“Truth” is a Divine Name: Hitherto Unpublished Papers of Edward A. Synan, 1918-1997
Edited by Janice L. Schultz-Aldrich
Rodopi, 2010
ISBN: 978-90-420-3154-8
This volume contains essays on an array of topics originally presented orally by a master teacher and scholar. With characteristic rhetorical elegance, Msgr. Synan, late professor at the Pontifical Institute in Toronto, delivered these papers in a variety of settings on issues relating to his specialty of mediaeval Christian philosophy and to his interest in Jewish-Christian dialogue, on the theology of sanctity and of death, and on morally significant historical events. Medieval figures represented here include Aquinas, Augustine, Abelard, and Godfrey of St. Victor; some topics treated are war and peace, philosophical innovations, ecclesiology, evil, goliardic verse, law and abortion, Church councils and Jews in the Middle Ages, and convictions uniting Jews and Christians. This book also contains representative sermons–including a Month’s Mind for Etienne Gilson, an introduction detailing Synan’s background and professional contributions, an updated bibliography of his published works, and an extensive index. Especially appealing to those who knew Synan are three posthumous tributes and thirteen photographs from throughout his life. The selections in this volume are scholarly but non-technical, intended for anyone moved to seek elucidation of the topics discussed.
Contents
Medieval Figures
The Innovations of Aquinas
The Conversions of Augustine
Thomas Aquinas: “Evil is found in the world”
Augustine on War and Peace
The Ecclesiology of Augustine
Abelard’s Moslem as a Good Pagan
Verses and Wisdom in the Twelfth Century
Jewish-Christian Relations
Shadows on the Cavern Wall
The Church and the Jews: The Dialogue of Yesteryear—As Christians Heard It
The Church and the Jews after the Fourth Lateran Council (1215)
Edited by Janice L. Schultz-Aldrich
Rodopi, 2010
ISBN: 978-90-420-3154-8
This volume contains essays on an array of topics originally presented orally by a master teacher and scholar. With characteristic rhetorical elegance, Msgr. Synan, late professor at the Pontifical Institute in Toronto, delivered these papers in a variety of settings on issues relating to his specialty of mediaeval Christian philosophy and to his interest in Jewish-Christian dialogue, on the theology of sanctity and of death, and on morally significant historical events. Medieval figures represented here include Aquinas, Augustine, Abelard, and Godfrey of St. Victor; some topics treated are war and peace, philosophical innovations, ecclesiology, evil, goliardic verse, law and abortion, Church councils and Jews in the Middle Ages, and convictions uniting Jews and Christians. This book also contains representative sermons–including a Month’s Mind for Etienne Gilson, an introduction detailing Synan’s background and professional contributions, an updated bibliography of his published works, and an extensive index. Especially appealing to those who knew Synan are three posthumous tributes and thirteen photographs from throughout his life. The selections in this volume are scholarly but non-technical, intended for anyone moved to seek elucidation of the topics discussed.
Contents
Medieval Figures
Jewish-Christian Relations
Selected Topics
Convocation Addresses and Sermons
Convocation Addresses
Five Sermons
Three Tributes
Bibliography of Edward A. Synan’s Published Works
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