![]() ![]() ![]() 11).Īs such, the author is undoubtedly justified in devoting the first five chapters of this book to giving an overview and explanation of the philosophical thoughts of Plato (and Platonism) and of Aristotle (and Aristotelianism). He concentrated primarily on three important domains of theology: Theology proper, Christology and Anthropology (Pg. He then seeks to explain the philosophy in question. The author clarifies that he selected the material that is used in this book founded on the philosophy for the use of theologians. The drive of this book is to elucidate those major philosophical point of views so that the student of theology will be better able to comprehend the claims of the theologians that they are studying. What many theology students don’t recognize (possibly due to a gulf that was created between the fields of philosophy and theology, particularly obvious in protestant theology) is that all of the great theologians were influenced by the major philosophical views of their day. I have read fairly a few primers to philosophy, but this book is exceptional. Some might contest the truth of this statement, however, once one has read this book, it would be tough to, at the same time, preserve scholarly honesty and contest the truth of this statement. This is how this classic guide to the philosophical concepts that undergird Christian theology originates. Everyone needs to know some philosophy in order to understand the major doctrines of Christianity or to read a great theologian intelligently. The purpose of this book, as is stated quite regularly by the author, is “to give a person the philosophy needed to understand Christian theology better, for often the lack of knowledge of some key philosophic term or concept impedes significant understanding of a vital issue.” (Pg. Diogenes Allen (the author) even once said something like, 'Jesus by far demonstrates in just three parables more wisdom than any of the Philosophers in the mountains of writings they have done to explain what is and why.Īuthors: Diogenes Allen and Eric O. This author is a rare gift as He is as smart as any Philosopher I have ever heard of AND HE DOES know and talk about Jesus. I mean I am not nearly as smart as any of the Philosophers and so many of them never see or say one word about Jesus. I mean it most respectfully apart from the grace of God through Christ I would never find Him or know Him. It is nice to see the breadth of what proud human thinkers (geniuses) who minimize God AND His Son come up with as anchors for their souls. It can help you skip a mountain of reading of those authors who are more out of there minds or even anti spiritual. Through this book you can see which Philosophers contributed ideas that have influenced Christian thought in the more academic world. He did such a nice job summarizing just about everything you might want to know about Philosophy as a Christian or or student of theology. ![]()
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