One true life :
Rowe, Christopher Kavin, 1974-
One true life : the Stoics and early Christians as rival traditions / C. Kavin Rowe. - 1 online resource (x, 330 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-325) and index.
Seneca -- Epictetus -- Marcus Aurelius -- St Paul -- St. Luke -- St. Justin Martyr -- Can We Compare? -- Traditions in Juxtaposition -- The Argument of Rival Traditions.
In this groundbreaking, cross-disciplinary work of philosophy and biblical studies, New Testament scholar C. Kavin Rowe explores the promise and problems inherent in engaging rival philosophical claims to what is true. Juxtaposing the Roman Stoics Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius with the Christian saints Paul, Luke, and Justin Martyr, and incorporating the contemporary views of Jeffrey Stout, Alasdair McIntyre, Charles Taylor, Martha Nussbaum, Pierre Hadot, and others, the author suggests that in a world of religious pluralism there is negligible gain in sampling from separate belief systems. This thought-provoking volume reconceives the relationship between ancient philosophy and emergent Christianity as a rivalry between strong traditions of life and offers powerful arguments for the exclusive commitment to a community of belief and a particular form of philosophical life as the path to existential truth.
9780300182101 0300182104
8D2DCE81-9C5F-487D-B79E-AED0465744C5 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
30-600
Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Philosophy and religion.
Stoics.
PHILOSOPHY--History & Surveys--Ancient & Classical.
Church history--Primitive and early church.
Philosophy and religion.
Stoics.
Electronic books.
BR165 / .R683 2016eb
188
One true life : the Stoics and early Christians as rival traditions / C. Kavin Rowe. - 1 online resource (x, 330 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-325) and index.
Seneca -- Epictetus -- Marcus Aurelius -- St Paul -- St. Luke -- St. Justin Martyr -- Can We Compare? -- Traditions in Juxtaposition -- The Argument of Rival Traditions.
In this groundbreaking, cross-disciplinary work of philosophy and biblical studies, New Testament scholar C. Kavin Rowe explores the promise and problems inherent in engaging rival philosophical claims to what is true. Juxtaposing the Roman Stoics Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius with the Christian saints Paul, Luke, and Justin Martyr, and incorporating the contemporary views of Jeffrey Stout, Alasdair McIntyre, Charles Taylor, Martha Nussbaum, Pierre Hadot, and others, the author suggests that in a world of religious pluralism there is negligible gain in sampling from separate belief systems. This thought-provoking volume reconceives the relationship between ancient philosophy and emergent Christianity as a rivalry between strong traditions of life and offers powerful arguments for the exclusive commitment to a community of belief and a particular form of philosophical life as the path to existential truth.
9780300182101 0300182104
8D2DCE81-9C5F-487D-B79E-AED0465744C5 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
30-600
Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Philosophy and religion.
Stoics.
PHILOSOPHY--History & Surveys--Ancient & Classical.
Church history--Primitive and early church.
Philosophy and religion.
Stoics.
Electronic books.
BR165 / .R683 2016eb
188