Alexander J. B. (Hrsg.) Hampton

Christian Platonism

ISBN: 978-1-108-67647-2
EAN: 9781108676472
Produktnummer: 35945795
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Seitenangabe: 0 S.
Plattform: EPUB

A History

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Platonism has played a central role in Christianity and is essential to a deep understanding of the Christian theological tradition. At times, Platonism has constituted an essential philosophical and theological resource, furnishing Christianity with an intellectual framework that has played a key role in its early development, and in subsequent periods of renewal. Alternatively, it has been considered a compromising influence, conflicting with the faith's revelatory foundations and distorting its inherent message. In both cases the fundamental importance of Platonism, as a force which Christianity defined itself by and against, is clear. Wri… Mehr