{"product_id":"essential-summa-theologiae-a-reader-and-commentary-paperback","title":"Essential Summa Theologiae: A Reader and Commentary - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrederick Christian Bauerschmidt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSaint Thomas Aquinas's masterwork, the \u003ci\u003eSumma theologiae\u003c\/i\u003e, can be daunting to beginners. This volume by an expert on Aquinas's theology offers an ideal introduction. It presents key selections from the \u003ci\u003eSumma \u003c\/i\u003ealong with accessible commentary designed to provide background, explain key concepts, and walk readers through Aquinas's arguments. Previously published as \u003ci\u003eHoly Teaching\u003c\/i\u003e, this new edition has been fully revised and includes a substantial amount of new material. The book draws from the entire \u003ci\u003eSumma\u003c\/i\u003e and incorporates selections that focus on moral theology, providing a fuller picture of Aquinas's thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn expert on the theology of St. Thomas Aquinas presents selections from Aquinas's masterwork, the \u003ci\u003eSumma theologiae\u003c\/i\u003e, along with commentary designed to provide background, explain key concepts, and walk readers through Aquinas's arguments.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is it: the ideal set of \u003ci\u003eSumma\u003c\/i\u003e selections for most classrooms as well as for readers who wish they could take a class on Thomas Aquinas with a professor capable of paraphrasing the Angelic Doctor, explaining and illustrating his thought while pointing to further readings both medieval and modern.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eFred Sanders\u003c\/b\u003e, Torrey Honors College, Biola University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In this expanded edition of his reader and commentary, Bauerschmidt has done students of St. Thomas a tremendous service--giving them a sense of the work as a whole by zeroing in on its essential parts and showing how those parts bear on the whole. His commentary is admirably clear, replete with easily grasped examples that bring complex theological ideas back to ordinary life. An excellent resource for the classroom and for anyone interested in the thought of Thomas Aquinas.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eJennifer A. Frey\u003c\/b\u003e, University of South Carolina\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An indispensable learning tool for anyone who wants to come to grips with the thought of St. Thomas. The addition of crucial texts from the second part of the \u003ci\u003eSumma\u003c\/i\u003e in this second edition brings out even more Aquinas's profound vision of the unity of theological science, where moral theology is enfolded at the heart of dogmatics. Bauerschmidt's insightful introduction offers readers a fuller picture of this friar-theologian and equips them to approach his penetrating texts for themselves.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eSimon Francis Gaine, OP\u003c\/b\u003e, Thomistic Institute Angelicum, Pontifical University of St. Thomas, Rome\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Like Thomas Aquinas himself, Bauerschmidt here aims for pedagogy, and he attains it admirably. This carefully chosen selection of key texts from the \u003ci\u003eSumma theologiae\u003c\/i\u003e, accompanied by in-depth commentary, captures and clarifies the grand scope of this complex work for 'beginners' in theology. Expanded treatment of questions on the moral life in this revised edition especially assist the study of Aquinas's unique vision of graced human action as the way to perfect happiness found in the knowledge and love of God. As a classroom text or for personal study, this volume is an invaluable resource for students and teachers.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eDaria Spezzano\u003c\/b\u003e, Providence College\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrederick Christian Bauerschmidt\u003c\/b\u003e (PhD, Duke University) is professor of theology at Loyola University Maryland and a deacon of the Archdiocese of Baltimore. He is the author or coauthor of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Love That Is God: An Invitation to Christian Faith\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThomas Aquinas: Faith, Reason, and Following Christ\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 16, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42723062612064,"sku":"9781540960061","price":62.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/MjdhU1VTOTlmRU10VVAzT0xXTyttdz09.webp?v=1777172036","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/essential-summa-theologiae-a-reader-and-commentary-paperback","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}