Dr Lydia Schumacher is Chancellor's Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, School of Divinity. Her previous books include Divine Illumination: The History and Future of Augustine’s Theory of Knowledge and the three-volume Oxford Guide to the Historical Reception of Augustine, for which she served as both co-editor and contributor.

• Introduction to Rationality as Virtue; Necessary Conditions for Pro-Theology Philosophy; The Ontology of Participation; The Ontology of Knowledge; The Conditions for Knowledge; Rationality; Sufficient Conditions for Pro-Theology Philosophy; Deficient Conditions for Pro-Theology Philosophy; Sufficient Conditions for Pro-Theology Philosophy; Towards a Theological Philosophy;

’Schumacher advances the bold claim that the Christian life establishes not just the plausibility or attractiveness, but the rationality of faith. In this first installment of an ambitious two-part project, she patiently assembles a pro-theology philosophy, i.e., a teleological account of rationality as inherently ordered to ethical ends. The pursuit of knowledge is shown as fully intelligible only when placed within the context of the task of perfecting ourselves as the particular kind of creatures we are. The result is a significant and original contribution that ranges ably over the terrain of ontology, theory of knowledge, virtue epistemology, and virtue ethics.’ Jennifer Herdt, Yale Divinity School, USA ’Schumacher provides a sophisticated account of how reason and faith should be understood by Christians and philosophers not sympathetic to Christianity. She draws on the work of classical theologians while also paying attention to contemporary thinkers. And she does so to good effect.’ Brian Davies, Fordham University, USA