Allen Diogenes, Springsted Eric O. Philosophy for Understanding Theology

2nd edition. — Westminster John Knox Press, 2007. — 381 p. — ISBN 978-0-664-23180-4.Philosophy for Understanding Theology has become the classic text for exploring the relationship between philosophy and Christian theology. This new edition adds chapters on postmodernism and questions of the self and the good to bring the book up to date with current scholarship. It introduces students to the influence that key philosophers and philosophical movements through the centuries have had on shaping Christian theology in both its understandings and forms of expression.Introduction: The Foundation of Christian Theology: The World Was Created
Plato: The World is Handiwork of Mind
Plato: This World Is Not Our Home
The Platonic Tradition: The Stoics, Plotinus and Pseudo—Dionysius
Aristotle: His Categories and the Mystery of God
Aristotle and the Creation of Scholastic Theology
Aquina's Program and Two Critics: Karl Barth and Process Theology
The Beginnings of Modern World: Nominalism, Humanism, and Scientific Revolution
Early Modern Philosophy: Rationalism, Empericism, Enlightenment
Kant and Limits of Knowledge
Hegel and Restoration of Optimism
The Search for Meaning in Contemporary Philosophy: Existentialism, Phenomenology, and Hermeneutics
Postmodernism: Truth, Objectivity and Certainty