Binding: Paperback
Page Count: 320
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN#:
9780877847120
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Description: Colin Brown surveys the thought of over 400 philosophers from the Middle Ages to the present day, showing how various thinkers and ideas have affected Christian belief.
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Medieval Philosophy
I. The Roots of Medieval Thought
II. Metaphysics
III. Anselm and the Ontological Argument
IV. Thomas Aquinas
V. The Significance of Medieval Philosophy
2. From the Reformation to the Age of Enlightenment
I. The Cradle of Modern Thought
II. The Reformers and Their Successors
III. Rationalism
IV. Empiricism
V. The English Deists and Their Opponenets
VI. Enlightenment and Scepticism on the Continent
3. The Ninteenth-Century Ferment
I. Schleiermacher
II. Hegel and Idealism
III. Kierkegaard
IV. Atheism and Agnosticism
V. Trends in Theology
4. Philosophy and Faith in the Twentieth Century
I. Logical Positivism and Linguistic Analysis
II. Exisentialism
III. The New Radicalism
IV. The Broader Spectrum
V. Philosophy and Reformed Theology
5. Postscript: The Christian and Philosophy
I. Lessons from the Past
II. The Value and Task of the Philosophy of the Christian Religion
A Note on Books
Index
Monergism Review:
Colin Brown’s “Philosophy and the Christian Faith” is rated very high on my list. Brown was a scholar of the first rank and this work displays his abilities. Can you name another work that surveys over 400 philosophers and their influence on Christianity in only 300 pages! One of the first books I read on philosophy. Informative, accurate and sweeping this book is still relevant today. In many ways the philosophers have been the great agitators and objectors of the Christian faith. Brown makes quick work of their schemes, ideas and writings. We should be informed as Christians so that we can answer those who ask a reason (1 Pt 3:15). This work helps us to do just that. It is written in a non-technical style so that all can understand it. If you are going to study apologetics, want to be a better, more accurate theological thinker or just need a solid introduction to philosophy then you must get Brown. I have no hesitation in recommending this work knowing full well that it is now a classic. - Reviewed by B. K. Campbell
