TH 663 - Jews, Muslims and Christians in the Middle Ages

(3.00 cr.)

Students examine the philosophical and theological trialogue among Jewish, Christian, and Muslim thinkers in the Middle Ages on such questions as the nature of divine power, the status of human speech about God, and the problems and possibilities associated with belief in the Incarnation. Al Ghazzali, Ibn Sina (Avicenna), Maimonides, and Aquinas are among the thinkers discussed.