God and world in early Christian theology

"The author shows how the subject 'God and world' as revealed in the Bible was translated into the thought of Roman-Hellenistic philosophy, a parallel relevant to the twentieth-century problem of stating how God relates to the modern world. A penetrating account of the Greek world-view introduces an analysis of how Christian Biblical concepts were transposed into the ideas of the period by Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, Tertullian and Origen. A pioneer work, this presents accurately and dramatically a background for the understanding of our own conflict between traditional Christianity and modern technological society." [Book jacket].