3.38 Robert Lyon • Reading • "What is Christian Platonism? (Part 2): A Preliminary Critique

Having examined what Christian Platonism is in Part One, we turn now to an assessment of this system.

Resources to Click

• “What is Christian Platonism? (Part 2): A Preliminary Critique”– Robert Lyon
• “What is Christian Platonism? (Part 1): An Introduction in Three Steps” – Robert Lyon
• “False Equivalence: The Problem with Unreasonable Comparisons” – Itamar Shatz
• “False Dilemmas and False Dichotomies: What They Are and How to Respond to Them” – Itamar Shatz
• “Why Should We Affirm Christian Platonism? Historical and Systemic Reasons” – Craig A. Carter
• ““Christian Platonism” and Christological Interpretation: A Response to Craig A. Carter, Interpreting Scripture with the Great Tradition” – Daniel J. Treier
• “On Classical Christian Platonism: A Philosopher’s Reply to Carter” – Paul M. Gould
• “Which Plato? Whose Platonism? Summarizing the Christian Platonism Symposium” – Jordan Steffaniak
• “First Principles” – Matthew Barrett
• The Trinitarian Theology of Thomas Aquinas – Lane Tipton
• Theme of the Month: Beware of Greeks Bearing Gifts
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Books to Read

• Plato (Great Thinkers) – David Talcott
• The Metaphysics - Aristotle
• Heavenly Participation: The Weaving of a Sacramental Tapestry – Hans Boersma
• Interpreting Scripture with the Great Tradition: Recovering the Genius of Pre-Modern Exegesis – Craig A. Carter
• Post-Reformation Reformed Dogmatics: The Rise and Development of Reformed Orthodoxy, ca. 1520 to ca. 1725 – Richard A. Muller
• “The One and the Trinity,” in Christian Platonism: A History – Alexander J.B. Hampton & John Peter Kenney
• Contemplating God with the Great Tradition: Recovering Trinitarian Classical Theism – Craig A. Carter
• The Reformation and the Right Reading of Scripture – Iain Provan
• Systematic Theology: From Canon to Concept (Volume 1) – Stephen J. Wellum
• Four Views on Christian Metaphysics - ed. Timothy M. Mosteller
• Biblical Theology: Old and New Testaments – Geerhardus Vos