The Protestant philosophical and theological heritage of Thomas Aquinas This major new book provides an introduction to Thomas Aquinas s influence on Protestantism. Notes on Contributors vii Acknowledgments xi Introduction: The Reception, Critique, and Use of Aquinas in Protestant Thought 1 Manfred Svensson and David VanDrunen Part I The Protestant Reception of Aquinas 25 1 Deformation and Reformation: Thomas Aquinas and the Rise of Protestant Scholasticism 27 Jordan J. Ballor 2 Thomas Aquinas and Reformed Biblical Interpretation: The Contribution of William Whitaker 49 David S. Sytsma 3 Jerome Zanchi s Use of Thomas Aquinas 75 Stefan Lindholm 4 Richard Hooker and Thomas Aquinas on Defining Law 91 Torrance Kirby 5 Johann Gerhard s Reception of Thomas Aquinas s Analogia Entis 109 Jack Kilcrease 6 Doubting Reformational Anti ]Thomism 129 John Bolt 7 The Understanding and Critique of Thomas Aquinas in Contemporary German Protestant Theology 149 Sven Grosse Part II Constructive Engagement 167 8 Philosophy Explored 169 Sebastian Rehnman 9 The Active and Contemplative Life: The Practice of Theology 189 Michael Allen 10 On Divine Naming 207 Scott R. Swain 11 Nature and Grace 229 Paul Helm 12 Aquinas s Doctrine of Justification and Infused Habits in Reformed Soteriology 249 J. V. Fesko 13 The Influence of Aquinas on Protestant Ethics 267 Daniel Westberg 14 Justice, the Common Good, and the Scope of State Authority: Pointers to Protestant ]Thomist Convergence 287 Jonathan Chaplin Index 307