The global perspectives Kärkkäinen, Veli-Matti. creator text bibliography kyu Louisville, Ky Westminster John Knox Press c2007 2007 1st ed. monographic eng

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xxii, 409 p. ; 23 cm. The significance of the doctrine of the Trinity for theology and Christian life -- Old Testament monotheism and the idea of plurality in God -- The rise of Trinitarian understanding of God in the New Testament -- The emergence of Trinitarian canons in early Christian theology -- The role of Trinitarian doctrine in the developing Christian tradition -- Karl Barth : the uniqueness of the Trinitarian God -- Karl Rahner : the immanent and economic Trinity-- John Zizioulas : Trinity as communion -- Jürgen Moltmann : Trinitarian panentheism -- Wolfhart Pannenberg : Trinity as "public theology" -- The North American context for Trinitarian reflections -- Robert Jenson : Triune identity -- Catherine M. LaCugna : "God for us" -- Elizabeth Johnson : a feminist interpretation of the Triune symbol -- Millard J. Erickson : an "evangelical" doctrine of the Trinity -- S. Mark Heim : a Trinitarian theology of "religious ends" -- Ninian Smart and Steven Konstantine : the divine threefoldness in the Christian neo-transcendentalistic vision of love -- Introduction : Trinitarian reflections in the world context -- The Latin American and Hispanic context for Trinitarian reflections -- Leonardo Boff : Trinity as a society of equals -- Justo L. González : God who is a minority -- The Asian context for Trinitarian reflections -- Jung Young Lee : Trinity as an embrace of yin-yang -- Raimundo Panikkar : a cosmotheandric mystery of the Trinity -- The African context for Trinitarian reflections -- C. Nyamiti : Trinitarian processions as ancestral relationships -- A.O. Ogbonnaya : Trinity as communitarian divinity -- An assessment and agenda. Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Trinity BT111.3 .K37 2007 231/.044 0664228909 (alk. paper) 9780664228903 (alk. paper) 2006042108 DLC 060921 20180118112532.0 71812848