Philosophy for understanding theology - Allen, Diogenes; Springsted, Eric O. (Louisville, KE : Westminster John Knox Press, 2007)
Plato: the world is the handiwork of a mind -- Plato: this world is not our home -- The platonic tradition: the stoics, plotinus, pseudo-dionysius -- Aristotle: his categories and the mystery of god -- Aristotle and the creation of scholastic theology -- Aquinas' program and two critics: karl barth and process theology -- The beginnings of the modem world: nominalism, humanism -- The scientific revolution -- Early modem philosophy: rationalism, empiricism, the enlightenment -- Kant and the limits of knowledge -- Hegel and the restoration of optimism -- The search for meaning in contemporary philosophy: -- Existentialism, phenomenology, and, hermeneutics -- Postmodernism: truth, objectivity and certainty -- Postmodernism: moral philosophy.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-259) and index.
Keywords: Philosophical theology; Philosophy -- History; Christianity -- Philosophy