Summa Theologica: Deep Review

Original academic guide to Summa Theologica: Essential Questions by Thomas Aquinas.

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• 36 min
• Ages 15–99
• 10 chapters

About this audiobook

A guided review of Aquinas's vast synthesis of Christian theology and Aristotelian philosophy, organized through questions, objections, arguments, and replies.

Why it's worth a listen

Teach listeners how the Summa thinks and how to enter it, emphasizing argumentative method and major concepts instead of pretending a thirty-minute guide can summarize every article.

Based on the book by Thomas Aquinas, published by Emma's Library

Chapters

1. The Problem This Book Is Trying To Solve
2. The Architecture of the Summa
3. How the Summa Thinks: The Scholastic Method
4. God and Creation: The Prima Pars
5. The Architecture of Human Happiness and Virtue
6. The Anatomy of Law and Grace
7. The Return to God: Christ and the Sacraments
8. The Brilliance of the Thomistic Synthesis
9. Limitations, Criticisms, and the Dated Dimensions
10. How to Read the Summa Today and Who It Is For