For most of us, learning abstract philosophical concepts involves literally learning a new language, a language that the initiated converse in with ease but which leaves the rest of us baffled. The SCM Studyguide to Philosophy and Christian Faith aims to meet a need for an accessible treatment of the intersection between philosophy and theology. It deals with some of the loftiest concepts ever conceived by the human race, and yet makes these easy to grasp and applicable. A must-have primer, the book offers students an overview of the history of Western philosophy, and equips them to understand more deeply the culture-shaping beliefs that are driving the kinds of questions, both past and present, which our culture brings to the Christian faith.

This is a very clearly structured and well written survey of the history of philosophy and how different philosophies have influenced Christian theology. Pugh has a real talent for explaining complex philosophical ideas and theories in an accessible and entertaining way. The SCM Studyguide to Philosophy and the Christian Faith will be a very useful resource for anyone studying or teaching the history of philosophy. I will certainly be using it in my classes! -- David Law, Professor of Christian Thought and Philosophical Theology, University of Manchester

Ben Pugh lectures in theology at Cliff College, UK, a partner college of the University of Manchester. He is author of the widely acclaimed Atonement Theories: A Way Through the Maze (Cascade, 2014) as well as the more recent SCM Study Guide to Theology in the Contemporary World. He has a passion to make the complex ideas of academics easy to understand for everyone, but without watering them down.