Divided into two parts, this book first focuses on the philosophical work of Etienne Gilson and his work on metaphysics. The second part of the book deals with the relationship between philosophy and faith and aims to stimulate the reader into pursuing a series of dialectical experiments.

The themes of the relation of philosophy and ideology and that between philosophy and faith dominate this volume of the ""Thomistic Papers"". In the first part the discussion centres on the philosophical work of Etienne Gilson and the question whether Gilson theologized metaphysics. Included are articles by John F.X. Knasas, ""Does Gilson Theologize Thomistic Metaphysics?"", Armand A. Maurer, C.S.B., Gilson's Use of History in Philosophy"", with an appendix to the article being a translation og Gilson's ""Remarks on Experience in Metaphysics""; and Leonard A. Kennedy C.S.B., ""Thomism and Divine Absolute Power"". The discussion of the second part, in dealing with the relationship between philosophy and faith, is deliberately left incomplete and open so that the reader is invited to pursue the series of dialectical experiments further make up this part. The articles are by Thomas D. Sullivan, ""The Problem of Certitude: Reflections on the Grammar of Assent""; Thomas A. Russmann, OFM Cap, ""A Faith of True proportions: Reply to Sullivan""; and Thomas D. Sullivan, ""A Reply to Russmann"".