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

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

The <em>Summa Contra Gentiles</em>, one of Aquinas's best known works after the <em>Summa Theologiae</em>, 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 <em>Summa Contra Gentiles</em> (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.<br>