The nature and content of the thought of Duns Scotus (c.1266-1308) remains largely unknown except by the expert. This book provides an accessible account of Scotus's theology, focusing both on what is distinctive in his thought, and on issues where his insights might prove to be of perennial value.

"A broad, accessible introduction to the thought of John Duns Scotus that is both useful for the beginner and engaging to the specialist. . . . Cross succeeds in showing that Duns Scotus was a great thinker engaged in a wide variety of interesting ideas at a very high level of rational inquiry. The book will also prove useful for the broad context that it provides for the standard excerpts and typical references that constitute the usual brush with Scotus in university studies. Finally, even the specialist will appreciate the invitation to review in a short compass the variety of influential Scotistic doctrines that this short book manages to encircle."--Journal of Religion "Written in a direct and concise style, [Duns Scotus] allows readers to follow Scotus's rather sophisticated argumentation with remarkable ease. [. . .] The book is certain to become a standard reference in English for Scotus's theology and rightly so: no other work in English makes available such a wide range of Scotistic theological thought in so accessible a form."--Review of Metaphysics