Thinking Through Feeling: God, Emotion and Passibility

Acknowledgments / Introduction / Chapter One: Historical and contemporary perspectives on emotion and impassibility / Chapter Two: Passiones and affectiones in Augustine and Aquinas / Summary of Chapters One and Two / Chapter Three: Emotion, intelligence and divine omniscience / Chapter Four: Compassion / Chapter Five: Anger / Chapter Six: Jealousy / Overview of Chapters Three to Six / Chapter Seven: Emotion, will, and divine omnipotence / Chapter Eight: Emotion, the body, and divine incorporeality / Conclusion / Bibliography

Anastasia Philippa Scrutton is Frederick J. Crosson Research Fellow at the Center for Philosophy of Religion, University of Notre Dame, USA.

"This is a highly original contribution to the discussion of emotion and of divine passibility. Are emotions automatic reactions, which we cannot control, to external events; or can we sometimes or always control them? Is God able to suffer, to be angry, jealous, loving, compassionate? These and many other questions are discussed lucidly and with profound insight. This book will be of great interest to theologians, psychologists, and all who appreciate intellectual stimulus." -- John Hick, Emeritus H.G.Wood Professor of Theology, University of Birmingham, UK. "Scrutton displays insight and skill in artfully weaving together several related strands of thought, and this breadth does not detract from her project's depth, by and large. Thinking Through Feeling is a timely book given the growing interest in emotions and their relationships to human rationality, morality, and flourishing. I think this has the kind of material that will spark fruitful research projects for philosophers and theologians (and perhaps even psychologists) alike." - Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 'Scrutton displays insight and skill in artfully weaving together several related strands of thought, and this breadth does not detract from her project's depth, by and large. Thinking Through Feeling is a timely book given the growing interest in emotions and their relationships to human rationality, morality, and flourishing. I think this has the kind of material that will spark fruitful research projects for philosophers and theologians (and perhaps even psychologists) alike.' - Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews