RT Book
T1 Thinking about animals in thirteenth-century Paris: theologians on the boundary between humans and animals
A1 Wei, Ian P. 1960-
LA English
PP Cambridge, United Kingdom New York, NY, USA Melbourne, VIC, Australia New Delhi, India Singapore
PB Cambridge University Press
YR 2020
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1726802396
AB William of Auvergne -- The Summa Halensis and Bonaventure -- Albert the Great and Thomas Aquinas.
AB "Exploring what theologians at the University of Paris in the thirteenth century understood about the boundary between humans and animals, this book demonstrates the great variety of ways in which they held similarity and difference in productive tension. Analysing key theological works, Ian P. Wei presents extended close readings of William of Auvergne, the Summa Halensis, Bonaventure, Albert the Great and Thomas Aquinas. These scholars found it useful to consider animals and humans together, especially with regard to animal knowledge and behaviour, when discussing issues including creation, the fall, divine providence, the heavens, angels and demons, virtues and passions. While they frequently stressed that animals had been created for use by humans, and sometimes treated them as tools employed by God to shape human behaviour, animals were also analytical tools for the theologians themselves. This study thus reveals how animals became a crucial resource for generating knowledge of God and the whole of creation"--
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN BT746
SN 9781108830157
SN 9781108821728
K1 Animals : Religious aspects : Christianity : History of doctrines : Middle Ages, 600-1500
K1 Human-animal relationships : Religious aspects : Christianity : History of doctrines : Middle Ages, 600-1500
DO 10.1017/9781108907552