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Robert Holcot
Robert Holcot
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This book offers an introduction to the thought of Robert Holcot, a great and influential but often underappreciated medieval thinker. Holcot was a Dominican friar who flourished in the 1330's and produced a diverse body of work including scholastic treatises, biblical commentaries, and
sermons. By viewing the whole of Holcot's corpus, John T. Slotemaker and Jeffrey C. Witt provide a comprehensive account of his thought. Challenging established characterizations of him as a skeptic or radical, they show Holcot to be primarily concerned with affirming and supporting the faith of the
pious believer. At times, this manifests itself as a cautious attitude toward absolutist claims about the power of natural reason. At other times Holcot reaffirms, in Anselmian fashion, the importance of rational effort in the attempt to understand and live out one's faith. Over the course of this introduction the authors unpack Holcot's views on faith and heresy, the divine nature and divine foreknowledge, the sacraments, Christ, and political philosophy. They also examine Holcot's approach to several important medieval literary genres, including the development of
his unique picture method, biblical commentaries, and sermons. In so doing, Slotemaker and Witt restore Holcot to his rightful place as one of the most important thinkers of his time.
Author: John T. Slotemaker, Jeffrey C. Witt
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 08/01/2016
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.70h x 23.30w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780199391257
sermons. By viewing the whole of Holcot's corpus, John T. Slotemaker and Jeffrey C. Witt provide a comprehensive account of his thought. Challenging established characterizations of him as a skeptic or radical, they show Holcot to be primarily concerned with affirming and supporting the faith of the
pious believer. At times, this manifests itself as a cautious attitude toward absolutist claims about the power of natural reason. At other times Holcot reaffirms, in Anselmian fashion, the importance of rational effort in the attempt to understand and live out one's faith. Over the course of this introduction the authors unpack Holcot's views on faith and heresy, the divine nature and divine foreknowledge, the sacraments, Christ, and political philosophy. They also examine Holcot's approach to several important medieval literary genres, including the development of
his unique picture method, biblical commentaries, and sermons. In so doing, Slotemaker and Witt restore Holcot to his rightful place as one of the most important thinkers of his time.
Author: John T. Slotemaker, Jeffrey C. Witt
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 08/01/2016
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.70h x 23.30w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780199391257
About the Author
John T. Slotemaker is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Fairfield University. His research focuses on the development of medieval and early modern trinitarian theology. He has recently co-edited (with Jeffrey C. Witt) A Companion to the Theology of John Mair (2015).
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