This volume offers a collection of papers about the notions of fate, providence, and free will, as developed and debated in philosophy and religion in the early

Some believe that fate rules our lives, while others dismiss the idea outright. Fate remains central to many cultural outlooks, and in our age of conflict, clim

This new edition introduces the reader to the philosophy of early Christianity in the second to fourth centuries AD, and contextualizes the philosophical contri

Origen is frequently hailed as the most important Christian writer of his period. This book examines whether there was a system to Origen's thinking about proph

In some of his most famous works, John Philoponus (c. 490-570 CE) confronts numerous aspects of Aristotle's philosophy and science. Yet the influence of these r