1 Introduction: The Problems and Possibilities of Speaking About God
A. Current Scholarly Research on Eckhart and Aquinas
B. Articulating the “Distinction” Between Creator and Creatures
C. Summary: Speaking about God and Knowing God
2 Study as Contemplation: The Mutual Contexts of Aquinas and Eckhart
A. Origin and Mission of the Dominican Order
B. The Development of Dominican Education
C. Aquinas’ Influence on the Dominican Life
3 Thomas Aquinas: A Pedagogy for Speaking About God
A. Speech about God and Christian Forms of Life
B. The Scriptural Narrative of the Summa
C. The Method and Arrangement of the Summa
D. Question 1: Scripture as the Primary Source for Theology
4 Thomas Aquinas: From “Proof” to Analogy
A. Question 2: The Necessity of Demonstrating God
B. Questions 3 through 11: The Manner of the Creator’s Existence
C. Questions 12 and 13: Articulating Divine Incomprehensibility
5 Meister Eckhart: From Analogy to Silence
6 Conclusion: Living Without a Why and the Christian Forms of Life
A. The Lessons of Aquinas and Eckhart
B. Christian Forms of Life as Analogical
C. The Way of Analogy and the Future of Christian Forms of Life