Father, Son, and Holy Spirit essays toward a fully trinitarian theology - Gunton, Colin E. (T & T Clark, 2003)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Part 1. The Triune God of Christian confession: 1. The forgotten Trinity -- 2. The God of Jesus Christ -- 3. Eastern and Western Trinities: being and person. T.F. Torrance's doctrine of God -- 4. 'And in one Lord Jesus Christ ... Begotten not made' -- 5. The Holy Spirit who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified -- Part 2. Triune Divine action: 6. Creation: (1) Creation and mediation in the theology of Robert W. Jenson. An encounter and a convergence -- 7. Creation: (2) The Spirit moved over the face of the waters. The Holy Spirit and the created order -- 8. Creation and redemption: Christ, the wisdom of God. A study in divine and human action -- 9. The Spirit and Jesus: (1) Martin Kähler revisited. Variations on Hebrews 4.15 -- 10. The Spirit and Jesus: (2) 'One Mediator ... the man Jesus Christ'. Reconciliation, mediation and life in community -- 11. Atonement: the sacrifice and the sacrifices. From metaphor to transcendental? -- 12. Baptism: Baptism and the Christian community -- 13. The church and the Lord's supper: 'Until He comes'. Towards an eschatology of church membership
In this book one of the leading and most popular theologians of our time develops themes he first introduced in 'The Promise of Trinitarian Theology' in 1992, a book which continues to be widely read and used as a textbook in Christian Doctrine throughout the world. Each essay addresses a topic of central importance in Trinitarian theology, ranging from the knowledge of God to the Christian sacraments. Together they reflect in particular on an increasing interest in the doctrine of the Holy Spirit and its bearing on the structure of the doctrine of the Trinity and its various sub-themes of Chri