Table of Contents

Part 1 Dedication Part 2 Contents Part 3 Preface Part 4 Acknowledgments Part 5 Introduction Part 6 Part 1. The Paradox of Faith and Works: Reconciling Divine Causality with Human Free-Will and Merit Chapter 7 1. Stating the Problem: Human Achievement or Divine Causality? Chapter 8 2. A History of the Faith-Works Controversy Part 9 Part II. A Resolution of this Paradox in the Thought of St. Thomas Aquinas Chapter 10 3. Aquinas on Causality in Nature and Grace Chapter 11 4. Aquinas on Merit in Nature and Grace Part 12 Concluding Remarks: The Present Study and the Challenge of Ecumenical Dialogue in a Post-Modern Society Part 13 Bibliography Part 14 About the Author

About the Author

Richard H. Bulzacchelli is a member of the Theology Faculty at Aquinas College in Nashville, Tennessee. He received an M.A. in Christian Philosophy from Marquette University, an M.A. in Religious Studies from Providence College, and a Licentiate in Sacred Theology from the Dominican House of Studies.