Alone among Thomas Aquinas' works, the Summa Theologiae contains well-developed and integrated discussions of metaphysics, ethics, law, human action, and the divine nature. The essays in this volume, by scholars representing varied approaches to the study of Aquinas, offer thorough, cutting-edge expositions and analyses of these topics and show how they relate to Aquinas' larger system of thought. The volume also examines the reception of the Summa Theologiae from the thirteenth century to the present day, showing how scholars have understood and misunderstood this key text - and how, even after seven centuries of interpretation, we still have much to learn from it. Detailed and accessible, this book will be highly important for scholars and students of medieval philosophy and theology.

Introduction Jeffrey Hause1. On what there is in Aquinas Robert Pasnau2. Dead ends, bad form: the positivity of evil in the Summa Theologiae Stephen L. Brock3. The Summa Theologiae on what God is not Brian Davies4. The trinity J. T. Paasch5. Aquinas on the soul: some intriguing conundrums Marilyn McCord Adams6. Emotion and desire in the Summa Nicholas E. Lombardo, OP7. Aquinas on moral progress Tobias Hoffmann8. Practical reason and normativity Matthias Perkams9. The natural law Jean Porter10. Natural reason and supernatural faith Thomas Osborne, Jr11. The significance of Christology in the Summa Theologiae Michael Gorman12. From theology to philosophy: the changing status of the Summa, 1500–2000 Jacob Schmutz.

Jeffrey Hause is Michael W. Barry Professor of Philosophy at Creighton University, Omaha. He has published widely on the work of Thomas Aquinas and is the editor of Debates in Medieval Philosophy: Essential Readings and Contemporary Responses (2013).

Jeffrey Hause, Robert Pasnau, Stephen L. Brock, Brian Davies, J. T. Paasch, Marilyn McCord Adams, Nicholas E. Lombardo, OP, Tobias Hoffmann, Matthias Perkams, Jean Porter, Thomas Osborne, Jr, Michael Gorman, Jacob Schmut