Deus Trinitas the doctrine of the triune God - Coffey, David, (David Michael) (Oxford University Press, 1999)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Setting the scene -- From the biblical to the immanent Trinity -- Models of the immanent Trinity -- Persons, divine and human -- Change in God -- Recent theology : Moltmann -- Recent theology : Jüngel, Mühlen, and von Balthasar
Recent years have seen a resurgence of interest in the doctrine of the Trinity, following a long period in which it was considered irrelevant to the rest of theology and to the challenge of Christian life. In this book, David Coffey claims that this resurgence is caused by a renewed appreciation of the fact that salvation itself has a Trinitarian structure. He argues that we cannot understand salvation without a solid understanding of the Trinity. Coffey considers the full range of issues surrounding this central doctrine of Christian faith. Viewing the doctrine of the Trinity in its historica