This book is an attempt to reimagine platos allegory of the cave with a modern twist. Socrates meets jesus is written as a script for a play, which emphasizes the importance of dialogue in the search for truth. I got to share many conversations with the wise, witty, and wondrous philosopher. A popular lecturer, he has also taught at many other colleges, seminaries, and educational institutions in the eastern united states. Socrates meets jesus society of gilbert keith chesterton.
Kerry macarthur, professor of english, university of st. Press button download or read online below and wait 20 seconds. Be the first to ask a question about socrates meets jesus. The rise of fanatical evangelism has contributed to christian apologists becoming a dying breed, and this book fails to help. Through socrates, kreeft questions and examines and identifies many of the often unnamed and unspoken assumptions of modern us culture.
Lewis, a critical essay, a shorter summa, socrates meets jesus peter kreeft open library. Peter kreeft, christian philosopher and longtime admirer of the historic socra what would happen if. Throughout the chapters, this unknown man, jesus is rooted in the back of socs mind and his desire to know him becomes more real. T he following dialogue comes from the third session of. Historys greatest questioner confronts the claims of christ by peter kreeft 630 ratings, 4. In socrates meets hume, kreeft challenges humes ideas via a socratic examination of human understanding in relation to humes skepticism. 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 sound reasons for believing the truthclaims of the christian faith. Peter kreeft imagines what would happen if socrates woke up today and enrolled in divinity school. Kreeft invites you to take part in the process of refuting humes skeptical. Historys greatest questioner confronts the claims of christ by peter kreeft. Peter kreeft, professor of philosophy at boston college, is the author of such wellreceived books as between heaven and hell, making choices, socrates meets jesus. Details about kreeft, peter socrates meets jesus book new. Tacelli, twenty arguments for the existence of god.
Author of socrates meets marx, prayer, the journey, love is stronger than death, the philosophy of jesus, c. Apologist peter kreeft portrays both socrates and the prototypical university in a fascinating manner, and the result is pure literary and philosophical enjoyment. Peter kreeft speaks on socrates meets jesus part 1. Studiowal kolejno w calvin college licencjat, 1959, na uniwersytecie fordham magisterium, 1961.
Click download or read online button to get socrates meets jesus book now. Search by multiple isbn, single isbn, title, author, etc. Peter kreeft in which he examines each of the plausible theories attempting to explain what happened to jesus at the end of his life, particularly whether he rose from the dead. A convert to roman catholicism, he is the author of over eighty books on christian philosophy, theology and apologetics. While discussing our current reads, i mentioned peter kreeft. Peter kreeft wrote his fiction book socrates meet s jesus. 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 never does really meet him at least, not in the ordinary sense. Kreeft s 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. Socrates meets jesus intervarsity 87 conversion of socrates as a student at harvard divinity school 14. Our issue today is the historical jesus as presented in the gospel accounts. Thus we began a sixpart series on these events by dr. His most famous books are a series in which socrates kreeft s selfavowed hero meets a number of the worlds great thinkers in witty dialogue to parse out the major. What does happen, however, is a confrontation between one of histories greatest purveyors of logic and the current radical liberal christian university. Peter kreeft, christian philosopher and longtime admirer of the historic socrates, imagines the result. Historys greatest questioner confronts the claims of christ kreeft, peter on. 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.
Christians around the world celebrated good friday and easter last week, which commemorate the death and resurrection of jesus christ. Socrates meets jesus download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. William fahey, president of thomas more college of the liberal arts. Peter kreeft speaks on socrates meets jesus part 1 youtube. Throughout, kreeft weaves an intriguing web as he brings socrates closer and closer to a meeting with jesus.
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