TY - BOOK AU - Allen,Diogenes TI - Philosophy for understanding theology SN - 0804206880 (pbk.) AV - BT40 .A44 1985 PY - 1985/// CY - Atlanta, Ga. PB - John Knox Press KW - Philosophical theology KW - Philosophy KW - History KW - Christianity N1 - Includes index; Bibliography: p. [277]-279; The foundation of Christian theology : the world was created -- Plato : the world is the handiwork of a mind -- Plato : this world is not our home -- The Platonic tradition : the Stoics, Plotinus, Pseudo-Dionysius -- Aristotle : his Categories and the mystery of God -- Aristotle and the creation of scholastic theology -- Aquinas' program and two critics : Karl Barth and process theology -- The beginnings of the modern world : nominalism, humanism, the Scientific Revolution -- ER -