Philosophy in Christian Antiquity
Christopher Stead, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1995
Description
Christianity began as a little-known Jewish sect, but rose within 300 years to dominate the civilized world. It owed its rise in part to inspired moral leadership, but also to its success in assimilating, criticizing and developing the philosophies of the day. This book, which is written for nonspecialist 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.
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Table of contents
Preface
List of abbreviations
PART I – THE PHILOSOPHICAL BACKGROUND
1 – From the beginnings to Socrates
2 – Socrates and the Platonic Forms
3 – The philosophy of Plato’s maturity
4 – Aristotle
5 – Epicurus and the Stoics
6 – The Middle Platonists and Philo of Alexandria
7 – The philosophy of late antiquity
PART II – THE USE OF PHILOSOPHY IN CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY
8 – The debate about Christian philosophy
9 – Greek and Hebrew conceptions of God
10 – Proofs of the existence of God
11 – God as simple unchanging Being
12 – How God is described
13 – Logos and Spirit
14 – Unity of substance
15 – Substance and Persons
16 – Christ as God and Man
17 – Two natures united
PART III – AUGUSTINE
18 – Philosophy, faith and knowledge
19 – Freedom and goodness
Bibliography
Index of Names
Index of Subjects
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