Thomas Aquinas's Summa Contra Gentiles: A Guide and Commentary - Paperback

by Brian Davies (Author)

The Summa Contra Gentiles, one of Aquinas's best known works after the Summa Theologiae, is a philosophical and theological synthesis that examines what can be known of God both by reason and by divine revelation. A detailed expository account of and commentary on this famous work, Davies's book aims to help readers think about the value of the Summa Contra Gentiles (SCG) for themselves, relating the contents and teachings found in the SCG to those of other works and other thinkers both theological and philosophical. Following a scholarly account of Aquinas's life and his likely intentions in writing the SCG, the volume works systematically through all four books of the text.

Author Biography

Brian Davies is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University, New York, and Honorary Professor at Australian Catholic University. He is the author of numerous books on Aquinas, including Thomas Aquinas's Summa Theologiae: A Guide and Commentary (OUP 2014), Thomas Aquinas on God and Evil (OUP 2011), and Thomas Aquinas: Contemporary Philosophical Perspectives (OUP 2002).