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Thomas Aquinas on the Sacrifice of Christ and the Eucharist: A Defence (2022)
Journal Article
Nieuwenhove, R. V. (2023). Thomas Aquinas on the Sacrifice of Christ and the Eucharist: A Defence. New Blackfriars, 104(1109), 4-22. https://doi.org/10.1111/nbfr.12804

In this paper I will discuss one of the soteriological models Thomas Aquinas outlines in his Summa Theologiae, namely ‘sacrifice’. This is only one of several, but not mutually exclusive, ways in which Thomas interprets our salvation in Christ. I wil... Read More about Thomas Aquinas on the Sacrifice of Christ and the Eucharist: A Defence.

Divine Nothingness, Ecstasy and Self-transcendence in the Evangelical Pearl (2022)
Journal Article
Van Nieuwenhove, R. (2022). Divine Nothingness, Ecstasy and Self-transcendence in the Evangelical Pearl. Medieval Mystical Theology, 31(1), 33 - 40. https://doi.org/10.1080/20465726.2022.2084840

This article considers a key topic from medieval theological anthropology by examining how ecstasy and self-transcendence relate to divine nothingness. It discusses this topic by examining a spiritual classic written by a female author and published... Read More about Divine Nothingness, Ecstasy and Self-transcendence in the Evangelical Pearl.

Introduction to Medieval Theology: Second Edition (2022)
Book
Van Nieuwenhove, R. (2022). Introduction to Medieval Theology: Second Edition. (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108884426

This classic book, now in a second, expanded edition, is an invitation to think along with major theologians and spiritual authors, men and women from the time of St Augustine to the end of the fourteenth century, who profoundly challenge our (post-)... Read More about Introduction to Medieval Theology: Second Edition.

Trinity, regiratio and mind: an exploration of the systematic-theological resources of Ruusbroec's regirative model (2022)
Journal Article
Van Nieuwenhove, R. (2022). Trinity, regiratio and mind: an exploration of the systematic-theological resources of Ruusbroec's regirative model. International Journal of Systematic Theology, 24(4), 505-522. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijst.12552

This article discusses the original and highly dynamic doctrine of the Trinity of Jan van Ruusbroec (1293–1381) and explores its potential for systematic theology today. Ruusbroec characterizes the Trinity as ‘a flowing, ebbing sea’ in which the divi... Read More about Trinity, regiratio and mind: an exploration of the systematic-theological resources of Ruusbroec's regirative model.