How Christian Can Philosophy Be?

William Hasker

doi:10.18290/rf.2016.64.4-2

William Hasker Huntington University, Professor Emeritus

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18290/rf.2016.64.4-2

Keywords: filozofia; filozofia chrześcijańska; mądrość; Paul K. Moser; Robert Merrihew Adams; Eleonore Stump

Abstract

This essay addresses the question, in what sense can and should philosophy be Christian? After considering some views according to which philosophy should not and cannot be Christian, the ideas of three prominent Christian philosophers on the topic are surveyed, and in the light of this some conclusions are formulated.

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