Thomas Aquinas and the Philosophy of Religion
A special issue of Religions (ISSN 2077-1444). This special issue belongs to the section "Religions and Humanities/Philosophies".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 December 2025 | Viewed by 17
Special Issue Editors
Interests: philosophical theology of Thomas Aquinas; philosophy of science; philosophy of religion
Interests: philosophy of religion; philosophical theology; philosophical hermeneutics; general issues in apologetics and biblical studies
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In this Special Issue, we focus on topics in the Philosophy of Religion from Aquinas. By approaching topics classical to Philosophy of Religion from the writings and tradition of Thomas Aquinas, the reader is able to discern how his thinking fits on a more contemporary landscape of eclectic thinking. Staying within the corpus of one thinker lends a natural continuity to otherwise loosely topical essays.
Though more could be said of Aquinas in terms of a comparison and contrast with other medieval Aristotelians in a purely philosophical vein or a comparison and contrast with his immediate predecessors or successors in a more theological vein, this Special Issue will focus on his contributions to Philosophy of Religion. In keeping with the theme and aim, this Special Issue, “Thomas Aquinas and the Philosophy of Religion”, will tackle issues of the existence of God (including arguments for God’s existence and potential conceptual problems arising from classical theistic attributes); religious epistemology; God-talk and analogy; faith and reason; God and the natural sciences; the problem of evil; skeptical theism; the hiddenness of God; and sub-domains of the previous topics/categories. Each article will contain some element of engagement with or development from the work of Thomas Aquinas. If successful, it will give the reader a sense of Aquinas in the history of ideas. We hope that this will stimulate new research by applying some of Aquinas’ principles to new problems or to old problems in new ways.
We request that, prior to submitting a manuscript, interested authors initially submit a proposed title and an abstract of 200–300 words summarizing their intended contribution. Please send it to the Guest Editor, or to the Assistant Editor of Religions (zena.zeng@mdpi.com). Abstracts will be reviewed by the Guest Editors for the purposes of ensuring proper fit within the scope of the Special Issue. Full manuscripts will undergo double-blind peer review.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. J. Thomas Bridges
Dr. Brian Huffling
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Aquinas
- philosophy
- theism
- atheism
- religion
- evil
- hiddenness
- epistemology
- divine attributes
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