Thomas Aquinas on Faith, Hope and Love [Paperback]

Christopher Kaczor (Author)

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Publication Date: December 12, 2008

Aquinas on Faith, Hope, and Love provides essential passages from Thomas's treatment of the theological virtues in the Summa theologiae, edited and explained for classroom use or the independent reader. Arranged for beginners, this book contains passages of great historical import, contemporary relevance, and intrinsic interest combined with abundant footnotes aiding the modern reader.

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The subject of this book, the three theological virtues of faith, hope and love, is nothing less than the greatest thing in the world. And the author of this book, Saint Thomas Aquinas, was nothing less than the greatest theologian in the history of the world. Christopher Kaczor does for the Summa's treatment of the faith, hope, and love, the very thing I did in my Summa of the Summa for its central philosophical passages. This book is for amateurs and beginners as well as professionals and scholars. My advertisement for it here is simply that it works. Students learn from Aquinas. So do teachers. I have learned more from Aquinas than from any other philosopher or theologian. Perhaps most important of all, I have learned the habit of philosophizing from him, by example, more than from anyone else. So has Dr. Kaczor. So can you. This book can actually help you to live by faith and hope and love. --Peter Kreeft, Boston College

About the Author

A Fulbright Scholar, Christopher Kaczor holds a Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame and is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Loyola Marymount University. He is the author of How to Stay Catholic in College, Proportionalism and the Natural Law Tradition, The Edge of Life: Human Dignity and Contemporary Bioethics, Life Issues, Medical Choices (with Janet E. Smith), and Aquinas on the Cardinal Virtues (with Thomas Sherman, S.J.). Dr. Kaczor has been interviewed on issues of ethics, philosophy, and religion for newspapers and radio stations across the country as well as on television including EWTN, MSNBC, The Today Show, CBS, NBC, ABC, and FOX News.

Product Details

• Paperback: 308 pages
• Publisher: Sapientia Press of Ave Maria University (December 12, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1932589503
• ISBN-13: 978-1932589504
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,378,917 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Dr. Christopher Kaczor is currently Professor of Philosophy at Loyola Marymount University. Raised in Seattle, Dr. Kaczor graduated from Boston College (1992) and holds a Ph.D. (1996) from the University of Notre Dame. He did post-doctoral work in Germany at the Universität zu Köln as a Fulbright Scholar in 2002-2003. Dr. Kaczor has been interviewed on issues of ethics, philosophy, and religion for newspapers and radio stations across the country as well as on television on EWTN, ABC, NBC, Fox, CBS, MSNBC, and The Today Show. His website is http://myweb.lmu.edu/ckaczor/

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The author does a tidy job of consolidating the Summa sections on the Theological virtues. While he truncates what St. Thomas says in the body of the text, he does so without loosing the central arguments being made. The author's real contribution comes by way of his footnotes which are chocked full of explanatory commentary.