Trinitarian Theology West and East

by Collins, Paul M.

• ISBN13: 9780198270324
• ISBN10: 0198270321
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-10-18
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This book is a unique contribution to the dialogue between the traditions of Eastern and Western Christian thought. Through the writings of Karl Barth and John Zizioulas, Collins creates an ecumenical dialogue about Trinitarian thought. During the last decade the doctrine of the Trinity and the concept of koinonia have been much in evidence in ecumenical contexts. Collins looks beyond the growing ecumenical consensus to examine the origin for the basis for the consensus, and suggests that it is possible to root it in Western thought as well as in Eastern Orthodoxy.

Author Biography

Paul M. Collins is a tutor at The Queens College, Edgbaston, Birmingham.

Table of Contents

Abbrevations	x
Introduction	xi
PART 1 EVENT, REVELATION, AND TRINITY: THREE CORRELATING CONCEPTS	1	(60)
Event: The `How' of Revelation	7	(27)
Revelation: Correlative Concept	34	(27)
PART 2 THE ACT WHICH CONSTITUTES THE EVENT OF REVELATION	61	(42)
Act and Agent	65	(24)
A New Ontology?	89	(14)
PART 3 PERSONHOOD AND RELATIONALITY	103	(126)
The Concept of Personhood	107	(55)
The Category of Being	162	(22)
The Category of Communion	184	(40)
Conclusion	224	(5)
Bibliography	229	(12)
Index of Names	241	(4)
Subject Index	245