A History of Western Philosophy and Theology
Brand: P & R Publishing
Categories: Books, Christian Books & Bibles, Theology



Dimensions: 7.3 x 1.8 x 10.3 inches
ISBN-13: 978-1629950846
Language: English
ISBN-10: 162995084X
Publisher: P & R Publishing
Print length: 928 pages
Publication date: October 23, 2015
subtitle: Hardcover – October 23, 2015
author: Visit Amazon's John M. Frame Page search results John M. Frame
review: Editorial Reviews Review "John Frame has done it again! In the lucid and comprehensive style of his Theology of Lordship volumes, he here presents a full overview of Western thought about knowledge of God as it must appear to all who receive Holy Scripture, as he does, as the record, product, and present reality of God speaking. And the solid brilliance of the narrative makes it a most effective advocacy for the Kuyper-Van Til perspective that in a well-digested form it represents. It is a further outstanding achievement by John Frame. The book deserves wide use as a textbook, and I hope it will achieve that. My admiration for John's work grows and grows." -- J. I. Packer , Board of Governors' Professor of Theology, Regent College, Vancouver, British Columbia "Few in our day champion a vision of God that is as massive, magnificent, and biblical as John Frame's. For decades, he has given himself to the church, to his students, and to meticulous thinking and the rigorous study of the Bible. He has winsomely, patiently, and persuasively contended for the gospel in the secular philosophical arena, as well as in the thick of the church worship wars and wrestlings with feminism and open theism. He brings together a rare blend of big-picture thinking, levelheaded reflection, biblical fidelity, a love for the gospel and the church, and the ability to write with care and clarity." -- John Piper , Founder and Teacher, desiringGod.org; Chancellor, Bethlehem College and Seminary, Minneapolis "When I was a young man, I plowed through Bertrand Russell's 1945 classic, A History of Western Philosophy . A couple of years ago I read the much shorter (and more interesting) work of Luc Ferry, A Brief History of Thought . Between these two I have become familiar with many histories of Western thought, each written out of deep commitments, some acknowledged, some not. But I have never read a history of Western thought quite like John Frame's. Professor Frame unabashedly tries to think through sources and movements out of the framework (bad pun intended) of deep-seated Christian commitments, and invites his readers to do the same. These commitments, combined with the format of a seminary or college textbook, will make this work invaluable to students and pastors who tire of ostensible neutrality that is no more neutral than the next volume. Agree or disagree with some of his arguments, but John Frame will teach you how to think in theological and philosophical categories." -- D. A. Carson , Research Professor of New Testament, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School About the Author John M. Frame (A.B., Princeton University; B.D., Westminster Theological Seminary; M.A. and M.Phil., Yale University; D.D., Belhaven College) is the J. D. Trimble Professor of Systematic Theology and Philosophy at Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando and the author of many books, including the four-volume Theology of Lordship series.