Faith and philosophy : a historical orientation / Jerry H. Gill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gill, Jerry H., author.

Series:

Value Inquiry Book Series ; 371.

Value Inquiry Book Series ; 371

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy and religion--History.

Philosophy and religion.

Philosophy--History.

Philosophy.

Christian philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Brill, [2021]

Summary:

The ancient religious thinker Tertullian asked: "What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?", implying that faith and philosophy have nothing to say to each other. The history of this dialogue has shaped the intellectual dialogue from the very beginning right up to the present. In this book, Jerry H. Gill has traced the dynamics of this dialogue and in the conclusion he has offered his own answer to the questions it raises.

Contents:

Preface: The Why and Wherefore

A Very Happy Acknowledgement

Introduction: Faith Seeking Understanding

1 Greek Thought

1 Pre-Socratics and Socrates

2 Plato: Theistic Idealism

3 Aristotle: Rational Theology

4 Plotinus: Neo-Platonism

2 Medieval Thought

1 Irenaeus: God and Evil

2 Augustine: Christian Platonism

3 Aquinas: Christian Aristotelianism

4 Eckhart: Christian Mysticism

3 Modern Thought

1 Descartes: Rationalist Faith

2 Locke: Empiricist Faith

3 Hume: Religious Skepticism

4 Kant: Reason Seeking Faith

4 Recent Thought

1 Kierkegaard: Faith without Reason?

2 Feuerbach: Naturalistic Humanism

3 A. N. Whitehead: Process Thought

4 Tillich: Philosophical Theology

Conclusion: Reasons of the Heart

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-46564-2

OCLC:

1281956392

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004465640 DOI