Christian Philosophy recommended Books
2/27/2014
Christian Philosophy recommended Books
1. To examine the main thinkers in the history of philosophy.
2. To examine the interaction and influence of philosophy on our theological formulations.
3. To offer critical tools to evaluate thinkers of the past as well as future thinkers.
■ Diogenes, Allen, and Eric Springsted. Primary Readings in Philosophy for understanding Theology. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 1992.
■ William Placher. Readings in the History of Christian Theology. Vols.1 and 2. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1988.
■ Aristotle, The Basic Works of Aristotle (NY: Random House, 1941). ed., Richard McKeon.
■ Ayer, A. J., Philosophy in the Twentieth Century (NY: Random House, 1984).
■ Edwards, Paul, ed., The Encyclopedia of Philosophy (NY: Macmillan, 1967). 8 vols.
■ Gadamer, Hans-Georg, Truth and Method (NY: Crossroad, 1982).
■ Heidegger, Martin, Being and Time (NY: Harper, 1962).
■ Hume, David, An Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding (NY: Liberal Arts Press, 1955).
■ James, William, Essays in Pragmatism (NY: Hafner, 1948, 1955).
■ Kant, Immanuel, Critique of Pure Reason, Abridged and Translated by Norman Kemp Smith (NY: Random House, 1958).
■ Kierkegaard, Soren, Concluding Unscientific Postscript (Princeton: Princeton UP, 1941, 1968).
■ Leibniz, G. W., Selections (NY: Scribner’s, 1951).
■ Locke, John, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (NY: Dover, 1959). 2 vols.
■ Nietzsche, Friedrich, The Birth of Tragedy and the Genealogy of Morals (Garden City: Doubleday, 1956).
■ Pascal, Blaise, Pensees (NY: Dutton, 1956).
■ Plato, Plato: The Collected Dialogues, ed. Edith Hamilton and Huntington Cairns (Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press, 1961).
■ Pojman, Louis P., Classics of Philosophy (texts, with introductions) (NY: Oxford University Press, 1998).
■ Russell, Bertrand, The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell (NY: Simon and Schuster, 1961). Spinoza, Selections (NY: Scribner’s, 1930).
■ Wittgenstein L., Philosophical Investigations (NY: Macmillan, 1953, 1968).
1. To examine the main thinkers in the history of philosophy.
2. To examine the interaction and influence of philosophy on our theological formulations.
3. To offer critical tools to evaluate thinkers of the past as well as future thinkers.
■ Diogenes, Allen, and Eric Springsted. Primary Readings in Philosophy for understanding Theology. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 1992.
■ William Placher. Readings in the History of Christian Theology. Vols.1 and 2. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1988.
■ Aristotle, The Basic Works of Aristotle (NY: Random House, 1941). ed., Richard McKeon.
■ Ayer, A. J., Philosophy in the Twentieth Century (NY: Random House, 1984).
■ Edwards, Paul, ed., The Encyclopedia of Philosophy (NY: Macmillan, 1967). 8 vols.
■ Gadamer, Hans-Georg, Truth and Method (NY: Crossroad, 1982).
■ Heidegger, Martin, Being and Time (NY: Harper, 1962).
■ Hume, David, An Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding (NY: Liberal Arts Press, 1955).
■ James, William, Essays in Pragmatism (NY: Hafner, 1948, 1955).
■ Kant, Immanuel, Critique of Pure Reason, Abridged and Translated by Norman Kemp Smith (NY: Random House, 1958).
■ Kierkegaard, Soren, Concluding Unscientific Postscript (Princeton: Princeton UP, 1941, 1968).
■ Leibniz, G. W., Selections (NY: Scribner’s, 1951).
■ Locke, John, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (NY: Dover, 1959). 2 vols.
■ Nietzsche, Friedrich, The Birth of Tragedy and the Genealogy of Morals (Garden City: Doubleday, 1956).
■ Pascal, Blaise, Pensees (NY: Dutton, 1956).
■ Plato, Plato: The Collected Dialogues, ed. Edith Hamilton and Huntington Cairns (Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press, 1961).
■ Pojman, Louis P., Classics of Philosophy (texts, with introductions) (NY: Oxford University Press, 1998).
■ Russell, Bertrand, The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell (NY: Simon and Schuster, 1961). Spinoza, Selections (NY: Scribner’s, 1930).
■ Wittgenstein L., Philosophical Investigations (NY: Macmillan, 1953, 1968).
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