Thomas Aquinas: An Evangelical Appraisal

At 800 years old, should old Aquinas be forgot and never brought to mind? Norman Geisler, a Thomistic philosopher (PhD, Loyola University), answers with an emphatic No! He argues that Protestant critics of Aquinas have misunderstood him. This introduction to the life and thought of Thomas Aquinas offers valuable insights in areas like faith and reason, epistemology, metaphysics, God’s nature, creation, human nature, government, ethics, and more. Originally published in 1991 (Baker Book House), republished in (2003 by Wipf & Stock), this second edition was revised and expanded by Dr. Geisler in 2013.Chapters:1) The Contemporary Relevance of Aquinas 12) The Life of Aquinas 213) An Overview of the Thought of Aquinas 394) The Bible 495) Faith and Reason 716) The First Principles of Knowledge 917) Reality 1238) God’s Nature 1399) God’s Existence 16510) Human Nature 19111) Religious Language 21712) Evil 23713) Law and Morality 265Epilogue 285Select Bibliography 287Appendices:The Major Writings of Aquinas 289A Chronology of Aquinas’s Life 291God, Angels, and Humans 292Thomism and Neo-Thomism 293He’s Our Man: Christian History Interview 301Does Thomism Lead to Roman Catholicism? 307Who Was Thomas Aquinas? 319Read more