Daniel Soars
Biographic Data
| ID | 9516667 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Daniel Soars |
| GIVEN NAMES | Daniel |
| FAMILY NAME | Soars |
| SIGNATURE | SOARS D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Danieli (Italy) |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6634-8067 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Hindu-Christian Dual Belonging
Divine Ideas and the Dependent Nature of Creation
In the first part of this essay, I explain why Aquinas thinks that it is better to understand ‘creation’ as a relation rather than a change, and I establish what it means in Christian theology to say that the world depends on God. I then argue that one of the most philosophically and theologically persuasive ways of articulating this relation of dependence is via the Platonic metaphysics of divine ideas. Through a careful reading of Aquinas and E…
‘I Am that I Am’ (Ex. 3.14)
We shall revisit a debate which has been going on at least since pioneering British Indologists like William Jones first encountered the ‘Brahmanic theology’ we now know as Vedānta, namely, the nature of the relationship—if any—between certain forms of ‘western’ and ‘Indian’ idealisms, and how these metaphysical systems have influenced Christian theology. Specifically, we look at the question of possible thematic and conceptual convergences betwe…
Creation in Aquinas
While the Christian emphasis on creation as a free and gracious gift is often juxtaposed with Neoplatonic notions of world-production as the emanation of being from the First Cause, I argue in this essay that there is no obvious contradiction between the doctrines of creation ex nihilo and emanation ex deo in Aquinas's thought. This is partly because the Christian teaching that the world is created ‘from nothing’ was never intended to deny that i…
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Divine Ideas and the Dependent Nature of Creation
In the first part of this essay, I explain why Aquinas thinks that it is better to understand ‘creation’ as a relation rather than a change, and I establish what it means in Christian theology to say that the world depends on God. I then argue that one of the most philosophically and theologically persuasive ways of articulating this relation of dependence is via the Platonic metaphysics of divine ideas. Through a careful reading of Aquinas and E…
‘I Am that I Am’ (Ex. 3.14)
We shall revisit a debate which has been going on at least since pioneering British Indologists like William Jones first encountered the ‘Brahmanic theology’ we now know as Vedānta, namely, the nature of the relationship—if any—between certain forms of ‘western’ and ‘Indian’ idealisms, and how these metaphysical systems have influenced Christian theology. Specifically, we look at the question of possible thematic and conceptual convergences betwe…
Creation in Aquinas
While the Christian emphasis on creation as a free and gracious gift is often juxtaposed with Neoplatonic notions of world-production as the emanation of being from the First Cause, I argue in this essay that there is no obvious contradiction between the doctrines of creation ex nihilo and emanation ex deo in Aquinas's thought. This is partly because the Christian teaching that the world is created ‘from nothing’ was never intended to deny that i…
Hindu-Christian Dual Belonging
Philosophy (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Medieval Philosophy and Theology (3 works) · Theology (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Karl Barth and Christian Theology (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Metaphysics (2 works) · Theology and Philosophy of Evil (2 works) · Augustinian Studies and Theology (1 work)