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  2. Christian Metaphysics and Neoplatonism - Wikipedia

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    Camus wrote his thesis in order to complete his studies at the University of Algiers.The thesis is a historical study, in which Camus attempts to elucidate the relationships between evangelical Christianity, the Greek philosophy of the first few centuries anno domini, and the dogmatic Christianism established by Augustine of Hippo.

  3. Christian philosophy - Wikipedia

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    See Origen Against Plato by Mark J. Edwards and the introduction to Origen: On First Principles translated and introduced by John Behr as two prominent examples of this history of a specifically Christian philosophy and metaphysics. From the 11th century onwards, Christian philosophy was manifested through Scholasticism.

  4. John Rist - Wikipedia

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    John Michael Rist FRSC [1] (born 1936) is a British scholar of ancient philosophy, classics, and early Christian philosophy and theology, known mainly for his contributions to the history of metaphysics and ethics. He is the author of monographs on Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics, Epicurus, Plotinus, the dating of the Gospels, and Augustine.

  5. Criticism of Christianity - Wikipedia

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    For example, in his work Christian Ethics: A Historical and Systematic Analysis of Its Dominant Ideas (1967), the late Isma'il Raji al-Faruqi, who was a professor at Temple University, argued that Christianity has incorporated various influences that diverge from Jesus' original teachings.

  6. Christianity and Ancient Greek philosophy - Wikipedia

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    Christian assimilation of Hellenistic philosophy was anticipated by Philo and other Greek-speaking Alexandrian Jews. Philo's blend of Judaism, Platonism, and Stoicism strongly influenced Christian Alexandrian writers such as Origen and Clement of Alexandria, as well as in the Latin world, Ambrose of Milan.

  7. Robert Merrihew Adams - Wikipedia

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    His work in the philosophy of religion includes influential essays on the problem of evil and the relation between theism and ethics. In metaphysics , Adams defended actualism in metaphysics of modality and Platonism about the nature of so-called possible worlds .

  8. Neoplatonism and Christianity - Wikipedia

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    Neoplatonism was a major influence on Christian theology throughout Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages in the East, and sometimes in the West as well. In the East, major Greek Fathers like Basil, Gregory of Nyssa and Gregory of Nazianzus were influenced by Platonism and Neoplatonism, but also Stoicism often leading towards asceticism and harsh treatment of the body, for example stylite asceticism.

  9. John D. Caputo - Wikipedia

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    Caputo is a major figure associated with postmodern Christianity [2] and continental philosophy of religion, as well as the founder of the theological movement known as weak theology. [3] Much of Caputo's work focuses on hermeneutics , phenomenology , deconstruction , and theology .