The Oxford Handbook of the Trinity

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This handbook examines the history of Trinitarian theology and reveals the Nicene unity still at work among Christians today despite ecumenical differences and the variety of theological perspectives. The forty-three chapters are organized into the following seven parts: the Trinity in Scripture, Patristic witnesses to the Trinitarian faith, Medieval appropriations of the Trinitarian faith, the Reformation through to the 20th Century, Trinitarian Dogmatics, the Trinity and Christian life, and Dialogues (addressing ecumenical, interreligious, and cultural interactions). The phrase "Trinitarian faith" can hardly be understood outside of reference to the Councils of Nicaea and Constantinople and to their reception: the doctrine of the Trinity is indissociably connected to the reading of Scripture through the ecclesial and theological traditions. The modern period is characterized especially by the arrival of history, under two principal aspects: "historical theology" and "philosophies of history." In contemporary theology, the principal "theological loci" are Trinity and creation, Trinity and grace, Trinity and monotheism, Trinity and human life (ethics, society, politics and culture), and more broadly Trinity and history. In all these areas, this handbook offers essays that do justice to the diversity of view points, while also providing, insofar as possible, a coherent ensemble. Contents List of Illustrations Common Abbreviations Contributors Introduction • Gilles Emery and Matthew Levering PART I: THE TRINITY IN SCRIPTURE 1. The Canonization of Scripture in the Context of Trinitarian Doctrine • Khaled Anatolios 2. The Trinity in the Old Testament • Christopher Seitz 3. The Trinity in the Letters of St Paul and Hebrews • C. Kavin Rowe 4. The Trinity in the Synoptic Gospels and Acts • Simon Gathercole 5. The Trinity in the Johannine Literature • Ben Witherington III 6. Exegesis and the Early Christian Doctrine of the Trinity • Mark Edwards PART II: PATRISTIC WITNESSES TO THE TRINITARIAN FAITH 7. The Trinity in the Ante-Nicene Fathers • Stephen M. Hildebrand 8. The Trinity in the Fourth-Century Fathers • J. Warren Smith 9. Augustine on the Trinity • Lewis Ayres 10. Late Patristic Developments on the Trinity in the East • Andrew Louth PART III: MEDIEVAL APPROPRIATIONS OF THE TRINITARIAN FAITH 11. Trinitarian Theology from Alcuin to Anselm • Lauge O. Nielsen 12. Scholastic Reasons, Monastic Meditations and Victorine Conciliations: The Question of the Unity and Plurality of God in the Twelfth Century • Dominique Poirel 13. Franciscan and Dominican Trinitarian Theology (Thirteenth Century): Bonaventure and Aquinas • Joseph Wawrykow 14. Medieval Trinitarian Theology from the Late Thirteenth to the Fifteenth Centuries • Russell L. Friedman 15. The Development of the Trinity Doctrine in Byzantium (Ninth to Fifteenth Centuries) • Karl Christian Felmy PART IV: THE REFORMATION TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 16. The Trinity in the Reformers • Scott R. Swain 17. The Trinity in the Early Modern Era (c.1550–1770) • Ulrich L. Lehner 18. The Trinity in Kant, Hegel, and Schelling • Cyril O’Regan 19. Nineteenth-Century Protestant Doctrines of the Trinity • Samuel M. Powell 20. Catholic Theology of the Trinity in the Nineteenth Century • Aidan Nichols 21. Karl Barth’s Doctrine of the Trinity, and Some Protestant Doctrines after Barth • George Hunsinger 22. Karl Rahner, Hans Urs von Balthasar, and Twentieth-Century Catholic Currents on the Trinity • Vincent Holzer 23. Contemporary Orthodox Currents on the Trinity • Aristotle Papanikolaou 24. Trinitarian Theology in the Light of Analytic Philosophy • Fergus Kerr PART V: TRINITARIAN DOGMATICS 25. The Trinity as Christian Teaching • Kathryn Tanner 26. The Divine Person(s): Trinity, Person, and Analogous Naming • Rudi A. Te Velde 27. A Theology of God the Father • Emmanuel Durand 28. Trinitarian Christology: The Eternal Son • Thomas G. Weinandy 29. The Deep Things of God: Trinitarian Pneumatology • Bruce D. Marshall 30. The Trinity, Creation, and Christian Anthropology • Risto Saarinen 31. The Trinity, the Church, and the Sacraments • Charles Morerod 32. Trinity and Salvation: Christian Life as an Existence in the Trinity • Daniel A. Keating PART VI: THE TRINITY AND CHRISTIAN LIFE 33. The Trinity in Liturgy and Preaching • Geoffrey Wainwright 34. The Trinity in Christian Visual Arts • François Boespflug 35. The Trinitarian Imprint on the Moral Life • Romanus Cessario 36. The Trinity and Moral Life: Julian’s Trinitarian Logic of Love and Contagion • Amy Laura Hall 37. The Trinity and Prayer • Francesca Aran Murphy 38. The Trinity and Feminism • Nonna Verna Harrison 39. The Trinity and Politics • Frederick Christian Bauerschmidt PART VII: DIALOGUES 40. Ecumenism and the Doctrine of the Trinity Today • David Fergusson 41. The Doctrine of God in Jewish-Christian Dialogue • Ellen T. Charry 42. The Trinity in Interreligious Dialogues • Gavin D’Costa 43. Globalization, Postmodern Theories of Culture, and the Trinity • Tracey Rowland Conclusion: Prospects for Trinitarian Theology • Gilles Emery and Matthew Levering Index