
This semester I am taking a philosophy class. The last time I had a class on this subject was my junior year of my undergraduate program so it has been a while. I am not taking it because I know philosophy; I am taking it because I am so very ignorant.
The primary subjects being covered are (1) ontology, (2) epistemology, (3) anthropology, (4) ethics, and (5) postmodernism. I do not expect to read a lot of additional literature on these subjects, save epistemology which is my primary concern, but I would like article and book recommendations on the above subjects as well as anything on philosophy for the task of doing theology. Articles are preferred since they will be shorter and therefore easier to squeeze in to the schedule!
So you don’t recommend books that I already have to read for the class let me list those: John D. Caputo, Philosophy and Theology; Diogenes Allen and Eric Springfield, Philosophy for Understanding Theology, 2nd Ed.; James K.A. Smith, Who’s Afraid of Postmodernism: Taking Derrida, Lyotard, and Foucault to Church; and James K. Beilby (ed), For Faith and Clarity: Philosophical Contributions to Christian Theology.
Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview by J. P. Moreland and William Lane Craig
Bryan,
I got it! It is huge but should make for a useful reference.
Millard Erickson has a nice, short chapter on the integration of theology and philosophy in Christian Theology, 2nd ed., pp. 39-61—about the length of an article. Also, Grant R. Osborne, The Hermeneutical Spiral, 2nd ed., pp. 384-6. There is also a short and clearly written book: Jacques Maritain, Introduction to Philosophy, 3rd ed. It’s about 240 pages, but the part pertinent to philosophy-theology is pp. 71-76.
JohnDave,
I have two of those three books so thanks for pointing that out. I will re-read those portions since it has been a while since I looked at Erickson or Osborne.