The foundation of christian theology: the world was created. The world is the handiwork of a mind. This world is not our home. The stoics, plotinus, pseudodionysius. His Categories and the mystery of God. Aristotle and the creation of scholastic theology. Aquinas'program and two critics: Karl Barth and process theology. The beginnings of the modern world: nominalism, humanism, the scientific revolution. Early modern Philosophy: rationalism, empiricism, the enlightenment. Kant and the limits of knowledge. Hegel and the restoration of optimism. The search for meaning in contemporary philosophy: existentialism, phenomenology, analytic philosophy, hermeneutics.