PHL 228: Reformational Philosophy

What Clement of Alexandria, Calvin of Geneva and Gutierrez of Peru, and all the other thinkers discussed in this book have in common is at least this: they all bear witness to their struggle with the relation between Christian faith and non-Christian thought. This relation is the theme of the collection of essays presented here by way of case studies. The struggle of the early church with the philosophy of the late antiquity was one of life and death. Faced with a despising Greco-Roman elite, Christians were forced to take a stand with respect to the Greek mind very existentially.

Papers from the 5th International Symposium of the Association for Calvinist Philosophy, held at Hoeven, the Netherlands, Aug. 22-26, 1994.

Pluralism in perspective -- Thin consensus, empty shrine -- Religion and the public square -- The quest for public selfhood -- Understanding directional diversity -- Integrative visions and associational plurality -- Toward the jeweler's-eye view -- Under an open heaven.

On the idea of worldview and its relation to philosophy / Albert M. Wolters -- On worldviews / James H. Olthuis -- On worldviews and philosophy : a response to Wolters and Olthuis / Jacob Klapwijk -- On Christian learning / Nicholas Wolterstorff -- The approach to social theory / Sander Griffioen -- Sociology and progress : a worldview analysis of the crisis of modern society / Jan Verhoogt -- Worldview and the meaning of work / P.J.D. Drenth -- Society after the subject, philosophy after the worldview / William Rowe -- Epilogue : on faith and social science / Paul Marshall.

Co-published with the Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship (CLC), Geography and Worldview contains eight essays on the theme of geography and Christian worldview based on papers presented at a conference held at Calvin College in August 1996.