When Athens Met Jerusalem: An Introduction to Classical and Christian Thought
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| Rating | : | 4.80 (944 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0830829237 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 266 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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This work makes a powerful contribution to the ongoing faith versus reason debate, showing that these two dimensions of human knowing are not diametrically opposed, but work together under the direction of revelation.. John Mark Reynolds's book When Athens Met Jerusalem provides students a well-informed introduction to the intellectual underpinnings (Greek, Roman and Christian) of Western civilization and highlights how certain current intellectual trends are now eroding those very foundations. Christian theology shaped and is shaping many places in the world, but it was the Greeks who originally gave a philosophic language to Christianity
He regularly appears on radio talk shows, such as the Hugh Hewitt Show, and actively blogs on cultural issues at patheos and for the Washington Post's online column On Faith. . He has taught philosophy at several colleges and universities, and he completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in the philosophy of science at Biola University. John Mark Reynolds (Ph.D., University of Roche
The need is even greater today, when even the teachers turn against reason, and every day makes clearer that Jerusalem is Athens's best friend." (J. For centuries, Jerusalem and Athens have been friends. Reynolds argues, convincingly I think, that Athens and Jerusalem, the classical and the Christian cultures, cannot live apart and are both in danger of perishing unless they are brought together in creative harmony. That's what Plato has to do with Christendom and eventually with Christianity today. Now, in order to save
A Excellent and Highly Readable Brief Guide to Early Greek Thought and Its Relationship to Christianity Amazon Customer When I bought the book I thought it would contain the basic Christian doctrines, and would show how some of the ideas came from Greek thought and would examine where the Greeks went wrong, and how they were right. However in reality the book does something similar, in critiquing the various ideas of Greek philosophers, but differs from my initial idea in that the book gave me a full blown recap of major Greek thought. Of course there was Christian analysis, examining the ideas, seeing the context and t. Five Stars Great read & recommended by Andrew Pudewa!. Great Survey of Classical Christian thought When Athens Met Jerusalem by John Mark Reynolds is a 266 page book that discusses the idea that religion and philosophy need each other. The book asserts that it is a mistake to think that the Christian religion (Jerusalem) does not need Philosophy (Athens) and vice versa. The author states, "Christians must recapture the middle way of Augustine and Chrysostom. Athens and Jerusalem are not two cities, but two districts in one city: the city of God Christians must act quickly, for Athens and Jerusalem a