Divine Illumination – The History and Future of Augustine′s Theory of Knowlege

Lydia Schumacher is Research Fellow and a member of the Faculty of Theology at the University of Oxford. She has published articles in The Grandeur of Reason: Religion, Tradition, and Universalism (2009); and in The Expository Times, Modern Theology, Lyceum, New Blackfriars and Augustinian Studies. She works as an editor on the forthcoming Oxford Guide to the Historical Reception of Augustine (2011).

Acknowledgments. Editions. Abbreviations. Introduction. Augustine on Divine Illumination. Interpretations of Divine Illumination in Augustine s Thought. Interpretations of Divine Illumination in Medieval Thought. Re-interpreting the History of Augustine s Theory of Knowledge. 1. Augustine. Introduction. The Doctrine of God. Creation in the Image of God. The Fall and Redemption. Conforming to the Image of God. Divine Illumination. 2. Anselm. Introduction. The Image of God. Conforming to the Image of God. Divine Illumination. Anselm the Augustinian. 3. Divine Illumination in Transition. Introduction. New Schools. New Translations. New Religious Challenges. New Religious Orders. New Intellectual Traditions. 4. Bonaventure. Introduction. The Doctrine of God. Creation in the Image of God. The Fall and Redemption. Conforming to the Image of God. Divine Illumination. Bonaventure the Augustinian?. 5. Aquinas. Introduction. The Image of God. Conforming to the Image of God. Divine Illumination. Aquinas the Augustinian. 6. Divine Illumination in Decline. Introduction. Peter John Olivi. Henry of Ghent. John Duns Scotus. Augustinian and Franciscan Thought. Franciscan and Modern Thought. 7. The Future of Augustine s Theory of Knowledge. Introduction to a Theological Theory of Knowledge. Reason in a Theological Theory of Knowledge. Faith in a Theological Theory of Knowledge. Conclusion. Index.