I am looking to determine the Christian objections to Philosophy. How can I search for this in Logos?
- Which Christians?
- Which philosphy?
- When?
For example, Origen discusses at length the issue ... and is attacked on the same issue.
This question and the previous one on the Christian basis for philosophical theology strike me as among the oddest questions I have heard in 50 years ... and I passed my undergraduate competency exam in philosophy. How are you defining "philosophy"? and where are you putting the dividing line between philosophy and theology ... two overlapping disciplines?
Four Views on Christianity and Philosophy is Logos available.
Philosophy and Theology..... both come from man. [8-|]
Christian, do you have the Lexham Bible Dictionary (https://www.logos.com/product/36564/lexham-bible-dictionary)?
I mention it because it usually has a zero ($0.00) cost.
Anyway, it has an article on Philosophy in it (https://ref.ly/logosres/lbd?hw=Philosophy) . I found this article by using the Topics tool and searched for "Philosophy".
The search > https://ref.ly/logos4/Guide?t=My+Topic+Guide&ref=bk.%25philosophy
With regards to church history, I'd recommend you check out people like Tertullian (A Treatise on the Soul), Justin Martyr (The First Apology of Justin) and Clemet of Alexandria (The Stromata). They have all had some interesting comments on Greek/pagan philosophy.
Search your entire library for:
"avoid philosophy" OR "stay away from philosophy" OR "not study philosophy" OR "beware of philosophy" OR "suspicious of philosophy"
Depending on what you've got in your library you might find some useful stuff. In mine it's all authors defending the study of philosophy and explaining why others object to it.
If you want to see what the authors who object to philosophy say themselves about why they object to it, you might need to go to Google if you're not finding it in your library. That same search string as cited above will work in Google.
Philosophy and Theology..... both come from man.
along with language, writing, and reasoning ...[8-|]
Maybe not exactly what you are looking for, but I have always liked Norman Geislers writings on Philosophy.
Logos has a lot of his books available.
Have a look at this one https://www.logos.com/product/26321/introduction-to-philosophy
This article may help a bit. I found it by using the search string provided to you by Rosie Perera.
Citation: Geisler, Norman L. “Beware of Philosophy: A Warning to Biblical Scholars.” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 42, no. 1 (1999): 3–19.
And a link to the article...
https://ref.ly/logosres/gs-jets-42?art=title3
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