Consent: The Means to an Active Faith According to St. Thomas Aquinas

American University Studies, Series V, Philosophy, Vol 126 Ph.D., Philosophy dissertation (revised for publication)--Northwestern University, 1984. In this book, Judith Barad offers a fresh treatment of St. Thomas Aquinas' account of faith by emphasizing his distinction between assent & consent. The distinction entails that altho intellectual assent is a necessary condition of faith, the consent of the will, issuing in moral activity, is required for faith's completion. Thru her analysis of Aquinas' distinction, Barad maintains not only that the traditional characterization of Aquinas as an intellectualist in matters of faith is false, but that Aquinas can shed light on the difference between religious hypocrisy & devotion.