The Birth of Philosophic Christianity: Studies in Early Christian and Medieval Thought

Ernest L. Fortin

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 17 okt 1996 - 349 pagina's

In Volume One of Ernest Fortin: Collected Essays, the renowned theologian and political philosopher examines various facets of the unique encounter between biblical religion and Greek philosophy during the early Christian centuries and the Middle Ages. Fortin's aim is to uncover the crucial issues to which this encounter gave rise, such as the sometimes troubling but immensely fruitful tension between divine revelation and philosophic reason. The book includes sections on St. Augustine and the refounding of Christianity; the encounter between Jerusalem and Athens; the medieval roots of Christian education; and Dante and the politics of Christendom.

Inhoudsopgave

• Augustine and the Hermeneutics of Love Some Preliminary Considerations: 1
• Augustine and the Problem of Human Goodness: 21
• Augustines De quantitate animae or the Spiritual Dimensions of Human Existence: 41
• The Patristic Sense of Community: 61
• Augustine and the Problem of Christian Rhetoric: 79
• Reflections on the Proper Way to Read Augustine the Theologian: 95
• A Note on Dawson and St Augustine: 115
• Clement of Alexandria and the Esoteric Tradition: 123
• Christianity and Hellenism in Basil the Greats Address of adulescentes: 137
• Basil the Great and the Choice of Hercules A Note on the Christianization of a Pagan Myth: 153
• The Viri novi of Amobius and the Conflict Between Faith and Reason in the Early Christian Centuries: 169
• The Definitio Fidei of Chalcedon and Its Philosophical Sources: 199
• The Paradoxes of Aristotles Theory of Education in the Light of Recent Controversies: 209
• Gladly to Learn and Gladly to Teach Why Christians Invented the University: 223
• Thomas Aquinas and the Reform of Christian Education: 235
• Dante and the Rediscovery of Political Philosophy: 251
• Dante and the Structure of Philosophical Allegory: 269
• Dantes Comedy as Utopia: 277
• Dante and the Politics of Neutrality: 299
• A Biography: 307
• Robert J OConnell St Augustines Early Theory of Man: 309
• Oliver ODonovan The Problem of SelfLove in St Augustine: 311
• St Augustines Theory of Knowledge: 314
• Robert J OConnell SJ Art and the Christian Intelligence in St Augustine: 317
• Dom C Baur John Chrysostom and His Time: 319
• Gerhart B Ladner The Idea of Reform: 321
• etude sur un theme com mun a Ihellenisme et au christianisme des trois premiers siecles: 324
• Hugo Rahner Greek Myth and Christian Mystery: 325
• Select Bibliography: 329
• Index: 339

Over de auteur

Ernest L. Fortin, one of the nation's foremost thinkers in the fields of philosophy and theology, is Professor of Theology at Boston College, and the author and editor of numerous books on ancient and medieval philosophy and religion.

Bibliografische gegevens

• Titel: The Birth of Philosophic Christianity: Studies in Early Christian and Medieval Thought; Volume 1 van Collected essays, Ernest Léonard Fortin Ernest L. Fortin. Ed. by J. Brian Benestad; Volume 1 van Ensayos, Ernest L. Fortin; Volume 1 van Ernest Fortin Series; Volume 1 van Ernest Fortin: Collected Essays; Volume 1 van Fortin, Ernest L.: Collected essays
• Auteur: Ernest L. Fortin
• Redacteur: J. Brian Benestad
• Editie: geïllustreerd
• Uitgever: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 1996
• ISBN: 0847682757, 9780847682751
• Lengte: 349 pagina's