Abstract
AbstractTrue to its semantic origin, the term ›pistis‹ indicates, in ancient Greek, a work of the ›peitho‹. Accordingly Aristotle’s Rhetoric explores the famous trinity of persuasion - ›logos‹, ›ethos‹, and ›pathos‹ - under the heading of ›pistis‹. As the Rhetoric is a study of man as much as a believer as in need of belief, it is only fair to ask what can be gathered from this work and from an investigation of the art of persuasion in general when it comes to Christian theology of faith. All the more so, because Christian thinking was not only shaped by ancient philosophy proper but also to a high degree by the rhetoric tradition; for the majority of the founding fathers of Christian theology were well versed in the subject.Via the topic of ›persuasion‹ versus ›force‹ I am tracing the influence of the rhetoric tradition right from the first theological thinkers of Christianity through to the Regensburg speech of pope Benedict XVI
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