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This is the first full-length study of the doctrine of the Trinity from the standpoint of analytic philosophical theology. William Hasker reviews the evidence concerning fourth-century pro-Nicene trinitarianism in the light of recent developments in the scholarship on this period, arguing for particular interpretations of crucial concepts. He then reviews and criticizes recent work on the issue of the divine three-in-oneness, including systematic theologians such as Barth, Rahner, Moltmann, and Zizioulas, and analytic philosophers of religion such as Leftow, van Inwagen, Craig, and Swinburne. In the final part of the book he develops a carefully articulated social doctrine of the Trinity which is coherent, intelligible, and faithful to scripture and tradition.

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Author:   William Hasker (Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Huntington University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.20cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.90cm
Weight:   0.586kg
ISBN:  

9780199681518

ISBN 10:   0199681511
Pages:   278
Publication Date:   01 August 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction Part One: Trinitarian Foundations 1: Prelude: Where are the Foundations? 2: The 'New' Fourth Century 3: The Divine Three: What is a 'Person'? 4: Gregory of Nyssa and the Divine Persons 5: Augustine and the Divine Persons 6: The Divine Oneness: What is a 'Nature'? 7: Interlude: Simplicity and Identity 8: The Pro-Nicenes and the Divine Nature 9: The Fathers, the Trinity, and Scripture 10: Postlude: Are the Foundations Stable? Part Two: Trinitarian Options 11: Surveying the Options 12: Barth and Rahner: Persons as Modes of Being 13: Moltmann and Zizioulas: Perichoresis and Communion 14: Leftow: God Living Three Life-Streams 15: Van Inwagen: The Trinity and Relative Identity 16: B rower and Rea: Sameness in Number Without Identity 17: Craig: A Soul with Multiple Sets of Faculties 18: Swinburne: Created Divine Persons 19: Yandell: The Trinity as a Complex Bearer of Properties 20: What Have We Learned? Part Three: Trinitarian Construction 21: Constructing the Doctrine of the Trinity 22: Monotheism and Christology 23: Each of the Persons is God 24: The Divine Persons are Persons 25: The Communion of the Persons 26: The Relations of Origin 27: The One Divine Nature 28: Constitution and the Trinity 29: The Grammar of the Trinity 30: The Metaphysics of the Trinity

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Hasker's version of social trinitarianism - an elegant fusing of various theories taken from his peers in the field along with some fresh insights - is perhaps the most palatable version on file. His use of Leftow's 'single trope of deity' is a helpful way of looking at the divine being without falling into the modalism inherent in Leftow's own proposals. --Nick Norelli, Rightly Dividing the World of Truth

Author Information

William Hasker (Ph.D., University of Edinburgh), is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Huntington University in Huntington, Indiana, where he taught from 1966 until 2000. His main interests in philosophy are philosophy of religion and philosophy of mind. He is the author of Metaphysics (1983), God, Time, and Knowledge (1989), The Emergent Self (1999), Providence, Evil, and the Openness of God (2004), and The Triumph of God Over Evil (2008), and is co-author or co-editor of several other volumes. He was the editor of Faith and Philosophy from 2000 until 2007.

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