While philosophy rightly used isnt a bad thing far from it. Jan 09, 2015 this book uses the socratic method to seduce socrates to abandon his ethical rationalism and take kierkegaards leap of faith to grow the image of god within himself. Socrates meets jesus is book with a creative storyline and a miraculous ending. This book uses the socratic method to seduce socrates to abandon his ethical rationalism and take kierkegaards leap of faith to grow the image of god within himself. He first gives an initiation to philosophy and introduces the dialogue form through platos apology in. Socrates meets jesus memoria press classical education. In these seven innovative volumes, peter kreeft revives the classic method of giving breath to philosophy through dialogue. Peter kreeft has made a name for himself as a christian roman catholic philosopher whose chief project seems to be as an apologist offering good, logically. Socrates meets jesus goodreads meet your next favorite book. Historys greatest questioner confronts the claims of christ. In studying religious traditions, the grecoroman philosopher uses natural reason to. Socrates meets jesus is written as a script for a play, which emphasizes the importance of dialogue in the search for truth.
Kreeft imagines a purgatory where we can listen in on conversations between socrates and the great thinkers who, centuries later, picked up the philosophers torch. Louis has reason to boast, because this theater group is based here. Socrates meets jesus peter kreeft the puritan board. Jan 10, 2002 the focus of the book is exactly what the title says, socrates meets jesus. While discussing our current reads, i mentioned peter kreefts recommended.
Sep 04, 2009 socrates meets jesus the play last night, my parish hosted the play socrates meets jesus, presented by theater of the word. For those in the know, peter kreeft is known in apologetics circles as an apologist. A performance of the play socrates meets jesus by kevin obrien, based on the book by peter kreeft, at the american chesterton society. Kreefts brilliant socrates profile leads the reader to a new appreciation for the gospel, even readers who have heard the gospel so many times. In a new introduction to this revised edition, kreeft also highlights the inspiration for this book and the key questions of truth and faith it addresses. When this book was handed to me by a friend, i could tell, just by the concept of the book, that it had a morethanlikely chance of being fun to read. Kreeft has written several socrates meets books, including socrates meets kant and socrates meets jesus. Historys greatest questioner confronts the claims of christ the medievals loved to say that god wrote two books. While philosophy rightly used isnt a bad thing far from it, it becomes bad when its used to support belief in or about god. In this drama socrates meets such fellow students as bertha broadmind, thomas keptic and molly mooney.
Historys greatest questioner confronts the claims of christ ebook. Kreefts brilliant socrates profile leads the reader to a new appreciation for the gospel, even readers who have heard the gospel so many times they now only have a responsibility to appreciate it. Find out in this play based on the book by peter kreeft socrates meets jesus. This book is an attempt to reimagine platos allegory of the cave with a modern twist. The focus of the book is exactly what the title says, socrates meets jesus. So, why not call the book socrates meets the disciples of jesus. Here is a startling and provocative portrayal of reason in search of truth. Tacelli, twenty arguments for the existence of god. The thesis of this book is that the claims of christ are not false and absurd. Jan 29, 2015 based on christian philosopher peter kreefts book socrates meets jesus. Download and read online for free socrates meets jesus by prometheus pseud. What would happen if socratesyes, the socrates of ancient athenssuddenly showed up on the campus of a major. Socrates meets jesus histories greatest questioner confronts the claims of christ.
Socrates meets jesus the play last night, my parish hosted the play socrates meets jesus, presented by theater of the word. Throughout, kreeft weaves an intriguing web as he brings socrates closer and closer to a meeting with jesus. The book s title, socrates meets jesus is somewhat misleading. Peter kreeft wrote his fiction book socrates meets jesus. Socrates meets jesus quantity add to cart in this clever book, socrates makes mincemeat of the arguments of skeptics who want to abandon reason when it comes to christianity. Historys greatest questioner confronts the claims of christ 9780830823383 by peter kreeft. A book by book guide for catholics 1990 and reading and praying the new testament. By the way, a fun read that deals with this question in a very general sense is peter kreefts book socrates meets jesus. Socrates, the great questioner, somehow appears at have it university think harvard, and begins to, as he is wont to do, ask a lot of questions. This book is an attempt to reimagine platos allegory of the cave with a.
The entire book hinges on the kreefts opinion of socrates and what he thinks socrates wouldve said to jesus if they couldve met. One of the big highlights of last weekends defending the faith conference was meeting dr. A practical and illuminating guide to each book in the bible. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. I think the idea of a fictional encounter between christ and socrates put me off. And since he is the author of both books, and since this teacher never contradicts. Father of philosophy meets the founder of existentialism 2005 socrates and jeanpaul sartre you can understand the bible 2005 a combination of his previous books you can understand the old testament.
I got to share many conversations with the wise, witty, and wondrous philosopher. Peter kreeft kreeft writes a play about a fictional massachusetts university where socrates is unexpectedly revived in 1987. Historys greatest questioner confronts the claims of christ to show how christianity is reasonable 8. Socrates meets jesus society of gilbert keith chesterton. Author of socratic logic, knowing the truth of gods love, love is stronger than death, socrates meets marx, prayer, the journey, love is stronger than death, making choices.
Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing. They are so robust and true that even historys greatest questioner, socrates, would have great reason to reject deism, open theism, and other worldviews through the reading, testing. Based on christian philosopher peter kreefts book socrates meets jesus. Throughout the chapters, this unknown man, jesus is rooted in the back of socs mind. And since he is the author of both books, and since this teacher never contradicts himself, these two books never contradict each other. Kreeft is a professor of philosophy at boston college. In his book jesus shock, kreeft takes his thinking even further to show how jesus not only pursued a way like socrates, the truth like socrates, and the life like. Our issue today is the historical jesus as presented in the gospel accounts. In this book, socrates unknowingly stumbles into a modern university setting and meets students studying various topics including theology. Socrates meets jesus peter kreeft peter kreeft brings the socratic method to current topics in socrates meets jesus. Everything you ever wanted to know about heaven, but never dreamed of asking. God is the infinite and eternal i the ultimate subject or doer or knower.
Peter kreeft books list of books by author peter kreeft. Isbn 0830823387 this was another book i picked up at my recent visit to dicksons bookshop. What would happen if socratesyes, the socrates of ancient at. In this book, however, socrates meets jesus in the form of a timetraveling socrates meeting four modern representatives of christianity and talking with them about their faith. History\s greatest questioner confronts the claims of christ, kreeft had socrates deal with the claims of jesus, though not jesus himself. This performance examines what happens to socrates when he comes back to life, goes to college, and starts learning about jesus in modern times.
A performance of the play socrates meets jesus by kevin obrien, based on the book by peter kreeft, at the american chesterton society conference in worcester, ma on august 2, 20. Socrates meets jesus theater of the word incorporated. A convert to roman catholicism, he is the author of over eighty books on christian philosophy, theology and apologetics. A highlight of the conference was be the premiere of kevin obrien and theatre of the words dramatic rendition of socrates meets jesus, a play based on the book by dr. What does happen, however, is a confrontation between one of histories greatest purveyors of logic and the current radical liberal christian university. This time i picked an interesting book called socrates meets jesus by peter kreeft.
Socrates never does really meet him at least, not in the ordinary sense. Paul in acts 17, kreeft imagines socrates in conversation with modernday disciples of jesus. Of course i am a believer in jesus christ, but also studied socrates from an atheistic english professor who introduced our class to the real socrates in a fantastic way. Peter kreeft, christian philosopher and longtime admirer of the historic socrates, imagines the result. Using the socratic method of course, kreeft guides readers to the fascinating possibility that socrates would have become a christian, had christianity been around then. Throughout the chapters, this unknown man, jesus is rooted in the back of socs mind and his desire to know him becomes more real. Peter kreeft imagine socrates suddenly awaking on the campus of a major university and enrolled in the divinity school.
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