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

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