Martin G. Poulsom is Head of Theology in the Department of Philosophy and Religion, Heythrop College, London, UK.

This book investigates the philosophical components of Christian faith in creation, by analyzing the distinction and the relation between creation and its Creator.The writings of Edward Schillebeeckx and David Burrell supply a terminology of distinction and relation that shapes the discourse, following in the footsteps of Aquinas. Poulsom elucidates the relational dialectic in the thought of Schillebeeckx as a way of thinking about the Creation and offers a helpful comparison with the thought of David Burrell. Relational dialectic is an organizing principle, not only of Schillebeeckx's account of creation, but of his philosophical theology more generally. It can operate as a hermeneutic for his material on praxis and humanism, in a way that resolves some problems noted by other Schillebeeckx scholars. Poulsom's interpretation of Schillebeeckx enriches current approaches to this thinker and offers a significant contribution to thinking on the doctrine of Creation and issues surrounding the 'ontological distinction' which is of major concern in philosophical theology today.

Introduction
1. The Structure of Discourse
2.Investigating Complementarity I: Common Ground
3. Investigating Complementarity II: Complementary Emphases and Dialectic
4. Relational Dialectic in Schillebeeckx's Philosophical Theology
5. Schillebeeckian Relational Dialectic I: Aquinas on Analogy
6. Schillebeeckian Relational Dialectic II: Prospects for Philosophical Theology
Bibliography
Index