a most valuable contribution to the clarification and defence of the doctrine of the Trinity.

David Efird, Mind

Classical Christian orthodoxy insists that God is Triune: there is only one God, but there are three divine Persons - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit - who are somehow of one substance with one another. But what does this doctrine mean? How can we coherently believe that there is only one God if we also believe that there are three divine Persons? This problem, sometimes called the 'threeness-oneness problem' or the 'logical problem of the Trinity', is the focus of this interdisciplinary volume. Philosophical and Theological Essays on the Trinity includes a selection of the most important recent philosophical work on this topic, accompanied with a variety of compelling new essays by philosophers and theologians to further the discussion. The book is divided into four parts, the first three dealing in turn with the three most prominent models for understanding the relations between the Persons of the Trinity: Social Trinitarianism, Latin Trinitarianism, and Relative Trinitarianism. Each section includes essays by both proponents and critics of the relevant model. The volume concludes with a section containing essays by theologians reflecting on the current state of the debate.
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How can we coherently believe that there is only one God if we also believe that there are three divine Persons? This volume presents a selection of the most important recent philosophical work on this topic accompanied by new essays from differing theological and philosophical perspectives.
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1. Introduction ; PART I: SOCIAL TRINITARIANISM AND ITS DISCONTENTS ; 2. The Trinity ; 3. Has a Trinitarian God Deceived Us? ; 4. Anti-Social Trinitarianism ; 5. Toward a Sensible Social Trinitarianism ; 6. Trinity Monotheism ; 7. Another Glance at Trinity Monotheism ; 8. Fully Social Trinitarianism ; 9. How Many Times Does Three Go Into One? ; PART II: LATIN TRINITARIANISM ; 10. A Latin Trinity ; 11. Latin Trinitarianism: Some Conceptual and Historical Considerations ; PART III: RELATIVE TRINITARIANISM: PROSPECTS AND PROBLEMS ; 12. And Yet They are not Three Gods but One God ; 13. Relative Identity and the Doctrine of the Trinity ; 14. Material Constitution and the Trinity ; 15. Does the Problem of Material Constitution Illuminate the Doctrine of the Trinity? ; 16. Defending the Consistency of the Doctrine of the Trinity ; 17. Brower and Rea's Constitution Account of the Trinity ; PART IV: THE THREENESS/ONENESS PROBLEM IN CONTEMPORARY THEOLOGY ; 18. The Trinity in Theology and Philosophy: Why Jerusalem Should Work with Athens ; 19. Theologians, Philosophers, and the Doctrine of the Trinity
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An interdisciplinary approach bringing together the work of theologians and philosophers Allows recent significant contributions to the debate to be read alongside new essays Clear structure allows the reader to navigate between essays addressing different models of trintarianism and the state of the current debate
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An interdisciplinary approach bringing together the work of theologians and philosophers Allows recent significant contributions to the debate to be read alongside new essays Clear structure allows the reader to navigate between essays addressing different models of trintarianism and the state of the current debate
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ISBN
9780199216215
Publisert
2009
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
719 gr
Høyde
241 mm
Bredde
163 mm
Dybde
27 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
366