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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.
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*[[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.
*[[G.K. Chesterton]]: A British Christian author, he applied Christian thought in the form of non-fiction, fiction, and poems addressing a variety of theological, moral, political, and economic issues, particularly the importance of seeking truth, resistance to [[Eugenics]], and [[Distributivism]].
*[[G.K. Chesterton]]: A British Christian author, he applied Christian thought in the form of non-fiction, fiction, and poems addressing a variety of theological, moral, political, and economic issues, particularly the importance of seeking truth, resistance to [[Eugenics]], and [[Distributivism]].
*[[Jacques Ellul]]
*[[Jacques Ellul]]
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