Philosophy pervades every sphere of life from the defense of the gospel to the formulation of Christian doctrine to the daily decisions we make. In this work, distinguished professor David Naugle gives us a firm understanding of the basic issues, thinkers, and sub-disciplines in the field of philosophy as well as an invitation to engage with the contemporary challenges therein. He discusses the importance of prolegomena (assumptions and methods) and the vocation of Christian philosophers. Naugle also outlines the differences between the Hebrew and Greek mindsets and provides biblical perspectives through an Augustinian approach. Above all, Naugle teaches us how to philosophize in light of God and the gospel. - Publisher.
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Book Review: Philosophy: A Student's Guide by David Naugle - short introduction to Christian Philosophy, marred by organizational issues, but still useful. In a short 130 pages, Naugle walks through ‘the question ‘in light of canonical Trinitarian Theism, how do we approach...'. There is a chapter on Metaphysics, Anthropology, Ethics, Epistemology and Aesthetics. These chapters were fairly helpful at looking at a particular way to approach Philosophy as a Christian. The problem is that the book opens with three different introductions. And together these are just over a quarter of the total length of the book. The content of the introductions, especially the critical introduction (the Prolegomena), is useful, but technical. So it seems odd that in a book designed to be an introduction, you would start with some of the more technical and less immediately introductory material.
The problem is that this is an introduction to Christian Philosophy, not a Christian introduction to Philosophy. So I think the book is also mistitled.
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