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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784803303321

Autore

Coffey David

Titolo

Deus Trinitas : the doctrine of the Triune God / / David Coffey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 1999

ISBN

0-19-773882-6

1-280-76177-6

0-19-535235-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 196 pages)

Disciplina

231.044

231/.044

Soggetti

Trinity

Theology, Doctrinal

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-192) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1. Setting the Scene; 2. From the Biblical to the Immanent Trinity; 3. Models of the Immanent Trinity; 4. Persons, Divine and Human; 5. Change in God; 6. Recent Theology: Moltmann; 7. Recent Theology: Jüngel, Mühlen, and von Balthasar; Conclusion; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Recent years have seen a resurgence of interest in the doctrine of the Trinity, following a long period in which it was considered irrelevant to the rest of theology and to the challenge of Christian life. In this book, David Coffey claims that this resurgence is caused by a renewed appreciation of the fact that salvation itself has a Trinitarian structure. He argues that we cannot understand salvation without a solid understanding of the Trinity. Coffey considers the full range of issues surrounding this central doctrine of Christian faith. Viewing the doctrine of the Trinity in its historica