Trinitarian Theology and Power Relations

Trinitarian Theology and Power Relations
Author: M. Minister
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2014-11-06
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 113746478X

This text crafts a trinitarian theology that reorients theology from presumptions about the immateriality of the Trinity toward the places where the Trinity matters—material bodies in historical contexts and the intersecting ways political and theological power structures normalize and marginalize bodies on the basis of material difference.

Trinitarian Theology and Power Relations

Trinitarian Theology and Power Relations
Author: M. Minister
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 231
Release: 2014-11-06
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 113746478X

This text crafts a trinitarian theology that reorients theology from presumptions about the immateriality of the Trinity toward the places where the Trinity matters—material bodies in historical contexts and the intersecting ways political and theological power structures normalize and marginalize bodies on the basis of material difference.

Trinitarian Theology

Trinitarian Theology
Author: Keith S. Whitfield
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Total Pages: 203
Release: 2018-10-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1433651394

The heart of Christianity is trinitarian. The subject matter of Trinitarian Theology casts a long shadow over our faith. The relationship between the Father, the Son, and the Spirit is central to the salvation story. The Trinity is central to Christianity, for the vibrancy of our churches, and for the clarity of our witness in the world. In Trinitarian Theology, Bruce Ware, Malcon B. Yarnell III, Matthew Y. Emerson, and Luke Stamps discuss issues such as the eternal functional subordination of the Son, the nature of the God-human relationship, and theological methods for forming the doctrine of the Trinity. This is a discussion of great importance, offered by scholars who represent varying views held by today’s Southern Baptist scholars.

The Power of God

The Power of God
Author: Michel R. Barnes
Publisher: CUA Press
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2001-05
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0813209293

This study will be useful for those who study the development of the doctrine of the Trinity, as well as those who are interested in the role of scriptural and philosophical resources in Christian theology. Fi

Trinitarian Christology

Trinitarian Christology
Author: Michael LaVelle Cook
Publisher: Paulist Press
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2010
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780809146574

A trinitarian and ecumenical approach to the current emphasis on and renewal of Spirit Christology.

The Same God Who Works All Things

The Same God Who Works All Things
Author: Adonis Vidu
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 485
Release: 2021-03-04
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1467461997

Classical Trinitarianism holds that every action of Trinity in the world is inseparable. That is, the divine persons are equally active in every operation. But then, in what way did the Father create the world through Christ? How can only the Son be incarnate, die, and be resurrected? Why does Christ have to ascend before the Spirit may come? These and many other questions pose serious objections to the doctrine of inseparable operations. In the first book-length treatment of this doctrine, Adonis Vidu takes up these questions and offers a conceptual and dogmatic analysis of this essential axiom, engaging with recent and historical objections. Taking aim at a common “soft” interpretation of the inseparability rule, according to which the divine persons merely cooperate and work in concert with one another, Vidu argues for the retrieval of “hard inseparability,” which emphasizes the unity of divine action, primarily drawing from the patristic and medieval traditions. Having probed the biblical foundations of the rule and recounted the story of its emergence in nascent Trinitarianism and its neglect in modern theology, Vidu builds a constructive case for its retrieval. The rule is then tested precisely on the battlegrounds that were thought to have witnessed its defeat: the doctrines of creation, incarnation, atonement, ascension, and the indwelling of the Spirit. What emerges is a constructive account of theology in which the recovery of this dogmatic rule shines fresh light on ancient doctrines.

The Trinity & the Bible

The Trinity & the Bible
Author: Scott R. Swain
Publisher: Lexham Academic
Total Pages: 103
Release: 2021-09-29
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 168359536X

Seeing the Trinity in Scripture Orthodox Christians affirm and worship a triune God. But how should this affect our reading of the Bible? In The Trinity and the Bible, Scott R. Swain asserts that not only does the Bible reveal the Trinity, but the Trinity illuminates our reading of the Bible. Swain reflects on method and applies a Trinitarian framework to three exegetical studies. Explorations of three genres of New Testament literature—Gospel, epistle, and apocalyptic—display the profits of theological interpretation. Through loving attention to the Scriptures, one can understand and marvel at the singular identity and activity of the triune God.

The Relational Power of God

The Relational Power of God
Author: Eleanor O'Donnell
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2023-01-23
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 166672856X

When we find the courage to allow our rebel voice to speak, many of us question traditional Christian beliefs about God’s power and how it is exercised in the world and in the church. We ask: What if God is not in omnipotent control of everything? What if God’s exercise of power is relational and noncoercive instead? What if it is the quality rather than the quantity of God’s power that really matters? This book focuses on the theology of power that emerges when we ask such questions. It draws on the social Trinitarian theology of Jürgen Moltmann and the process thought of Charles Hartshorne to image God as a Social Trinity in process. This vision of God understands the Holy Trinity to be fully relational and thoroughly with us and all creation. To think of God and God’s power this way ensures freedom for creature and creation and enables a viable response to the problem of evil and suffering. It also leads to the conclusion that human relationships in the world and in the church are best modeled on the power-sharing solidarity of the Triune God.

God With Us and Without Us, Volume Two

God With Us and Without Us, Volume Two
Author: Imad N. Shehadeh
Publisher: Langham Publishing
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2019-10-31
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1783687134

While volume 1 stressed the inevitability of Oneness in Trinity, this second volume of God With Us and Without Us demonstrates the beauty and life-transforming power of Oneness in Trinity. The nature of the eternal relationship between the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit stands in contrast with the nature of God in Absolute Oneness. Dr Imad N. Shehadeh elucidates through careful argumentation and detailed critical thinking, why Oneness in Trinity is to be prized and what God would look like if He were not triune. By addressing the beauty and power of Oneness in Trinity, this book deepens our understanding of the Trinity as the solid foundation of all other doctrines. Dr Shehadeh explains the eternal activity of God outside creation, i.e., without us, as the stimulus of His activity within creation, i.e., with us. Dr Shehadeh also addresses the theological debate concerning the eternal generation of the Son and the eternal procession of the Holy Spirit. Most importantly however, this book convinces us of, and magnifies for us, the life-transforming power of the triune God.

The Eternal Generation of the Son

The Eternal Generation of the Son
Author: Kevin Giles
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2012-05-07
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830839658

Theologian Kevin Giles defends the historically orthodox doctrine of the eternal generation of the Son of God. He argues on biblical, historical and theological bases that, given its fundamental meaning, this doctrinal formulation is indispensable, irreplaceable and faithful to Christian revelation.