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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910794552903321
• Autore: Markos Louis
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Westmont : , : InterVarsity Press, , 2021; ©2021
• ISBN: 0-8308-5305-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (214 pages)
• Disciplina: 230.01
• Soggetti: Christianity - Philosophy - History; Theology
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- 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 -- Notes -- Praise for From Plato to Christ -- About the Author -- More Titles from InterVarsity Press -- Copyright.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.