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Zusatztext "For a modern intellectual culture that distrusts trust and prefers analysis to exegesis, the very notion of early Christian philosophy is apt to be an uncomfortable stretch. But Mark Edwards and company do not retreat to the safe, if vacuous, conjunction: early Christianity and philosophy, as if one were a prosthesis for the other. This volume’s concise forays into a still surprisingly unfamiliar intellectual landscape bring ancient philosophy into the heart of early Christian exegesis. The introduction by Edwards brilliantly articulates the stakes of following along." - James Wetzel, Villanova University, USA"This well-conceived collection of studies makes a powerful case that ancient Christians took philosophy seriously and historians of ancient philosophy need to take Christians seriously." – George Boys-Stones, University of Toronto, Canada"The Routledge Handbook of Early Christian Philosophy is a much welcome tool for students and researchers alike. Thanks to the excellent work of an international scholarly team of the highest calibre, the volume rightly moves away from the simplistic dualism of 'reason versus faith' that still hinders a sophisticated understanding of Early Christianity’s complex ties to pagan philosophy, and it showcases, in a truly comprehensive fashion, their substantial areas of intersection in the first centuries of our era. The contributors demonstrate that the Christians’ engagement with the tools, tropes, and themes of pagan philosophy was not just considerably more constructive and dynamic than is often recognized, but that this very engagement was also a necessary enterprise for Christians." - Alberto Rigolio, University of Durham, UK Informationen zum Autor Mark Edwards has been Tutor in Theology at Christ Church, Oxford, and University Lecturer/Associate Professor in Patristics in the Faculty of Theology and Religion in the University of Oxford since 1993. Since 2014, he has held the title of Professor of Early Christian Studies. His books include Origen against Plato (2002), Catholicity and Heresy in the Early Church (2009), Image, Word and God in the Early Christian Centuries (2012), Religions of the Constantinian Empire (2015), and Aristotle and Early Christian Thought (2019). Klappentext This volume offers the most comprehensive survey available of the philosophical background to the works of early Christian writers and the development of early Christian doctrine. Zusammenfassung This volume offers the most comprehensive survey available of the philosophical background to the works of early Christian writers and the development of early Christian doctrine. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction Section 1: Themes 2. Sources of Divine Knowledge 3. Nature 4. Time and Eternity 5. Creation in Early Christianity 6. Providence and Evil 7. Logic and Religious Language 8. Ethics 9. The Mystical Element Section 2: Doctrines 10. The Trinity 11. The Philosophy of the Incarnation 12. The Philosophy of the Resurrection in Early Christianity 13. Biblical Hermeneutics Section 3. Schools 14. The Presocratics 15. Socrates and Plato 16. Aristotle and his School 17. Stoics and Christians 18. Epicureans 19. Cynics and Christians 20. Sceptics 21. Philo of Alexandria 22. Orpheus, Mithras, Hermes 23. Middle Platonists and Pythagoreans 24. Pagan and Christian Philosophy: Plotinus, Iamblichus and Christian Philosophical Practice 25. The Philosophy of the Later Neoplatonists: An Interaction with Christian Thought Section 4. Individuals 26. Justin and Athenagoras 27. Tatian, Theophilus and Irenaeus of Lyon 28. Clement of Alexandria 29. Tertullian and Cyprian 30. "Hippolytus" and Epiphanius of Salamis 31. Origen and Philosophy 32. The Sethians and the Gnostics of Plotinus 33. Arnobius and Lactantius 34. Philosophy in Eusebius and Marcellus 35. Arius and Athanasius 36. Marius Victorinus 37. Philosop...
