Burrell's Critical Thomism : Aquinas and Kant Revisited
Journal article
Norman, Jack. (2024). Burrell's Critical Thomism : Aquinas and Kant Revisited. Modern Theology. 40(2), pp. 347-372. https://doi.org/10.1111/moth.12881
Authors | Norman, Jack |
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Abstract | David Burrell's version of Aquinas was written with Kantian parallels in mind. This is the accusation of John Milbank that was questioned by Nicholas Lash and Paul DeHart in a series of articles. ‘Burrell's Critical Thomism’ shows beyond doubt that Milbank's claim is correct: Burrell cites Kant throughout his oeuvre and finds parallels between Aquinas and Kant's philosophies. However, this article also shows that the form of Kantianism promulgated by Burrell is not as dogmatic as Milbank argues, especially in Burrell's later writings. If Milbank's critique holds, it follows that a properly negative theology must be denied. Finally, the relationship between Milbank's participatory theology and Burrell's emphasis on divine simpleness is examined in order to critically evaluate the status of participation in God, arguing that, for Aquinas, it does not make sense to say we participate in the divine essence, only in its likeness. Direct participation in God's essence is rendered incoherent by divine simpleness. |
Keywords | Thomism; Aquinas; Immanuel Kant; negative theology; participatory theology; divinity; David Burell |
Year | 01 Jan 2024 |
Journal | Modern Theology |
Journal citation | 40 (2), pp. 347-372 |
Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. (UK) |
ISSN | 0266-7177 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1111/moth.12881 |
Web address (URL) | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/moth.12881 |
Open access | Open access |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Page range | 347-372 |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
12 Jul 2023 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 04 Jul 2024 |
Additional information | © 2023 The Authors. Modern Theology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd |
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. | |
Place of publication | United Kingdom |
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