| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 360 pages) |
| Contents |
Preface -- Part I. Premodern Christianity -- 1. Christian origins: setting the stage for faith and reason -- 2. Early medieval theology and the scholastic achievement -- 3. The High Middle Ages: Aquinas, Bonaventura, and Scotus -- Part II. Modern theology -- 4. The Reformation -- 5. Early modernity and the separation of faith from reason -- 6. The nineteenth century -- Part III. The twentieth century and beyond -- 7. Neo-Thomist revival, Maurice Blondel, and Karl Barth -- 8. Mid-twentieth century theology -- 9. Theology after modernity: the postmodern predicament -- Epilogue -- Index |
| Summary |
"It is impossible to understand the history of Christian theology without taking into account the relationship between faith and reason. Many works give an overview of faith and reason, or outline key principles, while others put forward a thesis about how one should understand the relationship between faith and reason. In this theological essay, Grant Kaplan revisits the key figures and debates that shape how faith and reason relate. Divided into three parts, Kaplan invites readers into a conversation rather than a drive-by. Readers will encounter the words and arguments of some of Christianity’s greatest thinkers, some well-known (Augustine, Aquinas, Newman) and others nearly forgotten. Readings of these figures bring them to life in an accessible manner. In Faith and Reason through Christian History, the roughly fifty figures treated are given sufficient room to breathe. Rather than simply summarizing their thought, Kaplan traces their arguments through key texts. This book will appeal to a range of audiences: theologians and philosophers, instructors, graduate students, seminarians, lay study groups, and undergraduate theology majors. No book today accomplishes what this book does!" -- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 24, 2022) |
| Subject |
Faith and reason -- Christianity -- History
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RELIGION / Christian Church / History
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Faith and reason -- Christianity
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2022032367 |
| ISBN |
0813235847 |
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9780813235844 |
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