Theology and Philosophy: Faith and Reason

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The purpose of this volume is to offer an authoritative overview of the positive relationship between faith and reason, the latter understood as different mode of philosophy. It will also show that despite important variations and differences, the manner in which Christan faith is able to interact with other intellectual disciplines is grounded in theology and is required by theology. Finally it will ground the overall project of "Religion and the University" firmly in different ecclesial communities within the Christian family and differing theological-philosophical orientations that might be trans-denominational.

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