“Entering this volume is like entering a whole new intellectual world... Every single page sets one thinking in various directions either by the provocative claim being advanced or by alerting the reader to assumptions in his or her own thinking that suddenly appear far from obvious given the alternative option being advanced.”
-William Abraham Southern Methodist University

“...[The] overall argument is well made, thoughtfully developed, and challenging. It places metaphysics at the center of the philosophical agenda and makes a powerful case for a monistic metaphysics in the tradition of Plato, Spinoza, and Hegel.”
-Gavin D’Costa Bristol University

“A. M. Monius’s Coming to Understanding is a remarkable work, which seeks to renew a metaphysical approach to reality, including God and which is steeped in the classical tradition yet not inattentive to the complexities of interpretation and application encountered in the early twenty-first century.”
-Alister E. McGrath King’s College London