Allen, Diogenes,

Philosophy for understanding theology / [print] Diogenes Allen and Eric O. Springsted. - second edition. - Louisville : Westminster John Knox Press, (c)2007. - xxv, 267 pages ; 23 cm.



Plato: the world is the handiwork of a mind -- Plato: this world is not our home -- The platonic tradition: the stoics, plotinus, pseudo-dionysius -- Aristotle: his categories and the mystery of god -- Aristotle and the creation of scholastic theology -- Aquinas' program and two critics: karl barth and process theology -- The beginnings of the modem world: nominalism, humanism -- The scientific revolution -- Early modem philosophy: rationalism, empiricism, the enlightenment -- Kant and the limits of knowledge -- Hegel and the restoration of optimism -- The search for meaning in contemporary philosophy: -- Existentialism, phenomenology, and, hermeneutics -- Postmodernism: truth, objectivity and certainty -- Postmodernism: moral philosophy.



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Philosophical theology.
Philosophy--History.
Christianity--Philosophy.

BT40 BT40.S769.P455 2007