The Rise of Christian Theology and the End of Ancient Metaphysics: Patristic Philosophy from the Cappadocian Fathers to John of Damascus

by Johannes Zachhuber

Book Overview

It has rarely been recognized that the Christian writers of the first millennium pursued an ambitious and exciting philosophical project alongside their engagement in the doctrinal controversies of their age. The Rise of Christian Theology and the End of Ancient Metaphysics offers, for the first time, a full analysis of this Patristic philosophy. It shows how it took its distinctive shape in the late fourth century and gives an account of its subsequent...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198859953
• ISBN13: 9780198859956
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 370 Pages
• Weight: 1.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 9.2"