God Is Not A Story – Grammatical Thomists (Part 1)

By ‘Grammatical Thomists,’ Murphy means those Thomists who to some extent have adopted the ‘linguistic turn’ in modern philosophy, primarily through their engagement with Wittgenstein. Thus her primary interlocutors are Thomists such as Herbert McCabe and Denys Turner. What I find especially interesting about this work, is that one of Murphy’s main concerns is to [...]

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God Is Not A Story

English theologian Francesca Aran Murphy’s new book, God is Not a Story continues the revival in interest in the work of Etienne Gilson that her biography of the great Thomist began. Her biography Art and Intellect in the Philosophy of Etienne Gilson is an excellent introduction to the life and work of the French scholar. [...]

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Say what you will about John Milbank…

…you can’t say he’s not interesting.
First of all there’s this letter in response to this article.
It stirred up some discussion on the theological blog scene.
Personally, I’m of a somewhat ‘Red Tory’ persuasion myself, in that I’m not in favour of capitalism but I’m ‘conservative’ on most cultural and social issues. I found it a little [...]

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