Housing the Powers: Medieval Debates about Dependence on God

by Adams and Marilyn McCord Adams

Housing the powers? What powers? Soul powers -- powers that shape the lives of human souls. They may be housed, and exercised, by those souls or by other agents. This book is about views on that subject developed by Christian philosophical theologians in western Europe from the mid-12th to the early 14th century, with some borrowing of thoughts from their Islamic counterparts. Chapters 1 to 3 discuss in increasing breadth and depth those theologians'...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192862545
• ISBN13: 9780192862549
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.7" x 8.1"