Christ and the Cosmos

A Reformulation of Trinitarian Doctrine

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ID19919288
AuthorsKeith Ward (Heythrop College, University of London, corresponding author)
Year2015
Publication date2015-08-06
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueChrist and the Cosmos (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9781316282731
OpenAlexW4230304728
Open LibraryOL28573242M
ISBN9781316282731
LanguageEN
Citations received8

The concept of the 'social Trinity', which posits three conscious subjects in God, radically revised the traditional Christian idea of the Creator. It promoted a view of God as a passionate, creative and responsive source of all being. Keith Ward argues that social Trinitarian thinking threatens the unity of God, however, and that this new view of God does not require a 'social' component. Expanding on the work of theologians such as Barth and Rahner, who insisted that there was only one mind of God, Ward offers a coherent, wholly monotheistic interpretation of the Trinity. Christ and the Cosmos analyses theistic belief in a scientific context, demonstrating the necessity of cosmology to theological thinking that is often overly myopic and anthropomorphic. This important volume will benefit those who seek to understand what the Trinity is, why it matters and how it fits into a scientific account of the universe

Art history · Belief in God · Context (archaeology) · Cosmos (plant) · Epistemology · Existence of God · Interpretation (philosophy) · Scientific thinking · Theism · History · Philosophy · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics · Christianity · God · Person and offices · Religion and science · Trinity

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