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<p>This essay will present Richard Rohr’s central claims about Jesus Christ and the presence of God in creation and then consider them in light of Aquinas’s teachings with particular attention to his <italic>Commentary on John</italic>. This essay attempts to show that Rohr’s claims are incomplete and ultimately misguided and that Aquinas’s participatory account of creation and the Incarnation allows him to cultivate an awareness of God’s presence in all of creation while also maintaining the salvific uniqueness of the Incarnation.</p>
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This essay will present Richard Rohr’s central claims about Jesus Christ and the presence of God in creation and then consider them in light of Aquinas’s teachings with particular attention to his Commentary on John. This essay attempts to show that Rohr’s claims are incomplete and ultimately misguided and that Aquinas’s participatory account of creation and the Incarnation allows him to cultivate an awareness of God’s presence in all of creation while also maintaining the salvific uniqueness of the Incarnation.

Pantheistic versus Participatory Christologies: A Critical Analysis of Richard Rohr’s <italic>Universal Christ</italic> in Light of Thomas Aquinas’s <italic>Commentary on John</italic>

European Journal for the Study of Thomas Aquinas

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Pantheistic versus Participatory Christologies: A Critical Analysis of Richard Rohr’s  in Light of Thomas Aquinas’s 

This essay will present Richard Rohr’s central claims about Jesus Christ and the presence of God in creation and then consider them in light of Aquinas’s...

Pantheistic versus Participatory Christologies: A Critical Analysis of Richard Rohr’s Universal Christ in Light of Thomas Aquinas’s Commentary on John

Publié en ligne: 09 nov. 2021

Pages: 1 - 23

Reçu: 01 août 2020

Accepté: 07 oct. 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ejsta-2021-0001

Mots clés
Thomas Aquinas, Richard Rohr, Christology, incarnation, pantheism

© 2021 Michael A. Dauphinais, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Pantheistic versus Participatory Christologies: A Critical Analysis of Richard Rohr’s Universal Christ in Light of Thomas Aquinas’s Commentary on John

Publié en ligne: 09 nov. 2021

Pages: 1 - 23

Reçu: 01 août 2020

Accepté: 07 oct. 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ejsta-2021-0001

Mots clésThomas Aquinas, Richard Rohr, Christology, incarnation, pantheism

© 2021 Michael A. Dauphinais, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
Thomas Aquinas, Richard Rohr, Christology, incarnation, pantheism