Schumacher Divine Illumination

The History and Future of Augustine's Theory of Knowledge
1. Auflage 2011
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In Divine Illumination, Schumacher offers an originalapproach to Augustine's theory of divine illumination, theprecondition of all human knowledge. Written with great originalityand clarity, she traces the idea through medieval thinkers, intoearly modernity, and reveals its importance in modern theories ofknowledge.
* Takes an original approach to reading Augustine's theory ofdivine illumination and shows how the theory was transformed andreinterpreted in medieval philosophy and theology
* Presents a groundbreaking way of thinking about the writings ofAugustine, Anselm, Bonaventure, Aquinas, and John Duns Scotus, andrelates this to cutting edge questions in contemporaryphilosophy of religion, especially epistemology
* Is a significant contribution to the history of philosophy butalso to contemporary debates on faith and reason
* Lays the foundation for future efforts to come to terms withthe contemporary epistemological situation and its inherentproblems

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schumacher, Lydia

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments.
Editions.
Abbreviations.
Introduction.
Augustine on Divine Illumination.
Interpretations of Divine Illumination in Augustine'sThought.
Interpretations of Divine Illumination in Medieval Thought.
Re-interpreting the History of Augustine's Theory ofKnowledge.
1. Augustine.
Introduction.
The Doctrine of God.
Creation in the Image of God.
The Fall and Redemption.
Conforming to the Image of God.
Divine Illumination.
2. Anselm.
Introduction.
The Image of God.
Conforming to the Image of God.
Divine Illumination.
Anselm the Augustinian.
3. Divine Illumination in Transition.
Introduction.
New Schools.
New Translations.
New Religious Challenges.
New Religious Orders.
New Intellectual Traditions.
4. Bonaventure.
Introduction.
The Doctrine of God.
Creation in the Image of God.
The Fall and Redemption.
Conforming to the Image of God.
Divine Illumination.
Bonaventure the Augustinian?.
5. Aquinas.
Introduction.
The Image of God.
Conforming to the Image of God.
Divine Illumination.
Aquinas the Augustinian.
6. Divine Illumination in Decline.
Introduction.
Peter John Olivi.
Henry of Ghent.
John Duns Scotus.
Augustinian and Franciscan Thought.
Franciscan and Modern Thought.
7. The Future of Augustine's Theory ofKnowledge.
Introduction to a Theological Theory of Knowledge.
Reason in a Theological Theory of Knowledge.
Faith in a Theological Theory of Knowledge.
Conclusion.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Lydia Schumacher is Research Fellow and a member of theFaculty of Theology at the University of Oxford. She has publishedarticles in The Grandeur of Reason: Religion, Tradition, andUniversalism (2009); and in The Expository Times, ModernTheology, Lyceum, New Blackfriars and Augustinian Studies. Sheworks as an editor on the forthcoming Oxford Guide to theHistorical Reception of Augustine (2011).