The Trinity

East/West Summit on the Holy Trinity Held in Moscow - A stellar cast from the Society of Christian Philosophers/West and the Russian Orthodox Church/East met to discuss the mystery of God as three in one. Theologians and philosophers, typically rivals, synergized in their pursuit of truth and understanding regarding this central, unifying Christian belief, demonstrating respective strengths in marvellous complementary array. His holiness Alexei II, Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia extended greetings and Metropolitan Filaret of Minsk set the stage. History still has its shining moments. The next best thing to being there are the papers that were presented and polished for this volume.

"This anthology presents an excellent blend of philosophical and theological perspectives that keep the doctrine of the Trinity in its crosshairs. While noted analytic philosophers use an array of analytical tools to critique and defend the logical consistency of the Trinity and assess its models, philosophers and Russian Orthodox theologians alike shower us with insights from historical sources such as the Book of Revelation, the Church Fathers, Aquinas, the Cambridge Platonists, and the Post-Moderns. Along the way they remind us that the doctrine of the Trinity is richly rooted in the faith and practices (worship, liturgy, iconography, and missiology) of the Church. The volume demonstrates that philosophers and theologians from different traditions can indeed learn from each other."
(Dr. Bruce Reichenbach, Augsburg College)

Contenu

1. Introduction.- 2. Greeting.- 3. The Revelation of God as Trinity.- 4. Modern Anglo-American Philosophy of Religion.- 5. The Trinitarian Dilemma.- 6. Perichoretic Monotheism.- 7. Trinitarian Willing and Salvific Initiatives.- 8. The Trinity and Personal Identity.- 9. Three Persons in One Being.- 10. The Elements of Triadology in the New Testament.- 11. The Trinitarian Teaching of St. Gregory Nazianzen.- 12. St. Augustine's Doctrine of the Trinity in the Light of Orthodox Triadology of the Fourth Century.- 13. Word and Trinity.- 14. The Trinity and Natural Reason.- 15. The Holy Trinity and Non-Christian Triades.- 16. The Dogma of the Trinity and Its Social-Political Implications.- 17. The Doctrine of the Holy Trinity in the Culture and Art of Ancient Russia.- 18. A Triadological Perspective of Church Mission in the Twenty-First Century.- 19. The Holy Trinity: Paradigm of the Human Person.- 20. Glossary of Terms.- 21. Index.