3.39 Robert Lyon, David Schrock, Stephen Wellum • Interview • "What is Christian Platonism?"

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