3.37 Robert Lyon • Reading • "What is Christian Platonism? (Part 1): An Introduction in Three Steps

What is Christian Platonism and where did it come from? Answers to these questions and more lie ahead.

Resources to Click

• “What is Christian Platonism? (Part 1): An Introduction in Three Steps” – Robert Lyon
• The Nicene Creed
• The Chalcedonian Creed
• “Fear and Trembling (Selections)” – Soren Kierkegaard
• “Duns Scotus: His Historical and Contemporary Significance” – Catherine Pickstock
• “The Doctrine of Univocity is True and Salutary” – Thomas Williams
• “First Principles” – Matthew Barrett
• Theme of the Month: Beware of Greeks Bearing Gifts
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Books to Read

• Interpreting Scripture with the Great Tradition: Recovering the Genius of Pre-Modern Exegesis – Craig A. Carter
• Five Things Theologians Wish Biblical Scholars Knew – Hans Boersma & Scot McKnight
• Christian Platonism: A History – Alexander J.B. Hampton
• “Christian Metaphysics and Platonism,” in Four Views on Christian Metaphysics - ed. Timothy M. Mosteller
• Metaphysics: A Very Short Introduction – Stephen Mumford
• Heavenly Participation: The Weaving of a Sacramental Tapestry – Hans Boersma
• Participatory Biblical Exegesis: A Theology of Biblical Interpretation – Matthew Levering
• The Theological Origins of Modernity – Michael Allen Gillespie
• The Consequences of Ideas: Understanding the Concepts That Shape Our World – R.C. Sproul
• Scholastic Metaphysics: A Contemporary Introduction – Edward Feser
• Theology and Social Theory, 2nd Edition – John Milbank
• Ordered By Love: An Introduction to John Duns Scotus – Thomas Williams
• Ecco Homo – Friedrich Nietzsche
• “Will the Real Plato Please Stand Up? Participation versus Incarnation,” by James K.A. Smith in Radical Orthodoxy and the Reformed Tradition: Creation, Covenant, and Participation – eds. James K.A. Smith & James H. Olthuis
• From Plato to Platonism – Lloyd P. Gerson
• Phaedo – Plato
• Praise Seeking Understanding: Reading the Psalms with Augustine – Jason Byassee