Trinitarian Soundings in Systematic Theology

by Metzger, Paul Louis

• ISBN13: 9780567084101
• ISBN10: 0567084108
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780567162984
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-01-17
• Publisher: Bloomsbury T & T Clark

Summary

Trinitarian Soundings in Systematic Theology is a multi-authored exploration of systematic theology from a Trinitarian perspective. Its aim is to show how the doctrine of the Trinity sheds light on other key doctrines-from prolegomena to eschatology and theological ethics. To borrow a phrase from Robert Jenson, the doctrine of the Trinity "is not a separate puzzle to be solved but the framework within which all theology's puzzles are to be solved". Given the scarcity of systematic theologies done "trinitarinaly", this collective project suggests a path to follow in the formulation of each particular doctrine represented in the volume. Trinitarian Soundings promises to become an important work given its unique presentation of major themes of systematic theology in their classical order, yet from a Trinitarian point of view. Its contributors include veteran theologians as well as younger scholars who are energetically employing this Trinitarian focus. The contributors represent various theological traditions and geographical locations, which surely bring richness to the theological inquiry. Dedicated to the memory of a pioneer in the resurgence of Trinitarian theology, the late Prof. Colin Gunton, this collection represents a distinctive treatment of systematics, intent on showing the vitality of approaching all aspects of the faith from a self-consciously Trinitarian perspective.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	vii
Foreword
Bruce L. McCormack	1	(4)
Introduction What Difference Does the Trinity Make?
Paul Louis Metzger	5	(4)
Chapter 1 Prolegomena
Murray Rae	9	(12)
Chapter 2 The Relational Dynamic of Revelation: A Trinitarian Perspective
Paul Louis Metzger	21	(14)
Chapter 3 The Trinity in the Hebrew Scriptures
Paul Blackham	35	(14)
Chapter 4 The Trinity: The Significance of Appropriate Distinctions for Dynamic Relationality
Peter M.B. Robinson	49	(14)
Chapter 5 Towards a Trinitarian Reading of the Tradition: The Relevance of the 'Eternal' Trinity
Colin E. Gunton	63	(10)
Chapter 6 Triune Creativity: Trinity, Creation, Art and Science
Stephen R. Holmes	73	(14)
Chapter 7 The Social God and the Relational Self: Toward a Trinitarian Theology of the Imago Dei
Stanley J. Grenz	87	(14)
Chapter 8 Sin and Grace
R.N. Frost	101	(12)
Chapter 9 The Sinlessness of Jesus: A Theological Exploration in the Light of Trinitarian Theology
Demetrios Bathrellos	113	(14)
Chapter 10 The Atonement
Georg Pfleiderer	127	(12)
Chapter 11 The Personal Spirit and Personal Appropriation of the Truth
James M. Houston	139	(14)
Chapter 12 The Trinity and the Church
Miroslav Volf	153	(22)
Chapter 13 The Eucharist and the Mind of Christ: Some Trinitarian Implications of T.F. Torrance's Sacramental Theology
Paul D. Molnar	175	(14)
Chapter 14 Trajectories of a Trinitarian Eschatology
Kelly M. Kapic	189	(14)
Chapter 15 Revelation and Natural Rights: Notes on Colin E. Gunton's Theology of Nature
Esther D. Reed	203	(14)
Afterword
Robert W. Jenson	217	(4)
Index	221