From Aberdeen to Oxford - Kerr, Fergus
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Academic theologians, when they write, normally decide for themselves what to discuss. Admittedly, these days, they may work under pressure, to ensure tenure, to advance their prospects, or to secure funding for a departmental project. Mostly, however, they work, sometimes for years, on the books which consolidate the vision of theology that has energised their teaching. Sometimes, of course, the contingencies of being invited to review a book, or take part in a conference, lead to what for medieval theologians were 'quodlibets'- responses to 'whatever', topics raised by members of the class…mehr

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Academic theologians, when they write, normally decide for themselves what to discuss. Admittedly, these days, they may work under pressure, to ensure tenure, to advance their prospects, or to secure funding for a departmental project. Mostly, however, they work, sometimes for years, on the books which consolidate the vision of theology that has energised their teaching. Sometimes, of course, the contingencies of being invited to review a book, or take part in a conference, lead to what for medieval theologians were 'quodlibets'- responses to 'whatever', topics raised by members of the class during open-ended discussions, sometimes unexpected, even random, treated suggestively rather than fully worked out. This volume is a miscellany of just such papers, a wide ranging collection of papers from books and journals with a strong philosophical leaning.
Autorenporträt
Fergus Kerr OP was born in Scotland in 1931 and presently resides in the Dominican community in Edinbburgh, Scotland. After studies at the University of Aberdeen, and national service in the Royal Air Force, he spent a year teaching at the Dominican school at Laxton before entering the Order of Preachers in 1956. After ordination he served as Regent of Studies and Prior of the Dominican communities in Oxford and Edinburgh. In 1994 and 1995 he delivered the Stanton Lectures at the University of Cambridge, published as Immortal Longings: Versions of Transcending Humanity (1997). While Regent of Studies at Blackfriars, Oxford he founded the Aquinas Institute, which continues to promote the theological vision of St Thomas in the University of Oxford and beyond. As a contributor to, and later editor of the journal, New Blackfriars, he published widely on a varied range of topics, some of which are to be found in this present volume. He has been awarded honorary degrees by the University of Aberdeen and the University of Edinburgh, and he is an Honorary Fellow of the School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh. Fergus' published works include: After Aquinas: Versions of Thomism (Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2002); Theology After Wittgenstein (London: SPCK, 1997); Work on Oneself: Wittgenstein's Philosophical Psychology (Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2008); and Thomas Aquinas: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009).