Volume 7, Number 1 (Fall 2009)
The first three articles in this issue were originally presented at the 2009 Metaphysics Colloquium sponsored by the Institute for Saint Anselm Studies and held at Saint Anselm College June 10–11, 2009. The colloquium takes its inspiration from Pope John Paul II who in Fides et Ratio spoke of the need for continuing philosophical speculation to come to an understanding of the Catholic faith.
The principal speaker at the colloquium was Sarah Borden Sharkey of the Department of Philosophy, Wheaton College (Il.). Responding to Professor Borden Sharkey's paper were Professor Kevin Staley of the Philosophy Department of Saint Anselm College and Father Gary M. Gurtler, S.J., of the Philosophy Department of Boston College.
The articles by Professor Edward Jeremy Miller of the Theology Department of Gwynedd Mercy College and Professor Kevin McMahon of the Theology Department of Saint Anselm College were originally presented at the fourth Saint Anselm Conference sponsored by the Institute and held at Saint Anselm College April 17–18, 2009. The conference theme-Faith and Reason from Saint Anselm to Pope Benedict XVI-encouraged papers on a wide range of topics, as these two articles demonstrate.
In his article, Father Thomas Gwozdz of Saint Joseph Seminary College (LA) sheds new light on a much debated issue: freedom in the thought of Saint Anselm.
In the last article of this issue, Professor Bernd Goebel of the Institute of Philosophy, Fulda Theology Faculty, provides a thoughtful analysis of Ian Logan's recent book, Reading Anselm's Proslogion.
How can Being be Limited?: W. Norris Clarke on Thomas's "Limitation of Act by Potency" (PDF/115KB)
by Sarah Borden Sharkey
Wheaton College (IL)
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Norris Clarke and Sarah Borden on the Limitation of Existence or Why We Are Not God: A Response (PDF/60KB)
by Kevin M. Staley
Saint Anselm College
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Plotinus on the Limitation of Act by Potency (PDF/199KB)
by Gary M. Gurtler, S.J.
Boston College
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How Has Boethius's Appeal for Ratio Fared? (PDF/80KB)
by Edward Jeremy Miller
Gwynedd-Mercy College
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Nature, Grace and the Eucharistic Foundation of Fides et Ratio (PDF/64KB)
by Kevin A. McMahon
Saint Anselm College
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Anselm's Theory of Freedom (PDF/113KB)
by Thomas Gwozdz
Saint Joseph Seminary College (LA)
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Anselm's Elusive Argument: Ian Logan Reading the Proslogion (PDF/152KB)
by Bernd Goebel
Institute of Philosophy, Fulda Theology Faculty
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