Boyd Taylor Coolman
Biographic Data
| ID | 5988611 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Boyd Taylor Coolman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Boyd Taylor |
| FAMILY NAME | Coolman |
| SIGNATURE | COOLMAN B T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Boston College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
On the Subject-Matter of Theology in the Summa Halensis and St. Thomas Aquinas
439 The Thomist 79 (2015): 439-66 ON THE SUBJECT-MATTER OF THEOLOGY IN THE SUMMA HALENSIS AND ST. THOMAS AQUINAS BOYD TAYLOR COOLMAN Boston College Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts "So now we accord faith to the things done in time for our sakes." – Augustine, De trinitate 4.24 OMINICAN AND FRANCISCAN views on "the nature of theology" are often pitted against one another. The Franciscan approach is seen as primarily practical rather than speculative,…
Hugh of St. Victor’s Influence on the Halensian Definition of Theology
Hugh of St. Victor’s Influence on the Halensian Definition of Theology1 Boyd Taylor Coolman (bio) Introduction That thirteenth-century Franciscan theologians had a deep appreciation of the Victorine tradition is widely known. Perhaps most famous is Bonaventure’s paean of praise to Hugh of St. Victor in the De reductione artis, which praises Richard, but most of all Hugh as the master of all the divisions of high scholastic theology.2 That there i…
Thomas Gallus
While in respect of all the other senses we fall below many species of animals, in respect of touch we far excel all other species in exactness of discrimination. That is why man is the most intelligent of all animals. This is confirmed by the fact that it is to differences in the organ of touch and to nothing else that the differences between man and man in respect of natural endowment are due; men whose flesh is hard are ill-endowed by nature, …
The Spiritual Senses
Is it possible to see, hear, touch, smell and taste God? How do we understand the biblical promise that the 'pure in heart' will 'see God'? Christian thinkers as diverse as Origen of Alexandria, Bonaventure, Jonathan Edwards and Hans Urs von Balthasar have all approached these questions in distinctive ways by appealing to the concept of the 'spiritual senses'. In focusing on the Christian tradition of the 'spiritual senses', this book discusses h…
Studies in the Philosophy of William of Auvergne, Bishop of Paris (1228-1249) . Roland J. Teske
The Medieval Affective Dionysian Tradition
Thomas Gallus is often credited with introducing an affective innovation in medieval reception of Dionysius. While desire is not absent from the CD , no form of human affectivity plays an explicit role in Moses’ ascent to union with God in the darkness of unknowing, as described in the MT . With Gallus, however, after all knowledge fails, union occurs through love. This innovation was influential, shaping subsequent interpretations of the CD , su…
Sanctifying Signs
First, I Find the Center Point
Bernard of Clairvaux
No prominent works on this page.
Bernard of Clairvaux
Sanctifying Signs
First, I Find the Center Point
Studies in the Philosophy of William of Auvergne, Bishop of Paris (1228-1249) . Roland J. Teske
The Medieval Affective Dionysian Tradition
Thomas Gallus is often credited with introducing an affective innovation in medieval reception of Dionysius. While desire is not absent from the CD , no form of human affectivity plays an explicit role in Moses’ ascent to union with God in the darkness of unknowing, as described in the MT . With Gallus, however, after all knowledge fails, union occurs through love. This innovation was influential, shaping subsequent interpretations of the CD , su…
Thomas Gallus
While in respect of all the other senses we fall below many species of animals, in respect of touch we far excel all other species in exactness of discrimination. That is why man is the most intelligent of all animals. This is confirmed by the fact that it is to differences in the organ of touch and to nothing else that the differences between man and man in respect of natural endowment are due; men whose flesh is hard are ill-endowed by nature, …
The Spiritual Senses
Is it possible to see, hear, touch, smell and taste God? How do we understand the biblical promise that the 'pure in heart' will 'see God'? Christian thinkers as diverse as Origen of Alexandria, Bonaventure, Jonathan Edwards and Hans Urs von Balthasar have all approached these questions in distinctive ways by appealing to the concept of the 'spiritual senses'. In focusing on the Christian tradition of the 'spiritual senses', this book discusses h…
Hugh of St. Victor’s Influence on the Halensian Definition of Theology
Hugh of St. Victor’s Influence on the Halensian Definition of Theology1 Boyd Taylor Coolman (bio) Introduction That thirteenth-century Franciscan theologians had a deep appreciation of the Victorine tradition is widely known. Perhaps most famous is Bonaventure’s paean of praise to Hugh of St. Victor in the De reductione artis, which praises Richard, but most of all Hugh as the master of all the divisions of high scholastic theology.2 That there i…
On the Subject-Matter of Theology in the Summa Halensis and St. Thomas Aquinas
439 The Thomist 79 (2015): 439-66 ON THE SUBJECT-MATTER OF THEOLOGY IN THE SUMMA HALENSIS AND ST. THOMAS AQUINAS BOYD TAYLOR COOLMAN Boston College Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts "So now we accord faith to the things done in time for our sakes." – Augustine, De trinitate 4.24 OMINICAN AND FRANCISCAN views on "the nature of theology" are often pitted against one another. The Franciscan approach is seen as primarily practical rather than speculative,…
Medieval Literature and History (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · History (5 works) · Medieval Philosophy and Theology (5 works) · Classics (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Art history (2 works) · Augustinian Studies and Theology (2 works)