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ACTEA TOOLS & STUDIES No: 15

Phi l osophy and Phi l osophy of Rel i gi on:Basi c Recommended Hol di ngs

f or Theol ogi cal Li brar i es i n Af r i ca

Ti mot hy R. Phi l l i ps

[ Dr Ti mot hy Phi l l i ps i s associ at e pr of essor of hi st or i caland syst emat i c t heol ogy at Wheaton Col l ege ( USA) . He haswr i t t en or coedi t ed a number of l ear ned books, i ncl udi ngChr i st i an Apol oget i cs i n t he Post moder n Worl d. DrPhi l l i ps has al so t aught cour ses at t heol ogi cal col l egesi n sever al par t s of Af r i ca, i ncl udi ng Ni ger i a and Kenya.

Thi s i s a sel ect ed and annot at ed handl i st prepar ed by DrPhi l l i ps to assi st t heol ogi cal l i brar i es i n Af r i ca i ndevel opi ng t hei r hol di ngs i n t he somewhat t echni calf i el ds of phi l osophy and phi l osophy of r el i gi on. Undereach headi ng t he bi bl i ogr aphy speci f i es f oundat i onalwor ks i n phi l osophy and phi l osophy of r el i gi on

appr opr i at e f or t heol ogi cal l i br ar i es i n Af r i ca. Undersome headi ngs t hi s i s f ol l owed by a secondary l i st i ng( si gnal ed by *) whi ch i dent i f i es i mpor t ant speci al i sedst udi es t hat can be acqui r ed af t er t he basi c works are i nhand, accor di ng t o i nt er est s and f i nanci al r esour ces.

1. Cl assi c Phi l osopher s and t hei r Wor ks

Pl at o, Di al ogues of Pl at o ( Pr i ncet on)Ar i st ot l e, Basi c Wor ks of Ar i st ot l e ( Oxf or d)

J ohn Herman Randal l , J r . , Ar i st ot l e. Col umbi a, 1960.Excel l ent secondar y i nt er pr et at i on.August i ne, Ci t y of God; Conf essi ons ( Pengui n)

Pet er Br own, August i ne of Hi ppo. Cal i f or ni a, 1967.

Excel l ent secondar y i nt er pr et at i on.Ansel m, Prosl ogi on

Thomas Aqui nas, Summa; Cont r a Gent i l es ( Chr i st i anCl assi cs and Not r e Dame edi t i ons)

Thomas Hobbes, Levi at hanRene Descar t es, Medi t at i ons; Di scour se on Method( Cambri dge)Bl ai se Pascal , Pensees


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Thomas V. Morr i s. Maki ng Sense of I t Al l : Pascal andt he Meani ng of Li f e. Eerdmans, 1992. Excel l ent secondaryi nt erpret at i on.

J ohn Locke, Essay Concerni ng Human Under st andi ng ( Oxf or d)Davi d Hume, Di al ogues Concerni ng Natur al Rel i gi on; AnEnqui r y Concer ni ng Human Underst andi ng ( Macmi l l an &Hacket t edi t i ons)I mmanuel Kant , Fi r st Cr i t i que, Second Cr i t i que, Thi r dCr i t i que, Met aphysi cs of Moral s, Prol egomena ( Hacket t )

Lewi s Whi t e Beck, A Comment ary on Kant ' s Cr i t i que ofPract i cal Reason. Chi cago, 1960. Excel l ent secondar yi nt erpret at i on.

A. C. Ewi ng. A Short Comment ary on Kant ' s Cr i t i queof Pur e Reason. Chi cago, 1938. Excel l ent secondaryi nt erpret at i on.

W. H. Wal sh. Kant ' s Cr i t i ci sms of Met aphysi cs.Chi cago, 1975. Excel l ent secondar y i nt er pr et at i on.

J ef f r i e G. Murphy. Kant : The Phi l osophy of Ri ght .St . Mar t i n' s Pr ess, 1970. Excel l ent secondar yi nt erpret at i on.Fri edr i ch Ni et zsche, Twi l i ght of t he I dol s; Geneal ogy ofMoral s; Zart hust r a; Unt i mel y Medi t at i ons; Beyond Good and

Evi lf or phenomenol ogy see: Robert C. Sol omon, ed.Phenomenol ogy and Exi st ent i al i sm. Harper & Row, 1972.

2. Basi c Ref erence Works and I nt r oduct i ons

2. 1 Basi c r ef er ence works The basi c i nt r oduct or y sur veys l i st ed f i r st are

i ndi spensabl e f or t heol ogi cal l i brar i es.

Col i n Br own. Chr i st i ani t y and West ern Thought : A Hi st oryof Phi l osophers , I deas and Movement s. I VP, 1990.Accessi bl e to the l ayper son, showi ng t he i mpact ofphi l osophy on t heol ogy.Di ogenes Al l en. Phi l osophy f or Underst andi ng Theol ogy.

J ohn Knox, 1985. Cover i ng same mat er i al as above, butmor e advanced.Paul Edwar ds, ed. The Encycl opedi a of Phi l osophy. 8 vol s.Macmi l l an, 1967f f . The basi c r ef er ence work f orphi l osophi cal movement s and i deas t hat have had an i mpactupon t heol ogy.


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Freder i ck Copl est on. A Hi st or y of Phi l osophy. 8 vol s.I mage Books, 1957. Thorough and comprehensi ve hi st ory ofphi l osophy by a Roman Cathol i c phi l osopher.Robert Audi , ed. The Cambr i dge Di ct i onar y of Phi l osophy.Cambri dge Uni ver si t y Press, 1995. I mpor t ant f or t he mostcont empor ary devel opment s not cover ed by the pr i or t woworks.*Ni chol as Bunni n and E. P. Tsui - J ames, eds. The Bl ackwel lCompani on t o Phi l osophy. Bl ackwel l , 1996. The "Compani on"ser i es pr esent s st andard cont emporary gui des t o thef i el d.Pet er Si nger , ed. The Bl ackwel l Compani on t o Et hi cs.Bl ackwel l , 1991.

J onathan Dancy and Ernest Sosa, eds. The Bl ackwel lCompani on t o Epi st emol ogy. Bl ackwel l , 1992.

J . Ki m and E. Sosa, eds. The Bl ackwel l Compani on t oMet aphysi cs. Bl ackwel l , 1991.Phi l i p Qui nn and Char l es Tal i af er r o. eds. The Bl ackwel lCompani on t o Phi l osophy of Rel i gi on. Bl ackwel l , 1997.

2. 2 Basi c i nt r oduct i ons

Any two of t he f ol l owi ng r el i abl e i nt r oduct i onswoul d be suf f i ci ent .

A. C. Ewi ng. The Fundament al Quest i ons of Phi l osophy.Macmi l l an 1962.Stanl ey Horner , Thomas Hunt and Denni s Okhol m. I nvi t at i ont o Phi l osophy: I ssues and Opt i ons. 7t h ed. Wadswort h,1996.Loui s Poj man, ed. Phi l osophy: The Quest f or Tr ut h. 3r ded. Wadswor t h, 1996.

J ames Cor nman, Kei t h Lehr er , and George Pappas.Phi l osophi cal Probl ems and Ar gument s: An I nt r oduct i on.Hacket t , 1992.Rober t Paul Wol f f . About Phi l osophy. 7t h ed. Pr ent i ceHal l , 1997.

3. Pr i nci pal Ar eas of Phi l osophy

3. 1 Logi c and cri t i cal t hi nki ng

Anthony West on. A Rul e Book f or Ar gument . 2nd ed.Hacket t , 1992.


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3. 2 Epi st emol ogy

Rober t Audi . Bel i ef J ust i f i cat i on and Knowl edge: AnI nt r oduct i on t o Epi st emol ogy. Wadswort h, 1988. Begi nni ng-l evel r evi ew of st andar d t opi cs i n epi st emol ogy.Matt hi as St eup. An I nt r oduct i on t o Cont emporaryEpi st emol ogy. Pr ent i ce Hal l , 1986. Begi nni ng- l evelr evi ew of st andar d topi cs i n epi st emol ogy.Kei t h Lehr er . Theor y of Knowl edge. Rout l edge, 1990.Begi nni ng- l evel r evi ew of st andar d t opi cs i nepi st emol ogy.Paul Moser , ed. Empi r i cal Knowl edge: Readi ngs i nCont emporary Epi st emol ogy. Roman and Li t t l ef i el d, 1996.Excel l ent ant hol ogy f or epi st emol ogy.Dougl as Gei vet t , ed. Cont emporary Per spect i ves i nRel i gi ous Epi st emol ogy. Oxf or d, 1992. Excel l entant hol ogy f or t he i ssue of r el i gi ous knowl edge.*Ni chol as Wol t er st or f f and Al vi n Pl ant i nga, eds. Fai t h andRat i onal i t y: Reason and Bel i ef i n God. Uni ver si t y ofNot r e Dame Pr ess, 1983. A cl assi c work r epr esent i ng the

best t hi nker s i n Amer i can Chr i st i an phi l osophy; t heyr ej ect evi dent i al i sm.Wi l l i am C. Pl acher . Unapol oget i c Theol ogy: A Chr i st i anVoi ce i n a Pl ur al i st i c Conver sat i on. West mi nst er , 1989.

The best sur vey of t he i nt el l ect ual l andscape concer ni ngt he pr obl em of knowl edge i n t he di sci pl i nes, f r om t hesci ences t o t heol ogy.H. G. Gadamer . Tr uth and Met hod. Cr ossr oad, 1980. The mosti mport ant work i n cont emporary phi l osophi calher meneut i cs.

3. 3 Phi l osophy of sci ence

Del vi n Rat zsch. Phi l osophy of Sci ence: The Natur alSci ences i n Chr i st i an Per spect i ve. I VP, 1986. Basi c gui det o i ssues of sci ence and Chr i st i ani t y.I an G. Barbour. Myt hs, Model s and Par adi gms. Harper &Row, 1974. Sur vey of di f f er i ng assessment s of t he"t r ut hf ul ness" and "r eal i sm" i n t he sci ent i f i cent er pr i se.*


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Col i n Br own. Mi r acl es and t he Cr i t i cal Mi nd. Eer dmans,1984.S. J aki . The Road of Sci ence and t he Ways t o God.Scot t i sh Academi c Press, 1980. Expl anat i on of Chr i st i anr oot s of t he sci ent i f i c ent er pr i se, wi t h comment ar y oncont emporar y i ssues i n phi l osophy of sci ence.E. Kl emke, R. Hof f l i nger and A. Kl i ne. I nt r oduct or yReadi ngs i n t he Phi l osophy of Sci ence. Pr ometheus, 1980.Br oad ant hol ogy deal i ng wi t h the maj or i ssues i n thephi l osophy of nat ur al sci ence.

Thomas Kuhn. The St r uct ure of Sci ent i f i c Revol ut i ons. 2ded. Chi cago, 1970. Cl assi c argument f or t he cont emporaryrej ecti on of t he posi t i vi st ' s vi ew of sci ence.H. Putnam. Meani ng and the Moral Sci ences. Rout l edge &Paul Kegan, 1980. Key work i n t he cont emporary real i st ,ant i - real i st debat e.

3. 4 Phi l osophy of l anguage

J . L. Aust i n. How To Do Thi ngs wi t h Wor ds Harvar d, 1975.A cl assi c i n or di nar y l anguage anal ysi s.

3. 5 Metaphysi cs

Wi l l i am Hasker . Met aphysi cs: Const r uct i ng a Worl d Vi ew.I VP, 1983. Begi nni ng i nt r oduct i on t o met aphysi calpr obl ems, by an evangel i cal .Ri char d Tayl or . Met aphysi cs 4t h edi t i on. Pr ent i ce- Hal l ,1992. Another sol i d begi nni ng i nt r oduct i on.Ronal d C. How and Nathan Oakl ander , eds. Met aphysi cs:Cl assi c and Cont empor ary Readi ngs. Wadswor t h, 1991.Excel l ent ant hol ogy f or met aphysi cs.*Ar t hur O. Lovej oy. The Gr eat Chai n of Bei ng. Har var d,1936. A cl assi c work on t he hi st ori cal devel opment of t hei dea undergi r di ng the West ern concept of God.St ephen Hawki ng. A Br i ef Hi st ory of Ti me: Fromt he Bi gBang t o Bl ack Hol es. Bant am, 1988. Basi c work i n modernsci ent i f i c cosmol ogy.

3. 6 Phi l osophy of human nat ure


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C. St ephen Evans. Preser vi ng t he Person: A Look at t heHuman Sci ences. I VP, 1977. I mport ant evangel i cal anal ysi sof t he Chr i st i an opt i ons i n t hi s ar ea.

Ted Honder i ch. How Fr ee ar e You? Oxf or d, 1993.Wi l l ar d F. Ent eman. The Probl em of Free Wi l l : Sel ect edReadi ngs. Scr i bner ' s, 1967. Excel l ent ant hol ogy f ori nt r oduci ng the pr obl em and posi t i ons.*Lesl i e Stevenson. Seven Theor i es of Human Nat ure. Oxf ordUni ver si t y Pr ess, 1987. Excel l ent expl i cat i on of t hedi ver gent vi ews of human nat ur e, i ncl udi ng Chr i st i an.B. F. Ski nner . Beyond Freedomand Di gni t y. Bant am, 1972.Cl assi c behavi or i st def ense.

3. 7 Pol i t i cal phi l osophy

M. J udd Har mon. Pol i t i cal Thought : From Pl at o to t hePresent . McGr aw Hi l l , 1994.

4. Phi l osophy of Rel i gi on

4. 1 General and basi c

Wi l l i am Rowe. Phi l osophy of Rel i gi on: An I nt r oduct i on.Wadswort h, 1993. Excel l ent i nt r oduct ory anal ysi s of t hepr obl em i n phi l osophy of r el i gi on.Mi chael Pet er son, Wi l l i am Hasker , Br uce Rei chenbach andDavi d Basi nger , eds. Reason & Rel i gi ous Bel i ef : AnI nt r oduct i on t o Phi l osophy of Rel i gi on. Oxf or d, 1991.Loui s Poj man, ed. Phi l osophy of Rel i gi on: An Ant hol ogy.Wadswor t h, 1996.*Si gmund Fr eud. The Fut ur e of an I l l usi on. W. W. Nort on,( 1928) . Cl assi c pr oj ecti on t heor y of r el i gi on.Mar t i n Buber . I and Thou. NY: Scr i bner ' s. Cl assi c wor k i nexi st ent i al i sm and per sonal i sm; i nf l uenced Br unner .

4. 2 Apol oget i cal l y- or i ent ed

C. Stephen Evans. Why Bel i eve? Eer dmans, 1996. The mostr eadabl e apol oget i c f or Chr i st i ani t y, by an super bevangel i cal phi l osopher .


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Lessl i e Newbi gi n. The Gospel i n a Pl ur al i st Soci et y.Eer dmans, 1989. Excel l ent t heol ogi cal def ense ofChr i st i an bel i ef i n our secul ar and pl ur al i st wor l d.Di ogenes Al l en. Chr i st i an Bel i ef i n a Post moder n Wor l d.West mi nst er / J ohn Knox, 1989. I nt er est i ng apol oget i c f orChr i st i ani t y i n a post moder n cont ext.Al vi n Pl ant i nga. God, Freedomand Evi l . Har per &Row/ Eer dmans. Cl assi c wor k i n t he f i el d of t heodi cy.Hugo Meynel l . I s Chr i st i ani t y Tr ue? Cat hol i c Uni ver si t yPr ess, 1994.Basi l Mi t chel l . The J ust i f i cat i on of Rel i gi ous Bel i ef .Oxf ord, 1981. Cl assi c exposi t i on of t he cumul at i ve- casear gument f or t he r at i onal i t y of r el i gi ous bel i ef .

4. 3 Theol ogi cal method

Davi d Tracy. Bl essed Rage f or Or der . Harper & Row, 1988.A cl assi c l i ber al out l i ne of t he di ver gent t heol ogi calmet hods cur r ent l y avai l abl e.

J ef f ery Hopper , Under st andi ng Modern Theol ogy. 2 vol s;For t r ess, 1987. Excel l ent and det ai l ed anal ysi s of moder nphi l osophy' s i mpact on cont emporary theol ogy.

Roger A. J ohnson et al . Cr i t i cal I ssues i n Moder nRel i gi on 2nd ed. Pr ent i ce Hal l , 1990. Excel l ent anal ysi sof t he i mpact t hat key i nt el l ect ual f i gur es have oncont empor ar y t heol ogi cal r ef l ect i on.

4. 4 Techni cal works*Ri char d Swi nburne. The Exi st ence of God. Oxf ord, 1979;

The Coher ence of Thei sm. Oxf or d, 1993; Fai t h and Reason.Oxf ord, 1981; Mi r acl es; Macmi l l an, 1989; Responsi bi l i t yand At onement . Oxf ord, 1989; Revel at i on: Fr omMetaphor t oAnal ogy. Oxf ord, 1992. Di f f i cul t but i mport ant works by al eadi ng cont emporar y Angl i can phi l osopher .

Thomas Mor r i s, ed. Phi l osophy and t he Chr i st i an Fai t h.Not r e Dame, 1989.Ni chol as Wol t er st or f f . Di vi ne Di scour se. Cambr i dge, 1995.

5. Et hi cs

A. C. Ewi ng. Et hi cs. Macmi l l an, 1953. Basi c i nt r oduct i ont o et hi cal t heor i es, accessi bl e t o t he l ayper son.


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Wi l l i am K. Fr ankena. Et hi cs. Pr ent i ce- Hal l , 1973. Basi ci nt r oducti on t o et hi cal t heor i es.Loui s Poj man, ed. Et hi cal Theory: Cl assi cal andCont empor ary Readi ngs. Wadswor t h, 1995. Excel l entant hol ogy f or et hi cs.*Stanl ey Hauerwas. The Peaceabl e Ki ngdom: A Pr i mer i nChr i st i an Ethi cs. Not r e Dame, 1983. A new under st andi ngof Chr i st i an et hi cs as bei ng di st i nct i vel y f or med by t her evel at i on' s nar r at i ve i nst ead of pr i or i deas about

j ust i ce.Al asdai r MacI nt yre. Af t er Vi r t ue. Notr e Dame, 1984.At t ack on t he Enl i ght enment t r adi t i on of uni ver sali mper sonal mor al pr i nci pl es; ar gues f or a ret ur n to anAr i st ot el i an vi r t ue appr oach.

J . Rawl s. A Theor y of J ust i ce. Harvar d, 1971. Cl ass i cdef ense of t he Enl i ght enment concept i on of j ust i ce as aset of pr i nci pl es t o whi ch al l r at i onal per sons woul dagr ee.Al an Donagan. The Theor y of Moral i t y. Chi cago, 1977.Def ense of J udeo- Chr i st i an mor al i t y al ong Kant i an l i nes.

J . J . C. Smar t and R. Wi l l i ams. Ut i l i t ar i ani sm: For and

Agai nst . Cambr i dge, 1973. Excel l ent def ense and cr i t i queof ut i l i t ar i ani sm, a cl assi c et hi cal t heory.

6. Af r i can Phi l osophy

Readi ngs i n Af r i can Phi l osophy: An Ant hol ogy. Lagos:Masst ech Publ i sher s, 1989. Excel l ent i nt r oduct i on t o t hel eadi ng Af r i can phi l osopher s.Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze, ed. Af r i can Phi l osophy: AnAnt hr ol ogy. Bl ackwel l , 1997. Ext ensi ve col l ect i on ofAf r i can and Af r i can- Amer i can phi l osophi cal wr i t i ngs.P. O. Bodunr i n, ed. Phi l osophy i n Af r i ca: Tr ends andPerspecti ves. I l e- I f e, Ni geri a: Uni versi t y of I f e Press,1985. Paper s f r omt he I nt er nat i onal Conf er ence onAf r i can Phi l osophy hel d at I badan, 1981.Par ker Engl i sh and Ki buj j o Kal umba, eds. Af r i canPhi l osophy: A Cl assi cal Appr oach. Pr ent i ce Hal l , 1996.Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze, ed. Post col oni al Af r i canPhi l osophy: A Cr i t i cal Reader . Bl ackwel l , 1997.*


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Paul i n Hount ondj i . Af r i can Phi l osophy: Myth and Real i t y2nd ed. I ndi ana Uni ver si t y, 1996. Wi del y publ i shed andl eadi ng Af r i can schol ar .V. Y. Mudi mbe. The I nvent i on of Af r i ca: Gnosi s,Phi l osophy and t he Or der of Knowl edge. I ndi anaUni ver si t y, 1988. Wi del y publ i shed aut hor and l eadi ngAf r i can schol ar .Cl ement Oni ang' o. An I nt r oduct i on to Phi l osophy. Nai r obi :East Af r i can Educat i onal Publ i sher s, 1994.F Ochi eng' - Odhi ambo. Af r i can Phi l osophy: AnI nt r oducti on. Nai r obi : Consol at a I nst i t ut e of Phi l osophy,1995.

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