Eugene F. Rogers

Gebundenes Buch

Aquinas and the Supreme Court

Race, Gender, and the Failure of Natural Law in Thomas's Bibical Commentaries

Beschreibung

This new work clarifies Aquinas' concept of natural lawthrough his biblical commentaries, and explores its applications toU.S. constitutional law.

The first time the use of Aquinas on the U.S. Supreme Court hasbeen explored in depth, and its applications tested through arigorous reading of the biblical commentaries
Shows how key judgments in the Supreme Court have rested onmedieval natural law, and applies critical gender theory to discussproblems with these applications
Offers new research data to give a different picture of Aquinasand natural law, and a fresh take on Aquinas' biblicalcommentaries
New research based on passages in the biblical commentariesnever before available in English

Autor

Eugene F. Rogers is Professor of Religious Studies and Faculty in Women's and Gender Studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He has taught at Princeton, Yale, Shaw University Divinity School, among others, and has held numerous fellowships.  He is author or editor of five books and many articles and translations. In 2010, Christian Century named his book Sexuality and the Christian Body among "essential reading" published in the past 25 years.

Produktdetails

• Challenges in Contemporary Theology .
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons / Wiley-Blackwell
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 162mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9781118391167
• ISBN-10: 1118391160
• Artikelnr.: 37050404

Rezensionen

"A "must" for the theological-college library, this is not a book that can be ignored by anyone interested in this fascinating and deeply influential Dominican." (Church Times, 17 January 2014)

"This book will be particularly useful for graduate students in philosophy and theology. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and graduate students." (Choice, 1 November 2013)