'From Paul's citing the Stoic poet Aratus in his Areopagusspeech to Alain Badiou's recent reworking to Paul's writings, Christianity hasalways interacted with contemporary philosophers, including their religious andethical beliefs. This absorbing colleaction of freshly thought out, ofteninnovative and always richly documented essays covers the whole spectrum fromthe beginning until now: highly recommended.' - Fergus Kerr, O.P., Universityof Edinburgh, UK -- Fergus Kerr 'What is the place of Christian theology in the modernuniversity and the intellectual culture of our times? Through the examinationof theological and philosophical traditions, this collection of essays byleading scholars demonstrates how human intellectual enquiry has been anattempt to respond to questions which, at their most profound and significant,are theological. Answering those questions has always required the deploymentof philosophy as part of a dialectical conversation with the tradition of faith.In our current intellectual and cultural condition of fragmentation, thesepenetrating and informative essays by leading scholars help to articulate howwe might once again share an intellectual vision which is theologically andphilosophically coherent.' - Simon Oliver, Associate Professor of PhilosophicalTheology, University of Nottingham, UK -- Simon Oliver