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Teaching Bodies: Moral Formation in the Summa of Thomas Aquinas
Mark D. Jordan
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Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; CFGR; HRAB; HRCC7; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
In Teaching Bodies, leading scholar of Christian thought Mark D. Jordan offers an original reading of the Summa of Theology of Thomas Aquinas. Reading backward, Jordan interprets the main parts of the Summa, starting from the conclusion, to reveal how Thomas teaches morals by directing attention to the way God teaches morals, namely through embodied scenes: the incarnation, the gospels, and the sacraments. It is Thomas's confidence in bodily scenes of instruction that explains the often overlooked structure of the middle part of the Summa, which begins and ends with Christian revisions of classical exhortations of the human body as ... Read more
In Teaching Bodies, leading scholar of Christian thought Mark D. Jordan offers an original reading of the Summa of Theology of Thomas Aquinas. Reading backward, Jordan interprets the main parts of the Summa, starting from the conclusion, to reveal how Thomas teaches morals by directing attention to the way God teaches morals, namely through embodied scenes: the incarnation, the gospels, and the sacraments. It is Thomas's confidence in bodily scenes of instruction that explains the often overlooked structure of the middle part of the Summa, which begins and ends with Christian revisions of classical exhortations of the human body as ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
318g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780823273799
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V9780823273799
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About Mark D. Jordan
Mark D. Jordan is Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Christian Thought at Harvard Divinity School. He is the author and editor of numerous books, including, most recently, Convulsing Bodies: Religion and Resistance in Foucault and Recruiting Young Love: How Christians Talk about Homosexuality.
Reviews for Teaching Bodies: Moral Formation in the Summa of Thomas Aquinas
In the Summa theologiae, Jordan claims, Thomas intends not an innovative interpretation of Christian doctrine-though Thomas can be quite innovative in his interpretations-but rather an innovative pedagogy for communicating the traditional teaching of the Church. Jordan likewise is not so much interested in offering a new reading of Aquinas as he is in offering a new way of reading Aquinas. ... Read more