Christian Platonism: A History Alexander J. B. Hampton (University of Toronto) & John Peter Kenney (St Michael's College) How one of history's most influential philosophies shaped one of its most important religions. P U B L I C A T I O N | A U T U M N 2 0 2 0 | C A M B R I D G E U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S DESCRIPTION This is the first volume to offer a systematic consideration and comprehensive overview of Christianity's long engagement with the Platonic philosophical tradition. The book offers a detailed consideration of the most fertile sources and concepts in Christian Platonism, a historical contextualization of its development, and a series of constructive engagements with central questions. Bringing together a range of leading scholars, the volume guides readers through each of these dimensions, uniquely investigating and explicating one of the most important, controversial, and often misunderstood elements of Christian intellectual history. CONTENTS I. Concepts 1. The Perennial Value of Platonism, Lloyd Gerson 2. The Ideas as Thoughts of God, John Dillon, Daniel J. Tolan 3. The One and the Trinity, Andrew Radde-Gallwitz 4. Creation, Begetting, Desire, and Re-creation in Christian Platonism, Kevin Corrigan 5. The Concept of Theology, Olivier Boulnois 6. Participation: Aquinas and his Neoplatonic Sources, Rudi A. te Velde II. History 1. The Bible and Early Christian Platonism, Mark Edwards 2. Platonism and Christianity in Late Antiquity, John Peter Kenney 3. The Development of Christian Platonism in the Medieval West, Lydia Schumacher 4. Christian Platonism in Byzantium, Torstein Tollefsen 5. Renaissance Christian Platonism and Ficino, Stephen Gersh 6. Northern Renaissance Platonism from Cusa to Böhme, Cecilia Muratori, Mario Meliadò 7. Christian Platonism in Early Modernity, Derek A. Michaud 8. The Counter-Enlightenment and Romantic Platonism, Douglas Hedley 9. Christian Platonism and Modernity, Joshua Levi Ian Gentzke III. Engagements 1. Natural Science, Andrew Davison, Jacob Holsinger Sherman 2. Nature and Environmental Crisis, Alexander J. B. Hampton 3. Art and Meaning, Richard Viladesau 4. Value, Dualism and Materialism, Charles Taliaferro 5. Christian Love and Platonic Friendship, Catherine Pickstock 6. Multiplicity in Earth and Heaven, Stephen Clark Publisher Link: https://bit.ly/3ieQ96K