RT Article T1 Thomas Aquinas vis-à-vis Natural Theology, Theology of Nature, and Religious Naturalism JF Theology and science VO 15 IS 3 SP 266 OP 275 A1 Dodds, Michael J. LA English PB Routledge YR 2017 UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1639440666 AB This essay employs the thought of Thomas Aquinas to explore the differences between natural theology, a theology of nature, and religious naturalism. The scriptural foundation of Aquinas’s theology and the similarities he finds between the methods of theology and natural science provide a framework for understanding the ways in which a theology of nature may influence religious doctrine. K1 Natural Theology K1 religious naturalism K1 Science K1 Scientism K1 theology of nature K1 Thomas Aquinas DO 10.1080/14746700.2017.1335062