Aristotle And Early Christian Thought
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Author |
: Mark Edwards |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 248 |
Release |
: 2019-03-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781315520193 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1315520192 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Synopsis Aristotle and Early Christian Thought by : Mark Edwards
In studies of early Christian thought, ‘philosophy’ is often a synonym for ‘Platonism’, or at most for ‘Platonism and Stoicism’. Nevertheless, it was Aristotle who, from the sixth century AD to the Italian Renaissance, was the dominant Greek voice in Christian, Muslim and Jewish philosophy. Aristotle and Early Christian Thought is the first book in English to give a synoptic account of the slow appropriation of Aristotelian thought in the Christian world from the second to the sixth century. Concentrating on the great theological topics – creation, the soul, the Trinity, and Christology – it makes full use of modern scholarship on the Peripatetic tradition after Aristotle, explaining the significance of Neoplatonism as a mediator of Aristotelian logic. While stressing the fidelity of Christian thinkers to biblical presuppositions which were not shared by the Greek schools, it also describes their attempts to overcome the pagan objections to biblical teachings by a consistent use of Aristotelian principles, and it follows their application of these principles to matters which lay outside the purview of Aristotle himself. This volume offers a valuable study not only for students of Christian theology in its formative years, but also for anyone seeking an introduction to the thought of Aristotle and its developments in Late Antiquity.
Author |
: Torstein Theodor Tollefsen |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: |
Release |
: 2012-01-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780191613265 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0191613266 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (65 Downloads) |
Synopsis Activity and Participation in Late Antique and Early Christian Thought by : Torstein Theodor Tollefsen
Activity and Participation in Late Antique and Early Christian Thought is an investigation into two basic concepts of ancient pagan and Christian thought. The study examines how activity in Christian thought is connected with the topic of participation: for the lower levels of being to participate in the higher means to receive the divine activity into their own ontological constitution. Torstein Theodor Tollefsen sets a detailed discussion of the work of church fathers Gregory of Nyssa, Dionysius the Areopagite, Maximus the Confessor, and Gregory Palamas in the context of earlier trends in Aristotelian and Neoplatonist philosophy. His concern is to highlight how the Church Fathers thought energeia (i.e. activity or energy) is manifested as divine activity in the eternal constitution of the Trinity, the creation of the cosmos, the Incarnation of Christ, and in salvation understood as deification.
Author |
: George E. Karamanolis |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 334 |
Release |
: 2014-09-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781317547082 |
ISBN-13 |
: 131754708X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (82 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Philosophy of Early Christianity by : George E. Karamanolis
First published in 2014. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author |
: Torstein Theodor Tollefsen |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 240 |
Release |
: 2012-01-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780199605965 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0199605963 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (65 Downloads) |
Synopsis Activity and Participation in Late Antique and Early Christian Thought by : Torstein Theodor Tollefsen
An investigation into two basic concepts of ancient pagan and early Christian thought, activity and participation, through detailed discussion of the writings of Gregory of Nyssa, Dionysius the Areopagite, Maximus the Confessor, and Gregory Palamas.
Author |
: Mor Segev |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 201 |
Release |
: 2017-11-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781108415255 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1108415253 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (55 Downloads) |
Synopsis Aristotle on Religion by : Mor Segev
Provides a comprehensive account of the socio-political role Aristotle attributes to traditional religion, despite rejecting its content.
Author |
: Mark Edwards |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 656 |
Release |
: 2020-11-29 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781134855988 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1134855982 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (88 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Routledge Handbook of Early Christian Philosophy by : Mark Edwards
This volume offers the most comprehensive survey available of the philosophical background to the works of early Christian writers and the development of early Christian doctrine. It examines how the same philosophical questions were approached by Christian and pagan thinkers; the philosophical element in Christian doctrines; the interaction of particular philosophies with Christian thought; and the constructive use of existing philosophies by all Christian thinkers of late antiquity. While most studies of ancient Christian writers and the development of early Christian doctrine make some reference to the philosophic background, this is often of an anecdotal character, and does not enable the reader to determine whether the likenesses are deep or superficial, or how pervasively one particular philosopher may have influenced Christian thought. This volume is designed to provide not only a body of facts more compendious than can be found elsewhere, but the contextual information which will enable readers to judge or clarify the statements that they encounter in works of more limited scope. With contributions by an international group of experts in both philosophy and Christian thought, this is an invaluable resource for scholars of early Christianity, Late Antiquity and ancient philosophy alike.
Author |
: Dominic J. O'Meara |
Publisher |
: State University of New York Press |
Total Pages |
: 328 |
Release |
: 1981-06-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781438415116 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1438415117 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (16 Downloads) |
Synopsis Neoplatonism and Christian Thought by : Dominic J. O'Meara
In this volume, the relationships between two of the most vital currents in Western thought are examined by a group of nineteen internationally known specialists in a variety of disciplines—classics, patristics, philosophy, theology, history of ideas, and literature. The contributing scholars discuss Neoplatonic theories about God, creation, man, and salvation, in relation to the ways in which they were adopted, adapted, or rejected by major Christian thinkers of five periods: Patristic, Later Greek and Byzantine, Medieval, Renaissance, and Modern. Contributors include G.-H. Allard, A. Hilary Armstrong, Elizabeth Bieman, Linos Benakis, Henry Blumenthal, Mary T. Clark, Norris Clarke, John Dillon, Cornelio Fabro, John N. Findlay, Maurice de Gandillac, Edward P. Mahoney, Bernard McGinn, Dominic J. O'Meara, John J. O'Meara, Jean Pépin, Mary Carman Rose, Henri-Dominique Saffrey, Charles B. Schmitt, and Gérard Verbeke.
Author |
: Christopher Stead |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 278 |
Release |
: 1994-11-24 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0521469554 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780521469555 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (54 Downloads) |
Synopsis Philosophy in Christian Antiquity by : Christopher Stead
Christianity began as a little-known Jewish sect, but rose within 300 years to dominate the civilised world. It owed its rise in part to inspired moral leadership, but also to its success in assimilating, criticising and developing the philosophies of the day, which offered rationally approved life-styles and moral directives. Without abandoning their allegiance to their founder and to Holy Scripture, Christians could therefore present their faith as a 'new philosophy'. This book, which is written for non-specialist readers, provides a concise conspectus of the emergence of philosophy among the Greeks; an account of its continuance in early Christian times, and its influence on early Christian thought, especially in formulating the doctrines of the Trinity and the Incarnation; and finally a brief critical assessment of the philosophy of St Augustine - arguably the greatest philosopher of the first millennium.
Author |
: Anthony Meredith SJ |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 185 |
Release |
: 2012-06-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780567184542 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0567184544 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (42 Downloads) |
Synopsis Christian Philosophy in the Early Church by : Anthony Meredith SJ
Written by a master of the subject with a long teaching experience, this book is a concise and accessible overview of the response of early Christian thought to classical philosophy and its integration into Christian theology.
Author |
: Jason L. Saunders |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 390 |
Release |
: 1994 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780684836430 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0684836432 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
Synopsis Greek and Roman Philosophy After Aristotle by : Jason L. Saunders
A concise selection from the standard philosophical works written after the death of Aristotle to the close of the third century, which includes the writings of seminal figures from early Christian thought. Eminent scholar Jason Saunders shows how philosophers from the Hellenistic Age greatly influenced early Christian teachings.