Directions in Modern Theology

Dionysius the Areopagite, the early sixth-century Christian writer, bridged Christianity and neo-Platonist philosophy. Bringing together a team of international scholars, this volume surveys how Dionysius's thought and work has been interpreted, in both East and West, up to the present day. • One of the first volumes in English to survey the reception history of Dionysian thought, both East and West • Provides a clear account of both modern and post-modern debates about Dionysius's standing as philosopher and Christian theologian • Examines the contrasts between Dionysius's own pre-modern concerns and those of the post-modern philosophical tradition • Highlights the great variety of historic readings of Dionysius, and also considers new theories and interpretations • Analyzes the main points of hermeneutical contrast between East and West.

This collection assembles essays by eleven leading Catholic and evangelical theologians in an ecumenical discussion of the benefits—and potential drawbacks—of today's burgeoning corpus of theological interpretation. The authors explore the critical relationship between the earthly world and its heavenly counterpart. • Ground-breaking volume of ecumenical debate featuring Catholic and evangelical theologians • Explores the core theological issue of how the material and spiritual worlds interrelate • Features a diversity of analytical approaches • Addresses an urgent need to distinguish the positive and problematic aspects of today's rapidly growing corpus of theological interpretation

“Faith, Rationality and the Passions” presents a fresh and original examination of the relation of religious faith, philosophical rationality and the passions. Contributions see leading scholars refute the widely-held belief that religious Enlightenment forced passion and reason apart. • Leading Philosophical experts offer new research on the relation of faith, reason and the passions in classic and Enlightenment figures • Overturns the widely-held presumption that the Enlightenment was responsible for creating a gulf between reason and passion • Presents original and innovative research on the importance of the late-19th century creation of the category of 'emotion', and its striking difference from classic ideas of passion • Brings together secular science and philosophy of emotion with philosophical theology to seek a new integration of belief, emotion and reason