Theology and Philosophy Faith and Reason

by Crisp, Oliver D.; D'Costa, Gavin; Davies, Mervyn; Hampson, Peter; Williams, Rowan

• ISBN13: 9780567526021
• ISBN10: 056752602X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2013-06-20
• Publisher: Bloomsbury T & T Clark

Summary

The purpose of this volume is to offer an authoritative overview of the positive relationship between faith and reason, the latter understood as different mode of philosophy. It will also show that despite important variations and differences, the manner in which Christan faith is able to interact with other intellectual disciplines is grounded in theology and is required by theology. Finally it will ground the overall project of "Religion and the University" firmly in different ecclesial communities within the Christian family and differing theological-philosophical orientations that might be trans-denominational.

Author Biography

Mervyn Davies is Scholar-in-Residence at Sarum College, Salisbury, and honorary Senior Lecturer in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at Bristol University, UK.

Rowan Williams is Archbishop of Canterbury. He was formerly Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity at Oxford and Archbishop of Wales.

Dr Oliver D. Crisp is Professor of Systematic Theology at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, USA. He has authored Jonathan Edwards and the Metaphysics of Sin (Ashgate, 2005), Divinity and Humanity: Issues in the Incarnation (CUP, 2007), and co-edited Jonathan Edwards: Philosophical Theologian (Ashgate, 2003) with Paul Helm.

Dr Gavin D'Costa is Professor of Catholic Theology, University of Bristol, England.

Peter Hampson is Visiting Fellow at Blackfriars Hall, Oxford, UK.

Table of Contents

Foreword RowanWilliams\Contributors\Introduction 'Theology in search of a handmaiden' The Editors\Section1: The traditions\'The Greek Fathers and Philosophy' Paul Gavrilyuk (St Thomas University)\'The Roman (Latin Western)tradition' G R Evans (University ofOxford)\'Reform: Some Lutheran views of Theology and Philosophy' RobertJenson (University of Princeton)\'Religion and Reason from a Reformedperspective' Paul Helm (University ofLondon)\'Reason and Philosophy in the Anglican tradition' Paul Avis (University ofExeter)\Section 2: Which philosophy asthe handmaiden to theology?\'Augustine's short history of Philosophy' James Wetzel (University of Villanova)\'WhatAristotelian and Thomistic philosophy can contribute to Christian Theology' Michael Rota (University of St Thomas)\'TheKantian tradition: The Danger of Philosophical Hegemony'MeroldWestphal (University of Notre Dame)\'Hegel' Nicholas Adams (Edinburgh University)\'Karl Marx (1818-83)' Peter Scott (University of Manchester)\'Theologyand the appropriation of the Existentialist tradition' Terrence Merrigan (University of Leuven)\'Analytical philosophy' Oliver Crisp (Fuller TheologicalSeminary, Pasadena)\'Postmodern philosophy' MarcusPound (University of Durham)\'Theology and non-western philosophy' Martin Ganeri OP,(Heythrop College, University of London)\Index