Aquinas and the Integrated Worldview [III]
May 12th, 2010 § 1 Comment
III. Integrative themes in Aquinas’ work
Let us now turn to some of the important themes in Aquinas’ thought to discover how he achieved a worldview in which the supernatural and the natural were thoroughly integrated.
An orderly world
Since the study of the Science (i.e. the Christian Religion) has often been hampered because, among other causes, they ‘are not taught according to the order of the subject-matter‘ (Summa Theologiae, Prologue) Aquinas endeavors to ‘try, by God’s help, to set forth whatever is included in this Sacred Science as briefly and as clearly as the matter itself may allow‘. « Read the rest of this entry »
Aquinas and the Integrated Worldview [II]
March 29th, 2010 § Leave a Comment
II. Thomas Aquinas the scholastic
By examining Aquinas’ integrated worldview ―with a particular interest in the relationship between faith and reason (and more specifically the supernatural and the natural) as we find it in the Summa Theologiae― I intend to show that his thinking presents a good example of a successful synthesis that warrants examination for clues as to how to mend the disintegration of the Western worldview in the twenty-first century and to counter its effects on the Evangelical Movement. « Read the rest of this entry »
Questioning the question: does God exist?
February 20th, 2010 § 11 Comments
An apologetic for apologetics
Does God exist? Good one! Or… maybe not. It will be hard to come up with a question to which there are more divergent answers. For one person it is self-evident that God doesn’t exist (Duh!). For another it is exactly the other way around (How can you live without Him?). But before we consider any answers think about this: Is one allowed to even ask a question like that as a Christian (except of course that the answer is a foregone conclusion in the first place)? « Read the rest of this entry »
