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Contemplation and Classical Christianity: A Study in Augustine by John Peter Kenney (review)

John Kenney’s new study, Contemplation and Classical Christianity, disputes an interpretation of Augustine’s theology as reducible to Platonic philosophy, specifically on the topic of Christian contemplation. As a Platonic philosopher himself, writing his dissertation on Plotinus and the Via Antiqua and publishing on topics related to Platonism and theology, Kenney’s scholarly work disrupts an established trend in Augustinian studies, as exhibited by fellow Platonic philosopher John Rist, to regard Platonism not merely as a source but as the foundation of Augustine’s theology. As Kenney ultimately states in his conclusion: