History of Christian Thought

Aimed at all educated individuals interested in the origin and development of Christian thought, which lies at the root of the modern world. It leaves aside academic discussions to focus on fundamental issues, without neglecting the details that serve as a background to these issues. Highlighting the following key points:

• The Greco-Roman cultural and philosophical context of nascent Christianity.
• The evolution of the dialogue between faith and reason, belief and science, from a historical and theological perspective, to analyze the challenges of modern Christianity.
• Late Judaism, the predecessor of Christianity, which forged a synthesis between the Hebraic and the Hellenic, the Jewish and the Gentile, the Law of Moses and the philosophy of the Greeks.
• It analyzes the Christians who followed in this vein, despite those who sought to establish a total and absolute break between Jerusalem and Athens.

God has chosen man, his history, his contradictions, and aspirations, to lead him to salvation. Grace does not despise or destroy nature, but rather renews and elevates it in the superior synthesis of faith. The history of Christian thought deals with all of this.

“Dr. J.L. González has a splendid grasp of fundamental ideas and a magnificent ability to separate the important from the trivial and ephemeral. His exposition is uniquely clear.” Roland H. Bainton, historian and Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Yale University.