Who is the greatest Christian philosopher?

Question

What was their strongest argument in support of their views?

Answer 1

Kurt Godel might be high on the list (although "Christian" is a strong term). His strongest argument was the application of modal logic to Anselm's ontological argument.

http://www.stats.uwaterloo.ca/~cgsmall/ontology.html

Otherwise, Pseudo-Dionysus, Maximos the Confessor and the Cappadocian Fathers presented Christian theology in terms of Hellenistic Neo-Platonism, and did a good job of it. But they weren't apologists, so their strongest arguments are probably irrelevant to your question.

Answer 2

Purely Christian as opposed to a philosopher who was a believer? Probably Anslem or Aquinas, but you are going back a long way there.

Otherwise probably Descartes.

And guess what none of them had any strong arguments..

Answer 3

Alfred North Whitehead.

There's no way I can summarize. Read:

http://www.amazon.com/Key-Whiteheads-Process-Reality/dp/0226752933

It's a metaphysical system completely amenable to Christianity and to quantum physics:

http://www.amazon.com/Physics-Whitehead-Experience-Constructive-Postmodern/dp/0791459136/sr=8-1/qid=1169055629/ref=sr_1_1/104-5344320-9761534?ie=UTF8&s=books

http://www.amazon.com/Reenchantment-Without-Supernaturalism-Philosophy-Religion/dp/0801486572/sr=1-1/qid=1169055650/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5344320-9761534?ie=UTF8&s=books

The last text has a summary of theistic arguments from the perspective of process philosophy.

Answer 4

That is a matter of debate and personal taste.

My list includes:

Pascal, C.S. Lewis and Ravi Zacharias.