Aug 19 2008

Tuesdays with St. Thomas: Postposed Until Next Week

Published by Jeff Vehige at 5:00 am under Books, St. Thomas Aquinas

Tuesdays with St. Thomas is postponed until next week. Not only did the text I was going to post on today put the smackdown on my limited intellectual skills, I went out of town on a family vacation over the weekend and didn’t have time to work on it much.

However, not wanting to leave you with nothing, I thought I’d list those books about St. Thomas that I’ve found most helpful in understanding his thought.

  1. Josef Pieper, A Guide to St. Thomas
  2. G. K. Chesterton, Saint Thomas Aquinas: The Dumb Ox
  3. Martin Grabmann, Introduction to the Theological Summa of St. Thomas
  4. M.-D. Chenu, Toward Understanding St. Thomas
  5. J.-P. Torrell, Saint Thomas Aquinas: His Person and Work
  6. Walter Farrell and Martin Healy, My Way of Life: The Summa Simplified for Everyone

So, what are the books about the Angelic Doctor you’ve found helpful?

4 Comments to “Tuesdays with St. Thomas: Postposed Until Next Week”

  1. # S.F.on 20 Aug 2008 at 7:36 pm

    Thank you for the list! I’ve already got #2 though I haven’t finished reading it yet, and on your recommendation I ordered #6 as well. I will make a note of the others for the future!

  2. # Jeff Vehigeon 21 Aug 2008 at 2:13 pm

    Hi SF,

    Let me know what you think of the Farrell and Healy book. I think it’s excellent. In Christ.

  3. # Sharonon 22 Aug 2008 at 4:00 am

    I have heard that Chesterton’s book is great and I have also heard that The Ever Illuminating Wisdom of St Thomas Aquinas by Peter Kreeft et al is good for those who have no knowledge of Aquinas. This book lets them dip their toes in the water as it were. A review of the book by Dr Tracey Rowland (Ratzinger’s Faith - the theology of Pope Benedict XVI) can be found at the link below.

    http://www.ad2000.com.au/articles/2000/may2000p18_73.html

  4. # Jeff Vehigeon 22 Aug 2008 at 8:43 am

    Hi Sharon,

    Saint Thomas Aquinas is great because Chesterton wrote it. If you don’t like Chesterton, I don’t think you’d like his book on Aquinas. Still, it’s a fine introduction to the life and thought of St. Thomas.

    I read the Kreeft book when I was in grad school. I don’t remember too much about it other than a general feeling that it wasn’t very good. The only essay I do remember reading is Kreeft’s, which I thought was a big-time rip-off of the aforementioned Chesterton book.

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