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The Oxford Handbook of the Trinity
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The Oxford Handbook of the Trinity

Edited by Gilles Emery, Matthew Levering

Abstract

This book 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 articles 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 twentieth 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, the book offers articles that do justice to the diversity of viewpoints, while also providing, as far as possible, a coherent ensemble.

Keywords: Trinitarian theology, Nicene unity, Christians, ecumenical differences, Trinity in Scripture, Patristic witnesses, Trinitarian faith, Reformation, Trinitarian Dogmatics, theological loci

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Editors

Gilles Emery, editor
Gilles Emery , O.P. is Professor of Dogmatic Theology at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. He is a member of the International Theological Commission of the Catholic Church and a member of the editorial board of the Revue Thomiste. His publications include: La Trinité créatrice (1995), Trinity in Aquinas (2003), Trinity, Church, and the Human Person: Thomistic Essays (2007), The Trinitarian Theology of Saint Thomas Aquinas (2007), and The Trinity: An Introduction to Catholic Doctrine on the Triune God (2011). He is co-editor, with Matthew Levering of The Oxford Handbook of the Trinity (2011).

Matthew Levering, editor
Matthew Levering is Professor of Theology at the University of Dayton. He is co-editor of the English edition of the quarterly journal Nova et Vetera.


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