Original version: http://www.yale.edu/divinity/fco/courses/rel721b.htm
ST. ANSELM of CANTERBURY (1033-1109): A Christian Platonism |
Method in Philosophical Theology
Monologion, Preface; Proslogion
(entire); Why God Became Man, Preface, end of I.10 & end
of I.25.
PETER ABELARD (1079-1142): Dialectic and Scripture
BONAVENTURE (ca 1217-1274): Franciscan Platonism
ARISTOTELIAN TURNS: Aquinas
(1225-1274), Scotus (1266-1308), Ockham (1285-1347) |
Aquinas' Integration:
All readings in Aquinas except for those about eucharistic theology are found in Fairweather's Aquinas on Nature and Grace
Proofs from Being, Act and Potency: Divine Existence
and Attributes
ST I, q.2,aa.1-3; q.3,aa.1-8;
[q.25]
Aquinas'
Proofs
Created Rational Agency, Sin, and its Consequences
ST I-II, q.82,a.1; q.85,aa.1-6
FRANCISCAN VARIATIONS:
Julian of Norwich (1343-1413/15)
Revelations of
Divine Love
Catherine of Genoa (1447-1510) Treatise on Purgatory (In LCC XIII, 399-413)
[packet]
Parable of the Lord
and the Servant
Comparisons Between
Julian and Anselm
MARTIN LUTHER (1483-1546) |
Readings from Luther will be found in Dillenberger's
Anthology (= MLJD)
Luther's Life and
Works
ULRICH ZWINGLI (1484-1531)
Ulrich Zwingli's Life and Works
JOHN CALVIN (1509-1564) |
Readings from Calvin will be taken from Calvin: Institutes of the Christian Religion in two Volumes, trans by Battles (LCC XX-XXI).
COUNTER-REFORMATION
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In addition to reading, class attendance, participation
in discussions, written work for this course will include two
short papers on assigned topics, a mid-term examination, and a
final examination. No late papers will be accepted without a written
medical excuse from a physician (not a member of your family).
Books ordered for this course at Yale Divinity School book store (in Bellamy) include the following:
Anselm of Canterbury: The Major Works, eds. Brian Davies and G. R. Evans (Oxford University Press, 1998).
Bromiley, G. W., ed. Zwingli and Bullinger. Library of Christian Classics. (Westminster Press, Philadelphia).
Calvin, John. Institutes of the Christian Religion, 2 volumes. F.L. Battles trans. Library of Christian Classics. (Westminster Press, Philadelphia).
Dillenberger, John, ed. Martin Luther: Selections. (Doubleday Anchor).
Fairweather, A.M. ed. Aquinas on Nature and Grace. Library of Christian Classics. (Westminster Press, Philadelphia).
Fairweather, E.R. ed. Scholastic Miscellany: Anselm to Ockham. Library of Christian Classics. (Westminster, Philadelphia).
Julian of Norwich, Showing Paulist Press. [or some other edition, alternatively title, Revelations of Divine Love.]
St. Bonaventure, The Journey of the Mind to God. P. Boehner, trans. S. Brown, ed. (Hackett Publishing Co., Indiana) [or some other edition, alternativly titled, The Mind's Journey into God]
William Ockham, Predestination, God's Foreknowledge, and Future Contingents. Trans. Adams & Kretzmann. (Indianpolis, IN: Hackett Publishing Co.).
In addition there is a large packet available, availability to be announced..