Listen as Robert Lyon joins David Schrock and Stephen Wellum to discuss his two-part longform essay "What is Christian Platonism?"

Timestamps

00:46 – Intro
04:08 – Robert Lyon’s Background
05:06 – The Lay of the Land of Christian Platonism in the Academic World
11:34 – Who are the Main Advocates of Christian Platonism?
13:04 – What is a Metaphysic and How Do We Understand It?
14:16 – Other Terms Important to Understand in This Conversation
18:42 – What is Platonism as a System of Thought?
25:26 – What is the ‘Great Tradition’ that Craig Carter is Speaking of?
29:53 – The Doctrine of ‘Ur Platonism’
35:15 – ‘Ur Platonism’ is a Reduced Form of Platonism
39:32 – The Idea of Sacramental Ontology
41:17 – The Loss of Creator and Creature Distinction & Participatory Language
43:58 – Do Christian Platonists Pick Up More Catholic Ways of Reading the Bible?
47:40 – What is a Positive Construction of Ontology that We Can Begin to Mine From the Biblical Canon?
52:07 – How the Protestant Reformers Were Eclectic When Looking Toward the Early Church
56:09 – Final Thoughts from Robert Lyon & Dr. Wellum
1:00:35 - Outro

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