Theology and Philosophy

Foreword RowanWilliams\Contributors\Introduction 'Theology in search of a handmaiden' The Editors\Section1: The traditions\'The Greek Fathers and Philosophy' Paul Gavrilyuk (St Thomas University)\'The Roman (Latin Western)tradition' G R Evans (University ofOxford)\'Reform: Some Lutheran views of Theology and Philosophy' RobertJenson (University of Princeton)\'Religion and Reason from a Reformedperspective' Paul Helm (University ofLondon)\'Reason and Philosophy in the Anglican tradition' Paul Avis (University ofExeter)\Section 2: Which philosophy asthe handmaiden to theology?\'Augustine's short history of Philosophy' James Wetzel (University of Villanova)\'WhatAristotelian and Thomistic philosophy can contribute to Christian Theology' Michael Rota (University of St Thomas)\'TheKantian tradition: The Danger of Philosophical Hegemony'MeroldWestphal (University of Notre Dame)\'Hegel' Nicholas Adams (Edinburgh University)\'Karl Marx (1818-83)' Peter Scott (University of Manchester)\'Theologyand the appropriation of the Existentialist tradition' Terrence Merrigan (University of Leuven)\'Analytical philosophy' Oliver Crisp (Fuller TheologicalSeminary, Pasadena)\'Postmodern philosophy' MarcusPound (University of Durham)\'Theology and non-western philosophy' Martin Ganeri OP,(Heythrop College, University of London)\Index

Mervyn Davies is Scholar-in-Residence at Sarum College, Salisbury, and honorary Senior Lecturer in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at Bristol University, UK. Rowan Williams is Archbishop of Canterbury. He was formerly Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity at Oxford and Archbishop of Wales. Dr Oliver D. Crisp is Professor of Systematic Theology at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, USA. He has authored Jonathan Edwards and the Metaphysics of Sin (Ashgate, 2005), Divinity and Humanity: Issues in the Incarnation (CUP, 2007), and co-edited Jonathan Edwards: Philosophical Theologian (Ashgate, 2003) with Paul Helm. Dr Gavin D'Costa is Professor of Catholic Theology, University of Bristol, England. Peter Hampson is Visiting Fellow at Blackfriars Hall, Oxford, UK.

'From Paul's citing the Stoic poet Aratus in his Areopagusspeech to Alain Badiou's recent reworking to Paul's writings, Christianity hasalways interacted with contemporary philosophers, including their religious andethical beliefs. This absorbing colleaction of freshly thought out, ofteninnovative and always richly documented essays covers the whole spectrum fromthe beginning until now: highly recommended.' - Fergus Kerr, O.P., Universityof Edinburgh, UK -- Fergus Kerr 'What is the place of Christian theology in the modernuniversity and the intellectual culture of our times? Through the examinationof theological and philosophical traditions, this collection of essays byleading scholars demonstrates how human intellectual enquiry has been anattempt to respond to questions which, at their most profound and significant,are theological. Answering those questions has always required the deploymentof philosophy as part of a dialectical conversation with the tradition of faith.In our current intellectual and cultural condition of fragmentation, thesepenetrating and informative essays by leading scholars help to articulate howwe might once again share an intellectual vision which is theologically andphilosophically coherent.' - Simon Oliver, Associate Professor of PhilosophicalTheology, University of Nottingham, UK -- Simon Oliver