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Christianity and classical culture : the metamorphosis of natural theology in the Christian encounter with Hellenism / Jaroslav Pelikan

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Gifford lectures ; 1992-1993Publication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1993Description: xvi, 368 pages : maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0300055544
  • 9780300055542
  • 0300062559
  • 9780300062557
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • ARCH YNDC 210.93 P384C 20
LOC classification:
  • BL245 .P45 1993
Contents:
pt. 1. Natural theology as apologetics. Classical culture and Christian theology ; Natural theology as apologetics ; The language of negation ; God and the ways of knowing ; The many and the one ; The universe as cosmos ; Space, time, and deity ; The image of god ; The source of all good ; From Tyche to Telos. -- pt. 2. Natural theology as presupposition. Christian theology and classical culture ; Natural theology as presupposition ; The lexicon of transcendence ; Faith as the fulfillment of reason ; The one and the three ; Cosmos as contingent creation ; The economy of salvation ; The metamorphosis of human nature ; The worship offered by rational creatures ; The life of the aeon to come. -- Glossary of Greek technical terms from sources ancient and modern
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Archives Archives SAIACS Archives Room Yandell Collection ARCH YNDC 210.93 P384C (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 064179

Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-351) and indexes

pt. 1. Natural theology as apologetics. Classical culture and Christian theology ; Natural theology as apologetics ; The language of negation ; God and the ways of knowing ; The many and the one ; The universe as cosmos ; Space, time, and deity ; The image of god ; The source of all good ; From Tyche to Telos. -- pt. 2. Natural theology as presupposition. Christian theology and classical culture ; Natural theology as presupposition ; The lexicon of transcendence ; Faith as the fulfillment of reason ; The one and the three ; Cosmos as contingent creation ; The economy of salvation ; The metamorphosis of human nature ; The worship offered by rational creatures ; The life of the aeon to come. -- Glossary of Greek technical terms from sources ancient and modern

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