Proofs of God : classical arguments from Tertullian to Barth / Matthew Levering.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: Grand Rapids, MI : Baker Academic, 2016Description: x, 246 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780801097560
  • 0801097568
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BT 103 .L48 2016
Contents:
1. Patristic and medieval arguments for God's existence : -- Tertullian -- Gregory of Nazianzus -- Augustine -- John of Damascus -- Anselm of Canterbury -- Thomas Aquinas -- William of Ockham -- 2. Reformation and Enlightenment views : -- John Calvin -- Michel de Montaigne -- Francisco Su�arez -- Ren�e Descartes -- Blaise Pascal -- David Hume -- Immanuel Kant -- 3. Nineteenth- and twentieth-century responses : -- John Henry Newman -- Maurice Blondel -- Pierre Rousselot -- Ludwig Wittgenstein -- R�eginald Garrigou-Lagrange -- Martin Heidegger -- Karl Barth.
Summary: Leading theologian Matthew Levering presents a thoroughgoing critical survey of the proofs of God's existence for readers interested in traditional Christian responses to the problem of atheism. Beginning with Tertullian and ending with Karl Barth, Levering covers twenty-one theologians and philosophers from the early church to the modern period, examining how they answered the critics of their day. He also shows the relevance of the classical arguments to contemporary debates and challenges to Christianity. In addition to students, this book will appeal to readers of apologetics.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-238) and indexes.

1. Patristic and medieval arguments for God's existence : -- Tertullian -- Gregory of Nazianzus -- Augustine -- John of Damascus -- Anselm of Canterbury -- Thomas Aquinas -- William of Ockham -- 2. Reformation and Enlightenment views : -- John Calvin -- Michel de Montaigne -- Francisco Su�arez -- Ren�e Descartes -- Blaise Pascal -- David Hume -- Immanuel Kant -- 3. Nineteenth- and twentieth-century responses : -- John Henry Newman -- Maurice Blondel -- Pierre Rousselot -- Ludwig Wittgenstein -- R�eginald Garrigou-Lagrange -- Martin Heidegger -- Karl Barth.

Leading theologian Matthew Levering presents a thoroughgoing critical survey of the proofs of God's existence for readers interested in traditional Christian responses to the problem of atheism. Beginning with Tertullian and ending with Karl Barth, Levering covers twenty-one theologians and philosophers from the early church to the modern period, examining how they answered the critics of their day. He also shows the relevance of the classical arguments to contemporary debates and challenges to Christianity. In addition to students, this book will appeal to readers of apologetics.

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