When Athens Met Jerusalem: An Introduction to Classical and Christian Thought - Softcover

Reynolds, John Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0830829237 ISBN 13: 9780830829231

Publisher: IVP Academic, 2009

Synopsis

Christian theology shaped and is shaping many places in the world, but it was the Greeks who originally gave a philosophic language to Christianity. John Mark Reynolds's book When Athens Met Jerusalem provides students a well-informed introduction to the intellectual underpinnings (Greek, Roman and Christian) of Western civilization and highlights how certain current intellectual trends are now eroding those very foundations. This work makes a powerful contribution to the ongoing faith versus reason debate, showing that these two dimensions of human knowing are not diametrically opposed, but work together under the direction of revelation.

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Review:

"A biblically solid introduction to the sometimes-deceptive thought of ancient Greece."--Marvin Olasky, World Magazine, March 13, 2010

"Philosophy of religion specialist and ancient cosmology expert presents the "intellectual underpinnings of Western civilization" and highlights current intellectual trends."--Forword, June 24, 2009

"Reynolds has taught hundreds and hundreds (more than a thousand!) of three-hour discussion sessions on the great books since founding Torrey about thirteen years ago, and it must have been a monumental task for him to boil all that discourse down into a concise, focused volume like this one. But now the book for Normal People is here, and it is a zippy, compelling, witty, and accessible book written in common English instead of technical language."--Fred Sanders, Scriptorium Daily (scriptoriumdaily.com), May 25, 2009

"An excellent book. . .I recommend this resource for all who are in need of a resfresher on the importance of philosophical praxis in our Christian faith."--Aaron Hebberd, Christian Scholar's Review, 2009

"It's one thing to read an introductory text which gives you the raw description or definition of a particular text or figure, but it's another task entirely to do a good job taking these bits of ancient history, and provide a description that makes ideas, figures, and texts come alive in their original conext; Dr. Reynolds does the latter. Ultimately, in developing this narrative, Dr. Reynolds not only seeks to provide a narrative description of the development of these ideas, but he also wants to highlight the influence of classical thought on the development of Christianity, while also arguing that the loss of this classical influence in modern Christianity has been detrimental. Definitely an intriguing read; check it out!"--Norman Jeune III, Christian in Context (christiansincontext.org), July 6, 2009

About the Author:

John Mark Reynolds (Ph.D., University of Rochester) is founder and director of the Torrey Honors Institute and professor of philosophy at Biola University, California. He is the coeditor (with J. P. Moreland) of Three Views on Creation and Evolution.

About this edition

• Publisher: IVP Academic
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0830829237
• ISBN 13: 9780830829231
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272