A Brief Life of Aquinas: The Theologian in His Context

by Jean-Pierre Torrell

Part biography, part travelogue, part theology, Jean-Pierre Torrell, OP's A Brief Life of Thomas Aquinas is a multi-faceted look at the life and the writings of Saint Thomas Aquinas. Torrell's hope is that his biography of the doctor communis intertwined with his theological examination of Aquinas's writings will enable the reader to understand the person behind the writer and the writer behind the person. Aquinas's life, Torrell claims, can...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813237963
• ISBN13: 9780813237961
• Release Date: June 2024
• Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
• Length: 174 Pages