Reading John with St. Thomas Aquinas Robert Dowling even when this works against

even when this works against our best interest

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a full Bibliography and a detailed Index All entries conclude with References/Further Readings and Cross References to related entries to aid the reader in their research journey

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Reading John with St. Thomas Aquinas Robert Dowling even when this works againstWritten by leading experts on Aquinas's theology, the essays in Reading John with St. Thomas Aquinas bear common witness to a central theological conviction: the tasks of biblical exegesis and speculative theology, though distinct, indwell and inform each other. As the first book length study of the full breadth of Aquinas's Commentary on the Gospel of John, this work illuminates the way in which thinking systematically or speculatively about