The challenges that Western culture keeps posing to the Christian faith are ever new. The goal-posts keep changing. This study guide will equip theology students to understand the culture-shaping beliefs that are driving the kinds of questions it brings to faith. It will be an historical overview of the key stages in the history of Western philosophy with each section carefully tracing the genealogical line of ideas and the Christian responses to them, right up to the present day.

A study guide that equips theology students to understand the culture-shaping beliefs that are driving the kinds of questions it brings to faith.

Ben Pugh

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Dedication

Introduction

1. Understanding Plato

2. Aristotle and His Interpreters

3. Early Modern Philosophy and Science

4. Kant and the Journey to Idealism

5. Philosophy in Revolt: Existentialism

6. The Analytic Tradition

7. Postmodernism

Postscript

Conclusion

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\- SCM Studyguides are widely favoured by educators as essential learning materials for a large number of undergraduate or formational theology modules in universities and colleges in the UK and globally. - As with all studyguides, 'Philosophy and the Christian Faith' aims to introduce complex and foundational concepts in an attractive, accessible and relevant way. - Ben Pugh's previous studyguide, 'Theology in the Contemporary World', was described as "A must for every student of theology" by Emma Ineson, Principal at Trinity College Bristol and " a valuable resource for course organisers and teachers" by David Ferguson, Principal of New College, University of Edinburgh

For most of us, learning abstract philosophical concepts involves literally learning a new language, a language that the initiated converse in with ease but which leaves the rest of us baffled. The SCM Studyguide to Philosophy and Christian Faith aims to meet a need for an accessible treatment of the intersection between philosophy and theology. It deals with some of the loftiest concepts ever conceived by the human race, and yet makes these easy to grasp and applicable. A must-have primer, the book offers students an overview of the history of Western philosophy, and equips them to understand more deeply the culture-shaping beliefs that are driving the kinds of questions, both past and present, which our culture brings to the Christian faith.

This is a very clearly structured and well written survey of the history of philosophy and how different philosophies have influenced Christian theology. Pugh has a real talent for explaining complex philosophical ideas and theories in an accessible and entertaining way. The SCM Studyguide to Philosophy and the Christian Faith will be a very useful resource for anyone studying or teaching the history of philosophy. I will certainly be using it in my classes!

\["Interested in Western Philosophy? ","This guide helps you understand Christian response to philosophical movements ","A great resource for theological students and philosophical readers "\]

Answering some of the questions Western Philosophy brings to Christianity, this guide offers a useful overview of the relationship between faith and thought.

SCM Studyguide: Philosophy and the Christian Faith

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