOOK: \"When it comes to defending Thomism  McInerny  long-time distinguished professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame  is without peer. . . . McInerny provides a keen exposition of the most contentious discussions that  during the twentieth century  pitted students of Thomas Aquinas one against the other. Ralph McInerny writes with both precision and the novelists flair. . . . The book should be required reading for all Catholic seminarians  graduate students of theology  and anyone who wants to understand better the merits of Thomism  both Renaissance and contemporary.\"Romanus Cessario  First Things \"Both believers and non-believers who think that modernity needs to be tempered by antiquitys wisdom will sympathize.\"Douglas Kries  Claremont Review of Books \"McInernys book is a powerful and controversial restatement of a classical Thomistic doctrine concerning the relations between faith and reason  philosophy and theology. . . . In our metaphysical tone-deaf age  the book reopens important discussions on the topic of fundamental theology  and ought to be read by all those seriously interested in the renewal of genuine ontological reflection within Christian theology.\"Thomas Joseph White  O.P.  The Thomist \"McInerny provides a full review  with supporting documentation  of Aristotles vital contribution to the Thomistic development of natural theology  and with it  a respectful demonstration why scholars who have held an opposing view are mistaken.\"The Maritain Notebook\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45953207697461,"sku":"ByrdShop_0813214580","price":29.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780813214580.jpg?v=1788181574","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/praeambula-fidei-thomism-and-the-god-of-the-philosophers-9780813214580","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}