TY - BOOK ID - 16825365 TI - Traditions of theology AU - Frede, Dorothea AU - Laks, André PY - 2002 VL - 89 SN - 00791687 SN - 9004122648 9786610464890 1417551909 1280464895 9047401069 9781417551903 9789004122642 9789047401063 PB - Leiden Boston Brill DB - UniCat KW - Philosophy, Ancient KW - God KW - Philosophical theology KW - God (Greek religion) KW - History of doctrines KW - History KW - Theology KW - Christian theology KW - Theology, Christian KW - Christianity KW - Religion KW - Ancient philosophy KW - Greek philosophy KW - Philosophy, Greek KW - Philosophy, Roman KW - Roman philosophy KW - Dieu (Religion grecque) KW - Théologie KW - Philosophie ancienne KW - Congresses KW - Congrès KW - Theology, Philosophical KW - Philosophy and religion KW - Theology, Doctrinal KW - Metaphysics KW - Misotheism KW - Monotheism KW - Theism KW - Philosophy [Ancient ] KW - Philosophy, Ancient - Congresses. KW - God - History of doctrines - Congresses. KW - Philosophical theology - History - Congresses. KW - God (Greek religion) - Congresses. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:16825365 AB - The nine articles in this volume were originally presented at the VIII. Symposium Hellenisticum in Lille in August 1998. The authors discuss a set of theological questions that were central to the doctrines of the dominant schools in the Hellenistic age, such as the existence of the gods, their nature, and their concern for humankind. While the philosophers of the Classical age had kept their distance from conventional religion, the Stoics and Epicureans saw the need to come to terms with the religious tradition both in a critical and in a supportive sense. Especially the challenge by the Sceptics forced the followers of the dogmatic schools (Stoics, Epicureans) to clarify the basis of their theological tenets. Many of the texts that are accessible to us only in a fragmentary state were still highly influential in the early Christian era, so that the reconstruction of the theological views of the Hellenistic philosophers form an important part not only of the history of philosophy, but also of Christian theology and the history of religion in general. One distinctive feature of the volume is that it mirrors the changes of perspective that took place over the many centuries in this area, thus presenting the Hellenistic contribution within the larger framework of Greek philosophical theology. ER -