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

Episode 121

37 Min

August 7, 2024

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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

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Robert Lyon

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Robert Lyon

Robert Lyon is a PhD student in Systematic Theology at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (SBTS) in Louisville, Kentucky. For the past decade he has worked as an engineer in the manufacturing industry. He holds a Master of Divinity from SBTS, as well as undergraduate degrees in Computer Science and Mathematics from Indiana University. Robert is married with three children and a member of Hunsinger Lane Baptist Church.
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