Listen as Robert Lyon joins David Schrock and Stephen Wellum to discuss his two-part longform essay "What is Christian Platonism?"
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
“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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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
Post-Reformation Reformed Dogmatics – Richard Muller