Divine being and its relevance according to Thomas Aquinas

William J. Hoye, Dr.theol. (1971), University of Münster, is retired professor for Systematic Theology. He was an Andrew W. Mellon Fellow. He has published 80 articles and 11 books including The Emergence of Eternal Life (Cambridge University Press, 2013).

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 1 Introduction



 2 Divine Being as the Creator



 3 God’s Eternity



 4 Divine Being as the Good



 5 Divine Being as Happiness



 6 Divine Being as Truth Itself



 7 Divine Being as the Ground of Freedom of the Will



 8 The Unity of a Human Being



 9 Prayer and Providence



 10 Is God a Person?



 11 God as Love



 12 God and Violence



 13 The Incarnation of Divine Being



 14 Divine Being’s Unknowability



 15 The Trinity



 16 Divine Being as the Ground of Laughter



 17 The Question of the Existence of Divine Being



 18 How Can We Speak about God?



  Appendix

  Bibliography

  Index