Philosophy and the Christian

The Pursuit of Wisdom in the Light of Christ 

What Does Athens Have to Do with Jerusalem? Tertullian famously posed the question, “What does Athens have to do with Jerusalem?” Since the first century, Christians have hotly debated the relationship between faith and reason, between Scripture and natural revelation, and between Christian doctrine and non-Christian philosophy. All too often, however, the history of this conflict has been misrepresented and misunderstood. So, before attempting to answer these questions for our own time, we must first grapple with the answers from the past. What did “philosophy” mean to our spiritual forebears? When they warned in the past about its dangers, what precisely did they have in mind? And, more importantly, where does the Church stand today?

This volume examines how Christians have navigated this treacherous—yet unavoidable—territory throughout the history of the Christian Church. Through careful attention to and critical reflection on their examples, the Church today can equip itself with the discernment necessary to continue the pursuit of wisdom in a world groaning for the full revelation of the light of Christ.