Aquinas and Radical Orthodoxy is a clearly written critique of John Milbank's and Catherine Pickstock's controversial portrayal of Aquinas as a forerunner of Radical Orthodoxy. It sketches the genesis of the movement, probes the nature and limits of its appeal to Aquinas, and investigates the range of key epistemological, metaphysical and dogmatic issues at stake.

Preface 1. Radical Orthodoxy: A Genealogy of a Genealogy 2. Aquinas among the Radically Orthodox: Investigations, Invocations, Altercations Part I. On Being Heard But Not Seen 3. Clashes at Cambridge: The Dispute with Nicholas Lash and the Emergence of Milbank's Aquinas 4. Language or Ontology? Milbank's Aquinas and the Nature of Analogy 5. Revelation's 'Evacuation' of Metaphysics (I): First Philosophy as Ersatz Theology 6. Revelation's 'Evacuation' of Metaphysics (II): The Truncated Object of First Philosophy Part II. On Seeing Only What One Wants to See 7. "Token Bumpkinhood" (I): Pickstock, Aquinas, and the Creative Dimension of Knowledge 8. "Token Bumpkinhood" (II): Pickstock, Aquinas, and the Truth in the Divine Ideas 9. The Creature as the Creator's Unveiling: Aquinas as Phenomenologist According To Milbank 10. Knowing God's Essence: Does 'No' Mean 'No'? 11. Why all Knowledge is Supernatural: Milbank's Aquinas, Aristotle, and the Demotion of Substance 12. Divine Revelation and Human Performance: Milbank's Aquinas on the Trinity 13. Conclusion. Notes. Index