Persons in Communion: Trinitarian Description and Human ParticipationExplores the structure of human participation in the triune life. Focuses on the question of describing the 'members' of the Trinity as 'persons'; how language functions in describing God in such terms; and the underlying models which shape our theological perspective. |
Contents
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| 7 | |
2 Revelation Reiteration and the Divine Identity | 58 |
3 Theological Language Vestigiality and the Question of Continuity between the Human and Divine Realms | 120 |
4 Triune Personhood | 213 |
Moving Beyond Barths Revelation Model | 307 |
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Other editions - View all
Persons in Communion: Trinitarian Description and Human Participation Alan Torrance Limited preview - 1996 |
Persons in Communion: Trinitarian Description and Human Participation Alan Torrance No preview available - 1996 |
Persons in Communion: Trinitarian Description and Human Participation Alan Torrance No preview available - 2010 |
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affirmation analogia entis analogia fidei analogy anthropology anthropomorphism approach Aquinas argues articulation Barth's argument Barth's concern Barth's discussion Body of Christ chapter Christian Christology Church Dogmatics Colin Gunton communication communion conceived concept constitutes context created order creaturely critique distinction divine freedom doctrine doxological dynamic ecclesial emphasise epistemic essence essential eternal event of revelation existence exposition extent faith Father God-talk God's Word grace grounded homoousion human humankind hypostasis Ibid immanent indwelling integral interpretation intrinsic involves Jesus John Zizioulas Jüngel Jürgen Moltmann Karl Barth Karl Rahner knowledge LaCugna language-games Logos means metaphor methodological mode Moltmann Mondin nature notion ontological perichoresis personhood philosophical posteriori precisely predicated prior proclamation question Rahner realised reality reference reflected relation relationship revelation event revelation model Rowan Williams Seinsweisen semantic simply speak statement suggests T. F. Torrance term person theologian theological anthropology theological language Thomist thought trinitarian Trinity triune truth unity Wittgenstein worship Zizioulas