From Plato to Christ – How Platonic Thought Shaped the Christian Faith

Louis Markos (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

256 Seiten

2021
IVP Academic (Verlag)
978-0-8308-5304-5 (ISBN)

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Christians throughout the history of the church and even today have inherited aspects of the ancient Greek philosophy of Plato. To help us understand the influence of Platonic thought on the Christian faith, Louis Markos offers careful readings of some of Plato's best-known texts and then traces the ways that his work shaped some of Christianity's most beloved theologians.

What does Plato have to do with the Christian faith?
Quite a bit, it turns out. In ways that might surprise us, Christians throughout the history of the church and even today have inherited aspects of the ancient Greek philosophy of Plato, who was both Socrates's student and Aristotle's teacher.
To help us understand the influence of Platonic thought on the Christian faith, Louis Markos offers careful readings of some of Plato's best-known texts and then traces the ways that his work shaped the faith of some of Christianity's most beloved theologians, including Gregory of Nyssa, Augustine, Dante, and C. S. Lewis.
With Markos's guidance, readers can ascend to a true understanding of Plato's influence on the faith.

Louis Markos (PhD, University of Michigan) is professor of English and scholar in residence at Houston Baptist University. He is the author of many books, including Myth Made Fact: Reading Greek and Roman Mythology through Christian Eyes, Ancient Voices: An Insider's Look at Classical Greece, From Achilles to Christ: Why Christians Should Read the Pagan Classics, Atheism on Trial: Refuting the Modern Arguments Against God, On the Shoulders of Hobbits: The Road to Virtue in Tolkien and Lewis, and Restoring Beauty: The Good, the True, and the Beautiful in the Writings of C. S. Lewis.

Preface

A Note on Translation

Part I: Plato's Pre-Christian Vision

1. Socrates, the Sophists, and the Presocratics

2. Republic

3. The Myths: Part I

4. The Myths: Part II

5. Laws

6. Timaeus

Part II: Plato's Christian Legacy

7. The Rising Path

8. Origen's Musings

9. Plato in the East: The Three Gregorys

10. Plato in the West: Augustine, Boethius, and Dante

11. From Renaissance to Romanticism: Erasmus, Descartes, and Coleridge

12. C. S. Lewis's Christian Platonism

Conclusion: Plato the Sub-Creator

Bibliographical Essay

Scripture Index

Erscheinungsdatum	05.07.2021
Verlagsort	IL
Sprache	englisch
Maße	153 x 228 mm
Gewicht	350 g
Themenwelt	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
ISBN-10	0-8308-5304-9 / 0830853049
ISBN-13	978-0-8308-5304-5 / 9780830853045
Zustand	Neuware