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Whidden, David L.,

Christ the light the theology of light and illumination in Thomas Aquinas / [electronic resource] : David L. Whidden III. - Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2014 Minneapolis [Minnesota] : Fortress Press, [2014] - 1 online resource (1 PDF (xii, 248 pages).) - Emerging scholars . - Emerging scholars. UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Southern Methodist University, 2011. Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-241) and index.

List of Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. The Gift of Illumination -- 2. The Physics of Light -- 3. Light and Language -- 4. God is Light -- 5. Creation and the Light of God -- 6. Light and Morality -- 7. Christ the Light -- Bibliography -- Index.

ISBN: 9781451472325 1451472323

Subjects--Personal Names:
Jesus Christ.
Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274 --Criticism and interpretation.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Light--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: B765.T54 / W453 2014

Dewey Class. No.: 230.092