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3During the last two decades virtue ethics has become the focal point of renewed ethical and theological interest. To lead a good life, it proves useful to watch those who have mastered the art of living. The conviction that living is an art is at the heart of virtue ethics. Living a good life requires exercise, and is a question of acquiring a virtuous character rather than of complying with external ethical and legal rules. This renaissance partly builds on Thomas Aquinas. He in turn recovered …Read more
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This book is devoted to the so-called moral virtues, especially those moral virtues of which Christian tradition upholds that they are given by God to the faithful. For instance patience, humility and justice. There are not only different interpretations of these infused moral virutes, but it is also not unambiguous in the theology of Aquinas how these virtues are related to the virtues human beings acquire on their own accord. What is the relationship with Scripture, how do these virtues clour …Read more
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9The Virtuous Life: Thomas Aquinas on the Theological Nature of Moral Virtues (edited book)Peeters Publishing. 2017.This book is devoted to the so-called moral virtues, especially those moral virtues of which Christian tradition upholds that they are given by God to the faithful. For instance patience, humility and justice. There are not only different interpretations of these infused moral virtues, but it also is not unambiguous in the theology of Aquinas how these virtues are related to the virtues human beings acquire on their own accord. What is the relationship with Scripture, how do these virtues colour…Read more
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Thomas Aquinas' Trinitarian Theology: A Study in Theological Method (review)The Medieval Review 10. 2003.
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8The terms 'transcendence' and 'immanence' are often used casually and as self-evident. The spatial imagery contained in their meaning determines the way they are understood and used: as opposites, like 'there' and 'here'. As a consequence, the two concepts are seen as mutually exclusive when applied to God's being and to his activity and presence in our world and in our history. This view on the relationship between God and world is characteristic not only of deism and pantheism, but also of the…Read more
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8Free Creatures of an Eternal God: Thomas Aquinas on God's Infallible Foreknowledge and Irresistible WillPeeters Publishers. 1996.Peeters 1996
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88The Angelic Doctor and Angelic Speech: The Development of Thomas Aquinas's Thought on How Angels CommunicateJournal of Nietzsche Studies 11 (1): 87-105. 1988.This paper shows how Aquinas gradually developed his view on angelic speech. His major texts are summarized and compared to those of contemporaries (sections II-III). Next the texts are analyzed, focusing on three issues: the notion of ‘word’ (section IV), the role of the will (section V), and the need of signification (section VI). With regard to each of these topics, Aquinas’ thought evolved, first by juxtaposing and later by integrating Augustinian and Aristotelian viewpoints. Aquinas reaches…Read more
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Faith, Hope and Love: Thomas Aquinas on Living by the Theological Virtues (edited book)Peeters. 2015.
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The Angelic Doctor and Angelic Speech: The Development of Thomas Aquinas’s Thought on How Angels CommunicateJournal of Nietzsche Studies 11 (1): 87-105. 2003.
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24Aquinas as authority: a collection of studies presented at the second Conference of the Thomas Insituut te Utrecht, December 14-16, 2000 (edited book, review)Peeters. 2002.This book collects a selection of the studies that were presented (Peeters 2001)
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47Near–death experiences. A theological interpretationInternational Journal of Philosophy and Theology 75 (1): 74-85. 2014.Stories about near-death experiences draw much attention from the general public and are extensively discussed by medical doctors and neuroscientists. However, though eschatology belongs to their core business, only few theologians participate in the debate. This article proposes a theological interpretation of NDEs as ‘private revelations’. I first give a critical analysis of the development of the modern, allegedly ‘scientific’, concept of NDE. This concept changes concrete personal testimonie…Read more
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Tilburg UniversityRegular Faculty
Areas of Specialization
Philosophy of Religion |
Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy |
Areas of Interest
Philosophy of Language |
Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy |