Author: Diogenes Allen
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN: 9780852442296
Category : Christianity
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Knowledge of key philosophic terms or concepts is vital to the understanding of many issues in Christian theology. Diogenes Allen's book "Philosophy for Understanding Theology" explores such terms and concepts and their relationship to theology. This new anthology, edited by Allen and Eric Springsted, provides primary texts undergirding that earlier work. The writings included here deal with philosophical issues crucial to the understanding of theology and include responses to those questions from Plato to the present. Whether used alone or as a companion volume, this new reader is a valuable resource for theological studies.
Primary Readings in Philosophy for Understanding Theology
Author: Diogenes Allen
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN: 9780664252083
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Knowledge of key philosophic terms or concepts is vital to the understanding of many issues in Christian theology. This new anthology provides primary texts undergirding Diogenes Allen's earlier work, Philosophy for Understanding Theology, making for a valuable theological resource.
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN: 9780664252083
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Knowledge of key philosophic terms or concepts is vital to the understanding of many issues in Christian theology. This new anthology provides primary texts undergirding Diogenes Allen's earlier work, Philosophy for Understanding Theology, making for a valuable theological resource.
Philosophy for Understanding Theology
Author: Diogenes Allen
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN: 1611640482
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
Philosophy for Understanding Theology has become the classic text for exploring the relationship between philosophy and Christian theology. This new edition adds chapters on postmodernism and questions of the self and the good to bring the book up to date with current scholarship. It introduces students to the influence that key philosophers and philosophical movements through the centuries have had on shaping Christian theology in both its understandings and forms of expression.
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN: 1611640482
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
Philosophy for Understanding Theology has become the classic text for exploring the relationship between philosophy and Christian theology. This new edition adds chapters on postmodernism and questions of the self and the good to bring the book up to date with current scholarship. It introduces students to the influence that key philosophers and philosophical movements through the centuries have had on shaping Christian theology in both its understandings and forms of expression.
Readings in Historical Theology
Author: Robert F. Lay
Publisher: Kregel Academic
ISBN: 0825489474
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
This broad-ranging collection of the primary sources that have shaped the theology of Christianity, spans Old Testament to modern writings. This historical theology textbook includes informative introductions and guiding questions from the author.
Publisher: Kregel Academic
ISBN: 0825489474
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
This broad-ranging collection of the primary sources that have shaped the theology of Christianity, spans Old Testament to modern writings. This historical theology textbook includes informative introductions and guiding questions from the author.
Charts of Philosophy and Philosophers
Author: Craig Vincent Mitchell
Publisher: HarperCollins Christian Publishing
ISBN: 0310270928
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
"Following the helpful visual format of the popilar Zondervan Charts series, Chars of Philosophy and Philosophers provides an in-depth survey of philosophy--its ideas, movements, history, and thinkers." -- Back Cover
Publisher: HarperCollins Christian Publishing
ISBN: 0310270928
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
"Following the helpful visual format of the popilar Zondervan Charts series, Chars of Philosophy and Philosophers provides an in-depth survey of philosophy--its ideas, movements, history, and thinkers." -- Back Cover
Theology for a Troubled Believer
Author: Diogenes Allen
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN: 9780664223229
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The reasons people are attracted to Christianity and its teachings are many and varied. In this book, Allen hopes "to supply more of the information (pieces of the puzzle) that are needed if a person is to make sense of the Christian understanding of God and our life in the universe." More philosopher than theologian, Allen writes for "a troubled believer," dealing with issues and questions that emerge during Christians' daily lives and in the course of contemplating Christian faith.
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN: 9780664223229
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The reasons people are attracted to Christianity and its teachings are many and varied. In this book, Allen hopes "to supply more of the information (pieces of the puzzle) that are needed if a person is to make sense of the Christian understanding of God and our life in the universe." More philosopher than theologian, Allen writes for "a troubled believer," dealing with issues and questions that emerge during Christians' daily lives and in the course of contemplating Christian faith.
Introduction to Modern Theology
Author: John E. Wilson
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Surveying important nineteenth- and early twentieth-century theologians, primarily in the German tradition, John Wilson provides a thorough introduction to modern theology and those whose work within it helped initiate a new era in Christian theology. Beginning with Immanuel Kant and moving into the present time, Wilson describes the formative theological work of a number of theologians such as Friedrich Schleiermacher, Albrecht Ritschl, Karl Barth, and Emil Brunner. In doing so, he follows the trajectories of their thought to the present day, which have had profound influence on contemporary theologians such as Reinhold Niebuhr and H. Richard Niebuhr, Martin Luther King Jr., Wolfhart Pannenberg, and Karl Rahner.
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Surveying important nineteenth- and early twentieth-century theologians, primarily in the German tradition, John Wilson provides a thorough introduction to modern theology and those whose work within it helped initiate a new era in Christian theology. Beginning with Immanuel Kant and moving into the present time, Wilson describes the formative theological work of a number of theologians such as Friedrich Schleiermacher, Albrecht Ritschl, Karl Barth, and Emil Brunner. In doing so, he follows the trajectories of their thought to the present day, which have had profound influence on contemporary theologians such as Reinhold Niebuhr and H. Richard Niebuhr, Martin Luther King Jr., Wolfhart Pannenberg, and Karl Rahner.
Dialectics of Human Nature in Marx's Philosophy
Author: M. Tabak
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137043148
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
A scholarly exploration of Marx's thought without any favorable or critical ideological agendas, this book opposes the compartmentalization of Marx's thought into various competing doctrines, such as historical materialism, dialectical materialism, and different forms of economic determinism.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137043148
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
A scholarly exploration of Marx's thought without any favorable or critical ideological agendas, this book opposes the compartmentalization of Marx's thought into various competing doctrines, such as historical materialism, dialectical materialism, and different forms of economic determinism.