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International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

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Christianity and philosophy

Torstein Theodor Tollefsen

pp. 129-147

Abstract

The history of attitudes and exchange between Christianity and philosophy is long and complex. Within the range of the topic there turns up a lot of different but related questions, connected with subjects like faith and reason, knowing and believing, theology and philosophy, theology, philosophy and science, Christian philosophy, etc. I shall not try to give an historical description of these many-faceted subjects, but rather focus on the topic of Christian philosophy and touch upon the related topic of faith and reason. Was there ever and is there a Christian philosophy? If yes, what would it be like? I claim that the first question

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Published in:

Fløistad Guttorm (2010) Philosophy of religion. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 129-147

DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3527-1_6

Full citation:

Tollefsen Torstein Theodor (2010) „Christianity and philosophy“, In: G. Fløistad (ed.), Philosophy of religion, Dordrecht, Springer, 129–147.