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'''Christian philosophy''' is a term to describe the fusion of various fields of [[philosophy]], historically derived from the philosophical traditions of Western thinkers such as [[Plato]] and [[Aristotle]], with the [[Theology|theological]] doctrines of [[Christianity]]. Christian philosophy originated during the [[Middle Ages]] as medieval theologians attempted to demonstrate to the religious authorities that Greek philosophy and Christian faith were, in fact, compatible methods for arriving at divine truth.

'''Christian philosophy''' is a term to describe the fusion of various fields of [[philosophy]], historically derived from the philosophical traditions of Western thinkers such as [[Plato]] and [[Aristotle]], with the [[Theology|theological]] doctrines of [[Christianity]]. Christian philosophy originated during the [[Middle Ages]] as medieval theologians attempted to demonstrate to the religious authorities that Greek philosophy and Christian faith were, in fact, compatible methods for arriving at divine truth.

An alphabetical listing:

An alphabetical listing:

 

*[[Karl Barth]]: A Swiss theologian, he wrote the massive Church Dogmatics (germ. Kirchliche Dogmatik)—unfinished at about six million words by his death in 1968. Barth emphasized the distinction between human thought and divine reality, and that while humans may attempt to understand the divine, our concepts of the divine are never precisely aligned from the divine reality itself, although God reveals his reality in part through human language and culture. Barth strenuously disavowed being a philosopher; he considered himself a dogmatician of the Church and a preacher.

*[[Karl Barth]]: A Swiss theologian, he wrote the massive Church Dogmatics (germ. Kirchliche Dogmatik)—unfinished at about six million words by his death in 1968. Barth emphasized the distinction between human thought and divine reality, and that while humans may attempt to understand the divine, our concepts of the divine are never precisely aligned from the divine reality itself, although God reveals his reality in part through human language and culture. Barth strenuously disavowed being a philosopher; he considered himself a dogmatician of the Church and a preacher.

*[[John D. Caputo]]: American Catholic deconstructionist theologian.  

*[[John D. Caputo]]: American Catholic deconstructionist theologian.  

*[[Alvin Plantinga]] Plantinga is one of the key figures in the movement of Reformed Epistemology, which synthesizes Analytical Philosophy and Christian philosophical concerns; he teaches at Notre Dame University

*[[Alvin Plantinga]] Plantinga is one of the key figures in the movement of Reformed Epistemology, which synthesizes Analytical Philosophy and Christian philosophical concerns; he teaches at Notre Dame University

*[[Egbert Schuurman]] is the leading philosopher of technology who actively espouses a Christian philosophical approach.

*[[Egbert Schuurman]] is the leading philosopher of technology who actively espouses a Christian philosophical approach.

 

*[[Melville Y. Stewart]]

*[[Melville Y. Stewart]]

*[[Paul Tillich]] Rather than beginning his philosophical work with questions of God or gods, Tillich began with a "phenomenology of the Holy." His basic thesis is that religion is ''Ultimate Concern''. What a person is Ultimately Concerned with in regard to their Ultimate meaning and being can be understood as religion because, "There is nobody to whom nothing is sacred because no one can rid themselves of their humanity no matter how desperately they may try" (Young-Ho Chun, ''[[Tillich and Religion]]'', 1998, pg. 14.

*[[Paul Tillich]] Rather than beginning his philosophical work with questions of God or gods, Tillich began with a "phenomenology of the Holy." His basic thesis is that religion is ''Ultimate Concern''. What a person is Ultimately Concerned with in regard to their Ultimate meaning and being can be understood as religion because, "There is nobody to whom nothing is sacred because no one can rid themselves of their humanity no matter how desperately they may try" (Young-Ho Chun, ''[[Tillich and Religion]]'', 1998, pg. 14.