This tab contains materials, readings, and resources for the 2016 Summer-Fall Christian Medieval Theology-Philosophy Reading Group. 

1) Read: W. Norris Clarke, “The Meaning of Participation in St. Thomas”, in Explorations in Metaphysics. Being–God–Person (Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 1994), pp. 89–101

2) Read Owens on Analogy in Aquinas [PDF in Aquinas folder]

3) In Mary Clark's 'An Aquinas Reader,' read the following sections in the opening chapter on 'Reality'; these materials touch on BOTH the issue of God's immanent presence AND the related issue of analogy:

• Clark's introduction to the reality section 
• The Meaning of Being (in my edition, this is p. 40)
• Real Distinction between Essence and Existence (in my edition, pp. 40ff)
• Real Distinction shown by distinction of concepts (in my edition, 44-45)
• Real Distinction between God and World shown by participation (45-47)
• Real Distinction shown by distinction of Concepts (47-8)
• Participation/Causality (48-50)
• Participation/Causality indicativie of Real Distinction between essence and existence (50-54)
• Existence Itself Unparticipating (54-5)
• Creatures do not Participate in God's Existence (55)
• Participation/Causality (56)
• Only Creatures participate in existence (56-7)
• Existence is to Essence as Act is to Potency (57)
• Causing Requires God's Personal Presence (62-3)
• All creatures participate in existence (87-8)
• Creatures related to God (88-9)
• Goodness and its cause (95-7)
• Analogy (97-8)
• Participation, Basis of analogy (98)
• Creatures are "like" God (98-100)
• Only analogical likeness (100-102)

Optional:

• Read around in SEP (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) essay on Aquinas; it has a section on God and essence/existence, on participation, etc. [essay is in Aquinas folder]
• See Aquinas folder for essays on Aquinas and Whitehead, and on whether Christians can talk of God literally (the essay engages with Aquinas v. Scotus on the issue of analogy v. univocity)

Fordham, Internet Medieval Sourcebook, full texts

Wabash, Religion on the Web

Wabash Center, medieval Christian theology resources

Wabash, bibliography of medieval doctrine resources

Wabash, Syllabus Search project

 Aquinas Online

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

The Catholic Encyclopedia

Dr. Richard Taylor, links to video lectures on Aquinas on Soul and Intellect; also includes videos on Greek and Arabic backgrounds, al-Farabi, Avicenna, Averroes; also includes links to readings on Aquinas on Soul and Intellect

Paul Spade, text downloads 

Bourke, Vernon J. The Essential Augustine (Hackett)

Clark, Mary T. An Aquinas Reader (Fordham University Press)

Emery, G. and Levering, M. The Oxford Handbook of The Trinity (Part 3: Medieval) (Oxford University Press)

Evans, G. R. Philosophy & Theology in the Middle Ages (Routledge)

Evans, G. R. The Medieval Theologians (Blackwell)

Evan, G. R. A Brief History of Heresy (Blackwell)

Church Councils

SLU_Reading List-Compilation.docx

Chicago_Medieval_Theology_Comp.pdf

Vanderbilt Theology list

 Catholic Classics list