Mark Edwards

Aristotle and Early Christian Thought

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Produktbeschreibung

Aristotle and Early Christian Thought is the first book in English to give a synoptic account of the slow appropriation of Aristotelian thought in the Christian world from the second to the sixth centuries.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 529g
• ISBN-13: 9781138697997
• ISBN-10: 1138697990
• Artikelnr.: 55782655

Autorenporträt

Mark Edwards has been Tutor in Theology at Christ Church, Oxford, and University Lecturer in Patristics for the Faculty of Theology (now Theology and Religion) since 1993. Since 2014, he has held the title Professor of Early Christian Studies. His books include Neoplatonic Saints (2000), Origen against Plato (2002), Culture and Philosophy in the Age of Plotinus (2006), Image, Word and God in the Early Christian Centuries (2012) and Religions of the Constantinian Empire (2015).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Chapter1: The Philosophy of Aristotle
Chapter 2: Aristotle in the Second Century
Chapter 3: Aristotle and Ante-Nicene Christianity
Chapter 4: The Neoplatonic Reaction to Aristotle
Chapter 5: Aristotle and the Trinity in the Fourth century
Chapter 6: Gregory of Nyssa and Aristotle
Appendix: Hypokeimenon in Gregory of Nyssa's Doctrine of the Trinity
Chapter 7: Aristotle and the Christological Controversy
Chapter 8: John Philoponus, Theologian and Apologist
Chapter 9: Boethius and Aristotle
Afterword
Bibliography
Index

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Preface; Chapter1: The Philosophy of Aristotle; Chapter 2: Aristotle in the Second Century; Chapter 3: Aristotle and Ante-Nicene Christianity; Chapter 4: The Neoplatonic Reaction to Aristotle; Chapter 5: Aristotle and the Trinity in the Fourth century; Chapter 6: Gregory of Nyssa and Aristotle; Appendix: Hypokeimenon in Gregory of Nyssa's Doctrine of the Trinity; Chapter 7: Aristotle and the Christological Controversy; Chapter 8: John Philoponus, Theologian and Apologist; Chapter 9: Boethius and Aristotle; Afterword; Bibliography; Index

Rezensionen

"Scholars of early Christian theology owe a debt of gratitude to Edwards for shining a light on the traces of Aristotle's philosophical legacy in late antique Christianity. Of the book's many achievements, the most welcome may be its simultaneous affirmation of the power of the Christian perspective and dismantling of the unqualified assertion that Platonism was the sole source of pagan philosophy upon which early Christians drew. In this way, Edwards' study joins a contiguous body of scholarship exploring how early Christians also adapted Stoicism."
-Alexander H. Pierce, Reading Religion

"Bonino's book constitutes a major accomplishment. It is no doubt the most important and comprehensive commentary on Aquinas's treatment of the divine attributes written in quite some time. Anyone interested in medieval philosophy and theology generally, in the study of Aquinas specifically, or in the viability of Thomism as a living tradition of thought will profit greatly from reading this book."
-Thomas Joseph White, O.P, The Thomist

"Aristotle has exerted a good deal of influence on early Christian thinkers, as has been recognized for some time now. This is the first book-length study on the subject and indeed a profound one." - Bryn Mawr Classical Review

"Discussing the philosophical sources of ancient Christian thought, most of us are usually content with the dictum that its development in terms of philosophical arguments was governed by Platonism. As a welcome antidote to such simplification, [Edwards] sets out to show that Peripatetic thinking, especially the interpretative tradition of the Categories, also exerted deep influence on major figures of early Christianity." - The Classical Review