The apocalyptic Trinity / Thomas J.J. Altizer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Altizer, Thomas J. J.

Series:

Radical theologies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trinity.

Physical Description:

xi, 185 pages ; 22 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Summary:

Although the apocalyptic Trinity has been enacted in the imaginative works of poets and thinkers such as Milton, Blake, and Hegel, never before has it been conceived in fully theological terms. This work is an unprecedented voyage into the apocalyptic Trinity that, Altizer proposes, is the final realization of the uniquely Christian Godhead by virtue of being the consummation of the apocalyptic movement of the Trinity in the advent of an absolutely new Trinity.

Thus Altizer undertakes nothing less than a radical rethinking of the theology of the Trinity, forcing into question our dominant understanding of this dogma and symbol. At the same time this work aims to restore the Trinity to centrality within Christian theology and existence. The Apocalyptic Trinity seeks to call forth a uniquely Christian Godhead that embodies absolute apocalypse-that very apocalypse originally enacted by Jesus as apocalyptic prophet. Book jacket.

Contents:

The mystery of the Trinity

The offense of the Trinity

The necessity of the Trinity

The origin of the Trinity

The Apocalyptic Trinity and absolute nothingness

The transfiguration of the Trinity

The tragic Trinity

The explosive Trinity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1137276215

9781137276209

1137276207

9781137276216

9781137276230

1137276231

9781137276223

1137276223

OCLC:

793573065

Publisher Number:

99951681824