The Cambridge Companion to the Trinity

by Edited by Peter C. Phan

• ISBN13: 9780521877398
• ISBN10: 0521877393
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-08-08
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

How do Christians reconcile their belief in one God with the concept of three divine 'persons'? This Companion provides an overview of how the Christian doctrine of the Trinity has been understood and articulated in the last two thousand years. The Trinitarian theologies of key theologians, from the New Testament to the twentieth century, are carefully examined and the doctrine of the Trinity is brought into dialogue with non-Christian religions as well as with other Christian beliefs. Authors from a range of denominational backgrounds explore the importance of Trinitarian thought, locating the Trinity within the wider context of systematic theology. Contemporary theology has seen a widespread revival of the doctrine of the Trinity and this book incorporates the most recent developments in the scholarship.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

Developments of the doctrine of the Trinity

Systematic issues in Trinitarian theology

Retrieving the Sources

Like a finger pointing to the moon: exploring the Trinity and/in the New Testament

The Trinity in the Greek fathers

Latin Trinitarian theology

Renewing the Tradition

God as the mystery of sharing and shared love: Thomas Aquinas on the Trinity

The Trinity in Bonaventure

The Trinity in the Reformation: discontinuity in continuity

Between history and speculation: Christian Trinitarian thinking after the Reformation

Contemporary Theologians

Karl Barth, reconciliation and the Triune God

Mystery of grace and salvation: Karl Rahner's theology of the Trinity

Hans Urs von Balthasar on the Trinity

The Trinitarian doctrines of Jürgen Moltmann Wolfhart Pannenberg in the context of contemporary discussion

Sophia, Apophasis and communion: the Trinity in contemporary orthodox theology

The life-giving reality of God from Black, Latin American, and U.S. Hispanic theological perspectives

Feminist theologies and the Trinity

In Dialogue with Other Religions

The Tao in Confucianism/Taoism: the Trinity in East Asian perspective Heup

Trinity and Hinduism

Primordial vow: reflections on the Holy Trinity in light of dialogue with pure land Buddhism

Trinity in Judaism and Islam

Systematic Connections

Trinity, Christology, and pneumatology

The Trinity in the Liturgy, sacraments, and mysticism

The Trinity and social-political ethics

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