Disability in Medieval Christian Philosophy and Theology - Paperback

by Scott M. Williams (Editor)

This book uses the tools of analytic philosophy and close readings of medieval Christian philosophical and theological texts in order to survey what these thinkers said about disability. It surveys disability across a range of medieval Christian writers from Augustine up to Francisco Suarez.

Author Biography

Scott M. Williams is an Assistant Professor of philosophy at the University of North Carolina Asheville. He publishes in the areas of medieval theology and philosophy, philosophy of religion, and philosophy of disability. He has published several articles in philosophical theology on the Trinity, and recently published a response article, in Faith and Philosophy, called "In Defense of a Latin Social Trinity: A Response to William Hasker." He is currently writing a book, Henry of Ghent on the Trinity, and is co-editing a forthcoming special issue of the journal TheoLogica on conciliar trinitarianism