This new edition introduces the reader to the philosophy of early
Christianity in the second to fourth centuries AD, and
contextualizes the philosophical contributions of early Christians
in the framework of the ancient philosophical debates. It examines
the first attempts of Christian thinkers to engage with issues such
as questions of cosmogony and first principles, freedom of choice,
concept formation, and the body-soul relation, as well as later
questions like the status of the divine persons of the Trinity. It
also aims to show that the philosophy of early Christianity is part
of ancient philosophy as a distinct school of thought, being in
constant dialogue with the ancient philosophical schools, such as
Platonism, Aristotelianism, Stoicism, and even Epicureanism and
Scepticism. This book examines in detail the philosophical views of
Christian thinkers such as Justin Martyr, Clement of Alexandria,
Irenaeus, Tertullian, Origen, Basil, and Gregory of Nyssa, and
sheds light in the distinct ways they conceptualized traditional
philosophical issues and made some intriguing contributions. The
book's core chapters survey the central philosophical concerns of
the early Christian thinkers and examines their contributions.
These range across natural philosophy, metaphysics, logic and
epistemology, psychology, and ethics, and include such questions as
how the world came into being, how God relates to the world, the
status of matter, how we can gain knowledge, in what sense humans
have freedom of choice, what the nature of soul is and how it
relates to the body, and how we can attain happiness and salvation.
This revised edition takes into account the recent developments in
the area of later ancient philosophy, especially in the philosophy
of Early Christianity, and integrates them in the relevant
chapters, some of which are now heavily expanded. The Philosophy of
Early Christianity remains a crucial introduction to the subject
for undergraduate and postgraduate students of ancient philosophy
and early Christianity, across the disciplines of classics,
history, and theology.
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