Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction: modern philosophies of punishment and the return to Aquinas -- The problem with the utilitarian theory of punishment -- The problem with modern retributivism -- Foundations of the Thomistic theory of punishment -- The moral basis of punishment: Aquinas's retributivism -- Beyond retribution: punishing criminals in political society -- Capital punishment, evangelium vitae, and the Thomistic theory of punishment -- Conclusion: Thomas Aquinas and modern theories of punishment…”

“…This is a study of the union of matter and the soul in the human being in the thought of the Dominican Thomas Aquinas. At first glance this issue might appear arcane, but it was at the centre of polemic with heresy in the thirteenth century and at the centre of the development of medieval thought more broadly. …”

“…Thomas Aquinas is one of the most important figures in the history of philosophy and philosophical theology. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Person and nature in philosophical perspective -- Aquinas's basic view of the incarnation -- The incarnation and divine simplicity, immutability, and impassibility -- How does Christ's human nature not ground its own person -- The number of existences (esse) in Christ -- The consistency of Christology…”