How do we know the stories told by historians are true? To what extent can we rely on their interpretations of the past? Histories and Fallacies is a primer on the conceptual and methodological problems in the discipline of history. Historian Carl Trueman presents a series of classic historical problems as a way to examine what history is, what it means, and how it can be told and understood…
Outline: This one volume presents a comprehensive overview of Christian education in today's churches and provides a step-by-step plan for establishing and maintaining an effective teaching ministry: - Build from a powerful foundation - Presenting God as the ultimate teacher of all mankind and Jesus as the master teacher, The Teaching Ministry of the Church explores the roles of the Holy Spiri…
Outline: In today's religiously pluralistic world, is it theologically and morally acceptable to maintain that one religion is uniquely true and that the others are at best incomplete or even false? Specifically, is Jesus Christ merely a savior, or is he the one and only Savior of humankind? At the heart of Dissonatnt Voices lies a strong, well-reasoned defense of Christian exclusivism, which h…
Outline : William Placher looks at "classical" Christian theology (Thomas Aquinas, John Calvin, Martin Luther) and contrasts it with the Christian discourse about God that evolved in the seventeenth century. In particular, he deals with the notion of transcendence that gained prominence in this era and its impact on modern theology and modern thinking today. He persuasively argues that useful l…
Outline: John Frame gives us an accessible introduction to "triperspectival" study - where theological issues are fruitfully viewed from multiple perspectives without compromise to their unity and truth.
Outline: Written by two philosophers and a theologian, 101 Key Terms provides easy access to key terms in philosophy and how they are understood and used in theology. The focused entries discuss what the terms have meant in classical and contemporary philosophy and then shift to what these philosophical understandings have meant in the history of Christian theology to the present day. The resul…
Outline: Christian Philosophy offers a comprehensive narrative of philosophical thought from a distinctly Christian perspective. After exploring the interaction among Scripture, worldview, theology, and philosophy, Craig Bartholomew and Michael Goheen tell the story of philosophy from ancient Greece through postmodern times, positioning the philosophers in their historical contexts and providi…
Outline: With this book, the author challenged long-standing linera notions of scientific progress, arguing that transformative ideas do not arise from the day-to-day, gradual process of experimentation and data accumulation, but that the revolutions in science, those breakthrough moments that disrupt accepted thinking and offer unanticipated ideas, occur outside of "normal science," as he cal…
Outline: What is posthumanism and why does it matter? This Reader offers an accessible introduction to the ways in which humanism's belief in the natural supremacy of the Family of Man has been called into question at different moments and from different theoritical positions. Can posthumanism have a politics - postcolonial or feminist? Are postmodernism and poststructuralism posthumanist? …
Outline: Karl Marx is the most influential political philosopher of the past 150 years. Understanding him is essential to understanding post-WWII Europe, American foreign policy, contemporary China and North Korea, and much of the rhetoric in today's colleges and political circles in the United States. The author's concise volume highlights the key features of Marx's worldview, including seve…
Outline: One of the most important thinkers of our time, Jacques Derrida continues to have a profound influence on postmodern thought and society. The author explains Derrida's complex philosophy with clarity and precision, showing not only what Derrida says about metaphysics, ethics, politics, and theology but also what assumptions and commitments underlie his positions. He then brings Derr…
Outline: Throughout history Christian thinkers have attempted to come to terms with the validity of views of scholars committed to non-Christian views of reality. This book gives twelve case studies of how important Christian thinkers in ancient, medieval and modern times have led the way in relating to non-Christian wisdom. The reader is given a sympathetic insight into the personal struggl…
Outline: Culture and value are the essential concerns of these remarks, hitherto available only in German as Vermischte Bemerkungen. Although the passages date from various periods of Wittgenstein's life, over half were written during his later years, and this edition adds material probably written in 1944. The German text is presented alongside the English translation by Peter Winch, and all …
Outline: Conceived originally as a serious presentation of the development of philosophy for Catholic seminary students, the author's nine-volume book has journeyed far beyond the modest purpose of its author to universal acclaim as the best history of philosophy in English. The author, an Oxford Jesuit of immense erudition who once tangled with A. J. Ayer in a fabled debate about the existence…
Outline: Hegel and existensialism form two poles of a contemporary dialogue, according to Robert C. Solomon: Hegel's global perspective and pursuit of "the absolute" balance of the enthusiastic individualism of existentialism. The dialectic between these two philosophical perspectives, whose vicissitudes have come to define not only continental philosophy but much of life in Europe and America,…
Outline: In the middle years of the seventeenth century, philosophy sprang forward into its modern era. The motivating mind behind the revolution in metaphysical thought was that of Rene Descartes, who brought philosophy both a new spirit and a new method, and thereby founded the school that came to be known as rationalism. Contained in this volume are the five works, in their entirety, that pr…
Outline: This book is the fruit of the author's forty-five years of teaching philosophical subjects. No other survey of the history of Western thought offers the same invigorating blend of expositional clarity, critical insight, and biblical wisdom. The supplemental study questions, bibliographies, links to audio lectures, quotes from influential thinkers, twenty appendices, and indexes glossar…
Outline: The authors yearn for change. They long to see Christianity penetrate the structures of society, reforming and remodling our culture. From scholarship in the universities to politics, business and family life, the Christian vision can transform our world. To stimulate such change the authors analyze our troubled age, show us how it got that way and suggest a solution. Their clear pr…
Overview: This book originally published in 1925, redefines the concept of modern science. Presaging by more than half a century most of today's cutting-edge thought on the cultural ramifications of science and technology, the author demands that readers understand and celebrate the contemporary, historical, and cultural context of scientific discovery. Taking readers through the history of m…
Outline: This book provides primarily a provocative collection of readings which introduce students and researches to contemporary thought and how it could affect tomorrow's theology. A further section offers examples of the work currently being done in theology and ethics which engages with contemporary critical theory. The material in this section treats some of the major themes of this new …
Outline: This substantial volume comprises twenty-five extended essays, each providing both a survey and analysis of key issues, figures and concepts as well as making new and original contributions to ongoing debate. Consisting of three sections of Meaning and Theories of Meaning; Language, Truth and Reality; and Reference, Identity and Neccessity, and including an extensive glossary of techni…
Outline: Originally published in twelve volumes between 1912 and 1954, this book is universally recognized at the standard English version. It is a valuable contribution to studies of Aristotle and is regularly referred to by scholars of all nationalities. Now Princeton University Press makes available the complete works in two volumes. The volume contain the substance of the original Translati…
Outline: Originally published in twelve volumes between 1912 and 1954, this book is universally recognized at the standard English version. It is a valuable contribution to studies of Aristotle and is regularly referred to by scholars of all nationalities. Now Princeton University Press makes available the complete works in two volumes. The volume contain the substance of the original Translati…
Outline: In this introduction, the author notes that while the goal of analytic theology is not the removal of all mystery, mystery must not be confused with logical incoherence. The author explains analytic theology's connections to Scripture, Christian tradition and culture, using case studies to illuminate his discussion. Going beyond mere description, the author calls the discipline to a de…
Overview: In this book, Christian philosophy is described in ters of its relation to such themes and notions as metaphysics, worldview, the limits of knowledge, common grace, Biblical revelation, hermeneutics, and criticism. In the process, the philosopher's relation to society - both the secular world and the Christian community - is discussed. A special effort is made to outline and distingui…
Overview: Outstanding translations by leading contemporary scholars - many commissioned especially for this volume - are presented here in the first single edition to include the entire surviving corpus of works attributed to Plato in antiquity. In his introductory essays, the editor gives an account of his presentation of these works, discusses questions surrounding the chronology of their co…
Overview: This book takes readers through a full range of approaches - analytic versus continental, scientistic versus humanistic, 'pure' versus applied - enabling them to locate and understand these different ways of doing philosphy. Clearly and accessibly written, it will stimulate reflection on philosophical practice and will be invaluable for students of philosophy and other philosophicall…
Overview: In this book, the author offer a comprehensive introduction to philosophy from a Christian perspective. In their broad sweep they seek to introduce readers to the principal subdisciplines of philosophy, including epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of science, ethics and philosophy of religion. They do so with characteristic clarity and incisivenss. Arguments are clearly presented, …
Overview: Dedicated to Norman Kretzmann - a major figure within medieval philosophy and a leader in the redifinition of philosophy of religion - this book presents important new essays by fourteen eminent philosophers. Examining aspects of the rationality of faith or bringing philosophical techniques to bear on particular religious texts or doctrines, each chapter deepens our understanding of …
Overview: The last decade saw the arrival of a new player in the creation/evolution debate - the intelligent design creationism (IDC) movement, whose strategy is to act as "the wedge" to overturn Darwinism and scientific naturalism. This anthology of writings by prominent creationists and their critics focuses on what is novel about the new movement. It serves as a companion to the author's …