A Brief Systematic Theology of the Symbol
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Publication
2021-11-18 - T&T Clark
Language
English
Word Count
60,000 words, Guess
Page Count
240 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL32706767M
- ISBN-139780567702500
- ISBN-100567702502
- OCLC Control Number1252736000
- OCLC Control Number1263868870
and 1 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2021018909
Classifications
- LCCBV150.M63 2021
- LCCBV150 .M63 2022
Description
"How do Christians understand the Trinity? How does this understanding relate to other Christian teachings? In conversation with key thinkers in contemporary and classical theology, especially Henri de Lubac, Karl Rahner, Thomas Aquinas and Augustine, this book argues that a theology of symbols can help us glimpse the mystery of the Trinity and see how this central Christian teaching corresponds to Christian understandings of creation, humanity and the church. A symbol is not here understood as an arbitrary sign, but as a sign that mediates the presence of the symbolized. The Father is "symbolized" in the Son who is the "symbol" of the Father by the "symbolism" of the Spirit, the personal agent of unity between Father and Son. These trinitarian relations then structure creaturely relations to God: God is symbolized in creation, which is a symbol of God by participation in the Son, and the church is symbolism, the union of creation with God by the power of the Spirit. A theology of symbol helps coordinate trinitarian theology with key themes in Christian dogmatics"
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