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

    Written by Louis Markos

    Narrated by Al Kessel

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    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, listeners can ascend to a true understanding of Plato's influence on the faith.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateApr 26, 2022
    ISBN9798765010402
    From Plato to Christ: How Platonic Thought Shaped the Christian Faith
    Author

    Louis Markos

    Louis Markos (PhD, University of Michigan) is professor of English and scholar in residence at Houston Baptist University. He is the author of twelve books and has published over 120 book chapters, essays, and reviews in various magazines and journals. He lives in Houston with his wife, Donna, and their two children.

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      I found this to be a super helpful overview of platonic thumb and how it has been used in Christianity and tweaked to describe finer details of theology. I’m sure so much more could be said, but for someone who had very little understanding of the subject at hand, this works great.

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