Thomas Aquinas and William E. Carroll on Creatio ex Nihilo: A Response to Joseph Hannon's "Theological Objections to a Metaphysicalist Interpretation of Creation". Issue 2 (3rd April 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Silva, Ignacio
• Is Part Of: Theology and science. Volume 19:Issue 2(2021)
• Page Start: 91
• Page End: 99
• Publication Date: 2021-04-03
• Subjects: Religion and science -- Periodicals; Theology -- Periodicals; 261.55
• DOI: 10.1080/14746700.2021.1910908
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1474-6700

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Joseph Hannon has expressed a most surprising objection to Aquinas scholar Prof William E. Carroll in his latest paper "Theological Objections to a Metaphysicalist Interpretation of Creation." The main claim is that Prof. Carroll misunderstands Aquinas' doctrine of creatio ex nihilo by reducing it to a metaphysical notion, rather than considering it in its full theological sense. In this paper I show Hannon's misinterpretation of Carroll's and Thomas Aquinas' thought, particularly by stressing the dependence that the doctrine of providence through secondary causes has on the doctrine of creatio ex nihilo .