Lyceum Disputation Symposium

Christian Platonism Lyceum Disputation Symposium

Six essays examining whether Christian Platonism is a proper metaphysic for Christianity, concluding with a symposium summary.

The Lyceum Christian Platonism series focuses on the nature and validity of Christian Platonism as a proper metaphysic for Christianity. It features six essays from various perspectives, with the final essay offering a summary and analysis of the symposium. Each essay features the unfiltered views of each author which may or may not represent the viewpoints of the London Lyceum.

Lyceum Disputation Symposiums are essays on various theological, historical, and philosophical topics intended to provide greater understanding in a spirit that reflects charity, curiosity, critical thinking, and cheerful confessionalism.

Essays & Contributors

6 Scholars, 6 Perspectives

Paul M. Gould
On Classical Christian Platonism: A Philosopher’s Reply to Carter
Paul M. Gould
PhD, Purdue University · Associate Professor of Philosophy of Religion, Palm Beach Atlantic University

Paul M. Gould is an associate professor of philosophy of religion and director of the M.A. Philosophy of Religion program at Palm Beach Atlantic University. He is the author or editor of ten books including Cultural Apologetics and Philosophy: A Christian Introduction, and is the founder and president of the Two Tasks Institute.

Willemien Otten
Christian Platonism: Some Comments on Its Past and the Need for Its Future
Willemien Otten
PhD, University of Amsterdam · Dorothy Grant Maclear Professor of Theology and the History of Christianity, University of Chicago Divinity School

Willemien Otten is Dorothy Grant Maclear Professor of Theology and the History of Christianity at the University of Chicago Divinity School. She studies the history of Christian thought with a focus on the medieval and early Christian intellectual tradition, emphasizing the continuity of Platonic themes.

R.T. Mullins
Craig Carter’s Christian Platonism
R.T. Mullins
PhD, University of St Andrews

R.T. Mullins has published over 50 essays on philosophical theology and is the author of The End of the Timeless God (Oxford University Press, 2016) and God and Emotion (Cambridge University Press, 2020). He has held fellowships at Notre Dame, Cambridge, St Andrews, Edinburgh, and Helsinki.

Grant Sutherland
Is Arius a Christian Platonist?
Grant Sutherland
PhD candidate in Historical Theology, Australian Catholic University

Grant Sutherland is a PhD candidate in historical theology at the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Australian Catholic University. He researches divine authority in Late Antiquity and fourth-century trinitarian controversies, and holds an MA in Religious Studies from McMaster University.

Hunter Hindsman
Plato is not the Point: A Critical Defense of Craig Carter’s Proposal
Hunter Hindsman
MDiv, SWBTS · PhD candidate, Historical and Theological Studies, SBTS · Patristic Theology Editor, The London Lyceum

Hunter Hindsman is a pastor at MeadowBrook Church in Gadsden, Alabama, and serves as the patristic theology editor for The London Lyceum. He is a PhD candidate in the Historical and Theological Studies program at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Jordan Steffaniak
Which Plato? Whose Platonism? Summarizing the Christian Platonism Symposium
Jordan Steffaniak
PhD Philosophy (University of Birmingham) · ThM (SEBTS) · President, The London Lyceum

Jordan L. Steffaniak is President of the London Lyceum and Publisher for Hanover Press. He is a PhD candidate in Philosophy at the University of Birmingham and teaches at several institutions.

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