Abstract
dc:description.abstractThis dissertation looks into the work of St. Thomas Aquinas and addresses his theology of grace through the lens of the postmodern concern for the other. The first chapter sets up the postmodern view using Emmanuel Levinas and Jacques Derrida to draw out the fundamental grounding for the concern for the other. In chapters two and three, St. Thomas' theology of nature and then grace are examined focusing on his particular focus on the other. In his work we find that there is a concern for the other and a structure to the human person that supports this concern. Using Clarkeian interpretation of St. Thomas along with unique analysis both a nature and a grace that is for the self and for the other is discovered. In the fourth chapter this structure is put in dialogue with the postmodern thinkers especially Jean-Luc Marion.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- PhD
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Immediate Access
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Theology
- Year dc:date.available
- 2011
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Fagge, Michael Luiz
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- George S. Worgul
- Radu Bordeianu
- William Wright
Subjects
dc:subject × 4Rights
- Language dc:language
- English
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://dsc.duq.edu/etd/528
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:dsc.duq.edu:etd-1544